Formed in 1999, the Stilt & Stalk Fly Recording Scheme studies the 83 European species of Micropezids & Tanypezids and collates records of the 40 which occur in the British Isles, publishing to the NBN Atlas & GBIF.
Organiser: Darwyn Sumner [ORCID]
Encompassing two Superfamilies: NERIOIDEA (Pseudopomyzidae & Micropezidae), the Micropezids and DIOPSOIDEA (Diopsidae, Tanypezidae, Strongylophthalmyiidae, Megamerinidae & Psilidae), the Tanypezids.
Newsletters
- Sumner D. 2023. Micropezids & Tanypezids Newsletter 5.
- Sumner D. 2022. Micropezids & Tanypezids Newsletter 4.
- Sumner D. 2021. Micropezids & Tanypezids Newsletter 3.
- Sumner D. 2020. Micropezids & Tanypezids Newsletter 2.
- Sumner D. 1999–2019. Micropezids & Tanypezids Newsletter 1.
Research
Site European Micropezids & Tanypezids archived due to discontinuation by NHM; still functions more or less.
Ongoing projects include the maintenance of a comprehensive library of references and extraction of records from published papers scheduled to be added to the above GBIF project
Recording
iNaturalist: European Micropezids & Tanypezids and UK Micropezids & Tanypezids many thanks for all your contributions. For images this is the preferred recording method as there are many more experts examining them.
iRecord: The Scheme organiser is the sole verifier here. This is the place for spreadsheet uploads and the occasional single record. iNaturalist records also pass through this system.
Datasets published
European Micropezids & Tanypezids
- Czechia & Slovakia [Metadata]
- In preparation [Metadata]
Guides
Flickr: Gallery & distribution maps in the Micropezids & Tanypezids Flickr group
Publications: English names published in 2018. Status Review in 2021
Keys: Some photographic keys in the above newsletters. Also a key to European Micropeza