NEW HANDBOOK FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF BRITISH INSECTS PUBLISHED
The Staphylinidae (rove beetles) of Britain and Ireland Part 5: Scaphidiinae, Piestinae, Oxytelinae. Derek A Lott
This new handbook is now available. Price £21.00 plus p&p for UK £1.80. Members please note that you should apply your discount of 30% when ordering. All orders to Sarah Peachey, sarah@royensoc.co.uk.
Marsh Award for Insect Conservation 2009
The 2009 winner is Dr David Lonsdale
David Lonsdale spent most of his career as a tree pathologist working for what was then the Forestry Commission at its Alice Holt Research Station near Farnham (now their separate research arm, Forest Research). Much of his professional work brought him in contact with insect specialists in the Entomology Department.
David has had a lifelong interest in insects and especially their conservation. He has been a long-standing and major figure within the Amateur Entomologists Society, serving on their council, and really being responsible for their initial engagement with the field of insect conservation. He initiated, and continues to be the editor of, their newsletter Insect Conservation News which has long been a source of information and inspiration for entomologists and practical conservationists in the field.
For the best paper published in the following Journals during 2007/2008
PHYSIOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY
JACLYN L. BOWEN, SHANNON J. MAHONY, ANDREW C. MASON and JAYNE E. YACK
“Vibration-mediated territoriality in the warty birch caterpillar Drepana bilineata”
Physiological Entomology (2008) 33, 238-250.
SYSTEMATIC ENTOMOLOGY
CHRISTIANE WEIRAUCH
“Cladistic analysis of Reduviidae (Heteroptera: Cimicomorpha) based on morphological characters”
Systematic Entomology (2008), 33, 229-274
MEDICAL & VETERINARY ENTOMOLOGY
SJ TORR, A DELLA TORRE, M CALZETTA, et al.
"Towards a fuller understanding of mosquito behaviour: use of electrocuting grids to compare the odour-orientated responses of Anopheles arabiensis and An. quadriannulatus in the field."
Medical & Veterinary Entomology (2008), 22, 93-108.
Prizewinners for the Student Essay Award 2008 are as follows:-
- FIRST PRIZE £300
Chris Hassall - University of Liverpool
‘Dragon flies and man’
RUNNER UP £200
Lindsay McMenemy - SCRI Invergowie
‘One way or another: Blondie’s infectious record explains plant-virus interactions’
THIRD PRIZE £100
Nina Stanczyk - Rothamsted Research
‘If I drink beer will the mosquitoes stop biting me?'
RES FELLOW AWARDED OBE FOR TSETSE FLY RESEARCH
Glyn Vale, Honorary Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society, has been awarded an OBE in the 2008 Queen’s Birthday Honours list.
Glyn’s award is in recognition of his services to controlling and eradicating tsetse flies in Africa. He is a leading researcher on tsetse behaviour and the use of bait technologies for controlling the tsetse.
Glyn has devoted the last four decades of his professional work to this research, initially focusing on the improvement of tsetse trapping methods for assessing the effectiveness of baiting techniques for tsetse.
Glyn and his colleagues went on to develop better ways of using pesticides against the tsetse fly, while reducing cost and causing little damage to the environment. Research undertaken by the team showed that most tsetses feed on the legs and belly of cattle. By restricting application of insecticide to these parts, the use of insecticide can be reduced by more than 80 per cent.
His work in this area has been recognised previously; he was a finalist in the World Technology Awards for the Environment in 2003, and he and his team were also short listed for the Times Higher Education Supplement Research Project of the Year in 2007.
RES President Professor Lin Field said: “Congratulations to Glyn on his OBE honour from the Members and Fellows of the RES. His scientific research has already had a considerable effect in Africa and we are delighted that his expertise is being recognised”.
