Program of the FORUM HERBULOT 2001
8.3.2001
14.00: Opening address
Prof. Dr. G. Haszprunar, director of the ZSM
14.10: Introduction
Dr. A. Hausmann, ZSM
Research on zoological systematics at the ZSM and its focus on Geometridae: towards a
worldwide network of Geometrid researchers
14.40: Lecture of the guest of honour Claude Herbulot
Claude Herbulot, Paris, France
The genus Eupithecia in the neotropical region (Le genre Eupithecia dans la région
néotropicale)
15.10-15.30 coffee break
15.30-17.30: Seminar session
15.30: Dr. Linda Pitkin, The Natural History Museum, London, U.K.
Suprageneric classification of the Ennominae: the neotropical component
15.45: Dr. Martin Krüger, Transvaal Museum Pretoria, South Africa
Palaeogenic elements and recent arrivals - towards a tribal classification of southern
African geometrids
16.20: Prof. Dr. Charles V. Covell, University of Louisville, U.S.A.
Some notes on the systematics of Nearctic and Neotropical Sterrhinae (Lepidoptera,
Geometridae)
16.40: Prof. Dr. Janusz Wojtusiak, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland
Neotropical moths of the genus Erateina (Geometridae, Larentiinae). Evaluation of
morphological and genital characters for the purpose of systematic revision of the genus
16.10: Dr. Vladimir Mironov, Acad. Sci. Russ., St. Petersburg, Russia
The problems of study of the Geometrid Moths of the tribe Eupitheciini
17.20: Dr. Dieter Stüning, Zool. Forschungsinst. und Mus. A. Koenig, Bonn,
Germany
Estimations about the systematic position of Pseudobiston pinratanai Inoue, 1994
17.30-17.50 short break
17.50-19.50: News and informations
RESEARCH PROJECTS
- Michael Miller, ZSM, München, Germany
Project DNA-TAX and perspectives for extension of project
- Dr. A. Hausmann, ZSM, München, Germany
Project GME and perspectives for extension of research
- Gunnar Brehm, University of Bayreuth, Germany
Diversity of Geometrid moths along an altitudinal gradient in a Mountain Rainforest in
South Ecuador
- Prof. Dr. Janusz Wojtusiak, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland
Neotropical moths of the genus Erateina (Geometridae), Larentiinae as a model group to
study vertical distribution of Lepidoptera in the Andean cloud forest
- other work in progress
- discussion of new projects
NETWORK AND DATABASING
Databasing (exchange of digitized data, common efforts to create type catalogues and databases)
Molecular cooperations and networks
EXPEDITIONS
- Prof. Dr. Charles V. Covell, University of Louisville, U.S.A.
Documentation of expedition sites and moths in South America.
DATE AND VENUE OF THE NEXT FORUM HERBULOT
- agenda, participants
- Report on FH 2001
- Herbulot newsletter
- Common web-site
Dinner at a nearby restaurant
9.3.2001
9.00-12.00: Visit to the collections
Informal discussions with the material
12.00: Bavarian lunch at the premises of the ZSM
Closing