International Congresses of Dipterology

Current Council Members

The Council is composed of up to 15 dipterists who represent as diverse a group as possible both geographically and by dipterological discipline. Election and duties of Council members are detailed in the Constitution of the International Congresses of Dipterology.

The last Business Meeting of the Council was held on 20 July 2023 at the 10th International Congress of Dipterology, Reno, U.S.A. The next scheduled meeting of the Council will be the Midterm Meeting in 2025, at a date to be confirmed.

View the Periods of Service of Officers and Members of Council

	Ashley H. Kirk-Spriggs, Chair Senior Curator of Diptera African Natural History Research Trust Street Court, Kingsland Leominster, Herefordshire HR6 9QA UNITED KINGDOM E-mail: ashley.kirk-spriggs@anhrt.org.uk Interests: Systematics of Afrotropical Diptera (especially Curtonotidae), biogeography, bioinventory.
	Daniel Bickel, Vice Chair Entomology, Australian Museum 6 College Street Sydney, NSW 2010 AUSTRALIA E-mail: Dan.Bickel@austmus.gov.au Interests: Systematics of Dolichopodidae and study of insect inclusions in Cape York amber.
	John Midgley, Secretary/Treasurer Department of Natural Sciences KwaZulu-Natal Museum 237 Jabu Ndlovu Street Pietermaritzburg, 3200, KZN SOUTH AFRICA E-mail: jmidgley@nmsa.org.za Interests: Afrotropical Diptera, Syrphidae, lower Brachycera, taxonomy and Diptera conservation.
	Dalton de Souza Amorim Departamento de Biologia - Emeritus Professor FFCLRP, Universidade de São Paulo Av. Bandeirantes 3900 14.040-901 Ribeirão Preto, SP BRAZIL E-mail: dsamorim@usp.br Interests: Lower dipteran taxonomy, homology, morphology, phylogenetic reconstruction, biogeography, Diptera evolution.
	Yuchen Ang Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum National University of Singapore 2 Conservatory Drive, 117377 SINGAPORE E-mail: nhmay@nus.edu.sg Interests: Oriental Diptera, acalyptrate taxonomy, morphology, cybertaxonomy, largescale integrative taxonomy and dark taxa.
	Xiaolin Chen Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution Institute of Zoology Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100101, CHINA E-mail: xlchen@ioz.ac.cn Interests: Taxonomy and Systematics of Diptera (particularly Tephritidae, Platystomatidae, Ulidiidae and Agromyzidae); insect image automatic recognition.
	Netta Dorchin School of Zoology, the George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences and the Steinhardt Museum of Natural History Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 6997801 ISRAEL E-mail: ndorchin@tauex.tau.ac.il Interests: Taxonomy, phylogeny and systematics (Cecidomyiidae), evolution and ecology of gall-inducing insects, weed and insect biocontrol.
	Stephen D. Gaimari North American Dipterists Society P.O. Box 231113 Sacramento CA 95823 USA E-mail: sgaimari@dipterists.org Interests: Systematics and biogeography of Lauxanioidea, Odiniidae, and other Acalyptratae, and Therevidae and other Asiloidea.
	Jessica P. Gillung Lyman Entomological Museum Department of Natural Resource Sciences McGill University, 21111 Lakeshore Road Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec H9X 3V9 CANADA E-mail: jessica.gillung@mcgill.ca Interests: Biodiversity science, lower Brachycera, macroevolution, phylogenomics, bioinformatics and pollination ecology.
	Valery Korneyev I.I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine Kyiv UKRAINE E-mail: valery.korneyev@gmail.com Interests: Systematics of Tephritidae, Ulidiidae, Pyrgotidae and Ctenostylidae.
	Kazuhiro Masunaga Lake Biwa Museum 1091 Oroshimo Kusatsu Shiga 525-0001 JAPAN E-mail: masunaga-kazuhiro@biwahaku.jp Interests: Systematics and biogeography of Dolichopodidae.
	Erica McAlister Natural History Museum Cromwell Road South Kensington London SW7 5BD UNITED KINGDOM E-mail: e.mcalister@nhm.ac.uk Interests: Culicidae, Mycetophilidae and Lower Brachycera.
	Ximo Mengual Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig Leibniz-Institut zur Analyse des Biodiversitätswandels Adenauerallee 127, 53113 Bonn GERMANY E-mail: x.mengual@leibniz-lib.de Interests: Ecology, biology, systematics and taxonomy of Syrphidae, phylogenetics and phylogenomics.
	Sarah Oliveira Instituto de Ciências Biológicas (ICB 1) Universidade Federal de Goiás Avenida Esperança, s/n, Campus Samambaia, CEP 74.690-900 Goiânia, Goiás, BRASIL E-mail: oliveira.sarahcv@gmail.com/ssoliveira@ufg.br Interests: Neotropical Diptera, Bibionomorpha, Mycetophilidae, taxonomy, phylogeny and Diptera surveys.
	Jeffrey Skevington Carleton University Department of Biology 1125 Colonel By Drive Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6 CANADA E-mail: jhskevington@gmail.com Interests: Systematics of Syrphidae, Pipunculidae and Conopidae.

First published on the Internet in June 2003
Last update: 27 September 2023
J.E. O'Hara