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Acknowledgments
The BioSystematic Database of World Diptera is a community effort lead by
us. Without the dedication and support of our
scientific team, we could not deliver the information that
the public wants and needs, so we first and foremost acknowledge all our team
members. Facilities and financial support have mainly been provided by our
host organization, the Systematic
Entomology Laboratory,
Plant Sciences Institute,
Agricultural Research Service,
USDA.
Financial support has also been provided by the Schlinger Foundation, without which the WWW
interface could not have been completed. The Global Biodiversity Information
Facility has provided support for a post-doctoral fellowship (2003-2004)
to accelerate the data review process. Elaine B.
Jamison,
Systematic Entomology Laboratory, deserve special thanks for she has spent much of the past 12
years entering fly names into various computer databases. Thanks are also due to
Robert Carlson,
who maintains our WWW server and connection.
Finally, we thank our spouses for their tolerant understanding of our
other passions: flies, names and books.
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