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Dear Sciaroidea Colleagues: Happy New Year!
I am writing to remind you of the upcoming 7th International congress of Dipterology taking place in Costa Rica, August 8-13. I am organizing the Sciaroidea (including Cecidomyiidae) workshop and I would like to invite you all to come and present your research on this fascinating group of Diptera.
Classification: Azana
Classification: Manota maorica
Classification: Zygoneura; Zygoneura sciarina

Classification: Lygistorrhina; Lygistorrhina pictipennis; Lygistorrhinidae
Type Status: Nontype
Institution Code: MZLU
Collection Code: JKJ
Catalogue Number Text: SPM-057585
Collector Number: MZLU-JKJ-COL-008741
Count: 1
Basis of Record: Preserved Specimen
Taxonomic Name: Lygistorrhina pictipennis
Identified By: Jostein Kjaerandsen
Date Identified: 20 January 2010
Sex: Female
Life Stage: Adult
Sex: Female
Classification: Lygistorrhina pictipennis
Type Status: Nontype
Basis of record: Preserved Specimen
Locality: CHUBU: Ishikawa Prefecture, Noto Peninsula, Suzu-shi, 3.5 km NW Katahime Jinja
Latitude: 37° 29' 58.992" N
Longitude: 137° 18' 23.004" E
Country Code: Japan
Type Status: Nontype
Institution Code: MZLU
Collection Code: JKJ
Catalogue Number Text: SPM-057585
Field Number: MZLU-JKJ-COL-008741
Collector: Christopher Yanto
Count: 1
Basis of Record: Preserved Specimen
Identified By: Jostein Kjaerandsen
Date Identified: 20 January 2010
Sex: Female
Life Stage: Adult
Locality: CHUBU: Ishikawa Prefecture, Noto Peninsula, Suzu-shi, 3.5 km NW Katahime Jinja
Latitude: 37° 29' 58.992" N
Longitude: 137° 18' 23.004" E
Country Code: Japan
Sex: Female
Classification: Lygistorrhina pictipennis
Type Status: Nontype
Basis of record: Preserved Specimen