22nd International Meeting on Biology and Systematics of Staphylinidae (Stuttgart, May 2007)

22nd International Meeting on Biology and Systematics of Staphylinidae
from Thursday, 17 May 2007 to Sunday, 20 May 2007
Naturkundemuseum Stuttgart - Am Loewentor

Schedule:

• Thursday 2007-05-17
  10:00-18:00: arrival, registration, visit of the entomological collection
  19:00: common meal
• Friday 2007-05-18
  9:00-18:00: lectures and poster presentations
  19:00: common meal
• Saturday 2007-05-19
  9:00-19:00: field trip to the Rhine valley and Northern Black Forest (for registered persons only)
  19:00: common meal
• Sunday 2007-05-20
  10:00-12:00: working in the entomological collection (if required)
  departure

Lectures:

• Babenko, A. (The Tomsk State University, Tomsk, Russia): Life history and habits of Staphylinidae: laboratory study.
• Chani Posse, M. (Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Aridas, Mendoza, Argentina): On the systematic position of Endeius Coiffait and Saiz (Staphylinidae, Staphylininae).
• Clarke, D. (Field Museum, Chicago, USA): Systematic problems in the Euaesthetinae.
• Cuccodoro, G. (Musщum dТHistoire Naturelle, Genшve, Switzerland): About Stenus aggregates on top of Mt Borail (India: Assam)
• Derunkov, A. (National Academy of Sciences, Minsk, Belarus): Species diversity of Staphylinidae in the Neman river basin in Belarus.
• Gildenkov, M. (Pedagogical University, Smolensk, Russia): Variability of separate species of genus Carpelimus and the problems connected to it.
• Gusarov, V. (Natural History Museum, Oslo, Norway): A review of Nearctic leptotyphlines.
• Irmler, U. (Universitфt Kiel, Germany): The genera Lispinus and Tannea (Osoriinae) in Costa Rica Ц Ecological and Zoogeographical remarks.
• Jimenez Sanchez, E. (Universidad de Murcia, Murcia, Spain): A Review of the Neotropical Genus Acalophaena Sharp, 1886 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederini).
• Kastcheev, V. (Institute of Zoology, Almaty, Kasakhstan): Microbiotopical aspects of Staphylinids dwelling in Central Asia.
• Koerner, L. (Universitфt T№bingen, Germany): Morphological and ecological diversity of rove beetles of the genus Stenus (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae).
• Makranczy, G. (Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest, Hungary): УThe best type is the lost type?Ф Ц Three taxonomic problems in the genus Thinobius (Staphylinidae: Oxytelinae).
• Shavrin, A. (Siberian Institute of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, Irkutsk, Russia): The high-altitude fauna of Omaliinae (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) of South Siberia.
• Solodovnikov, A. (Field Museum Chicago, USA): Towards new classification of the tribe Staphylinini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae): a new approach.
• Stan, M. (National Museum of Natural History, Bucharest, Romania): New data on the rove beetle fauna from Bucharest and adjacent areas.
• Weide, D. (Universitфt T№bingen, Germany): Aspects of the head morphology in staphylinid beetles.

Poster presentations:

• Anlas, S. (Ege University, Izmir, Turkey): An evalution on Staphylinidae fauna of Bozda?lar Mountain, Western Turkey collected by different methods.
• Newton, A. (Field Museum Chicago, USA): Proteininae in Gondwana.
• Schomann, A. (Berlin, Germany): On the predatory behaviour of some native Pselaphinae (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae).

Contact:

Dr. Karin Wolf-Schwenninger Dept. Palaeontology (Monday to Wednesday only) wolf-schwenninger.smns@naturkudemuseum-bw.de
Phone: 0049/(0)711/8936-240 Fax: 0049/(0)711/8936-100

Dr. Wolfgang Schawaller Dept. Entomology schawaller.smns@naturkudemuseum-bw.de
Phone: 0049/(0)711/8936-221 Fax: 0049/(0)711/8936-100

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