The BDWD team consists of two co-editors (Evenhuis & Thompson), an Editorial Committee (co-editors, plus Adisomarto, Amorim, Bickel, Pape, Pont, Shima and Stuckenberg), a post-doctoral fellow (Brake) and a network of collaborators (more 60 now). The following is an alphabetical list of those who have now signed up for the BioSystematic Database of World Diptera project team. We apologize to those who have volunteered but are not yet listed as we have been slow in getting everyone's names on the list.

We have here provided only the minimal information about our team members, such as their name, institution and location, and their role on the BDWD team. Also, if they have a personal WWW page, then a link to it is provided. More detailed information about how to contact our team members can be found in the Dipterists' Directory.

While the contributions of each member varies, each member is critical to the successful completion and continued maintenance of the BDWD. So we feel all deserve the appropriate recognition and thanks of the whole BioDiversity Community for their combined effort to build an index and information portal to 10% of the known Biological Diversity of the World.

Warning: While we have used terms like "author" when only one person is responsible for a family taxon, "lead for" to identify the point person who acts for a group of co- authors, and "contributor to" for co-authors, the final determination of authorship is not made until a family taxon is published. For those families which have been published as part of the BDWD, the term author, qualified with a capital P in parentheses, is used for all authors.

Peter Adler, Clemson University, Clemson (Author of Simuliidae)

Kyle Apigian, University of California, Berkeley (Lead for Tanypezidae)

Soenartono Adisomarto, WG on INTI, Ministry of Environment, Jakarta (Editorial Committee)

Dalton de Souza Amorim, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto (Editorial Committee)

Gerhard Bächli, Zoologisches Museum, Zürich (Author of Drosophilidae)

Daniel J. Bickel, Australian Museum, Sydney (Editorial Committee, contributor to Dolichopodidae)

V. Blagoderov, The American Museum of Natural History, New York (Author of Bolitophilidae, Diadocidiidae, Ditomyiidae, and Keroplatidae)

Art Borkent, Enderby, British Columbia (Author of Corethrellidae & Chaoboridae, lead for Ceratopogonidae)

Irina Brake, Entomology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington (GBIF Post-Doctoral Fellow (2003- ), author of Carnidae & Milichiidae)

Fenja Brodo, Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa (Lead for Cylindrotomidae)

Brian V. Brown, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles (Author of Phoridae)

George Byers, Snow Museum, University of Kansas (Contributor to Tipulidae (Nearctic))

Sidney Camras, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago (Lead for Conopidae)

Lynn E. Carroll, Washington (Author (P) of Tephritidae (1999))

Peter J. Chandler, Melksham, England (Lead for Platypezidae & Opetiidae)

Gregory W. Courtney, Iowa State University, Ames (Author of Nymphomyiidae & Deuterophlebiidae, lead for Blephariceridae)

Peter Cranston, University of California, Davis (Contributor to Chironomidae (Nearctic))

Martin J. Ebejer, Tamarisk, Balzan, Malta (Contributor to Chyromyidae)

Neal L. Evenhuis, B. Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii (Co-Editor, lead for Mythicomyiidae & Bombyliidae)

Scott Fitzgerald, Oregon State University, Corvallis (Lead for Hesperinidae & Bibionidae)

George Foster, Washington (Lead for Tethinidae)

Amnon Freidberg, Tel Aviv University, Israel (Author (P)of Tephritidae (1999) & Asteiidae, lead for Chyromyidae)

Eric Fisher, California Department of Food and Agriculture, Sacramento (Contributor to Asilidae (Nearctic))

Stephen D. Gaimari, California Department of Food and Agriculture, Sacramento (Lead for Eurychoromyiidae & Lauxaniidae, author of Celyphidae, contributor to Chamaemyiidae)

Fritz Geller-Grimm, Museum Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden (Lead for Asilidae)

Graham C. D. Griffiths, University of Alberta, Edmonston ???? (Contributor to Agromyzidae & Anthomyiidae (Nearctic))

Geoffroy Hancock, University of Glasgow, Glasgow (Author of Richardiidae)

D. Elmo Hardy†, University of Hawaii, Honolulu (Lead for Xenastiidae)

Charles Hogue†, Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles (Contributor Blephariceridae (Nearctic))

Michael E. Irwin, University of Illinois, Urbana (Lead for Therevidae)

Elaine B. Jamison, Systematic Entomology Lab., USDA, Washington (Data entry specialist).

Darlene Judd, Oregon State University, Corvallis (Author of Tanyderidae)

Elena P. Kameneva, Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology, Kiev (Author of Ulidiidae)

Llyod V. Knutson, Clapiers, France (Lead for Sciomyzidae)

Valery A. Korneyev, Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology, Kiev (Author of Pyrgotidae)

Ewa Krzeminska, Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals, Polish Academy of Sciences, Krakow (Lead for Trichoceridae)

Stephen R. Marshall, University of Guelph, Ottawa (Contributor to Sphaeroceridae (Nearctic))

Wayne N. Mathis, Smithsonian Institution, Washington (Lead for Ephydridae, author of Camillidae, Canacidae, Coelopidae, Diastatidae, Dryomyzidae & Periscelididae, contributor to Tethinidae)

Rudolf Meier, National University of Singapore, Singapore (Lead for Sepsidae, author of Helcomyzidae)

Marc de Meyer, Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren (Lead for Mormotomyiidae & Pipunculidae)

Emilia P. Nartshuk, Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg (Lead for Chloropidae)

Allen Norrbom, Systematic Entomology Lab., USDA, Washington (Author (P) of Tephritidae (1999)).

Pjotr Oosterbroek, Zoological Museum, Amsterdam (Lead for Tipulidae and Limoniidae)

Thomas Pape, The Natural History Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen (Editorial Committee, author of Oestridae, Rhinophoridae & Sarcophagidae)

L. L. Pechumann†, Cornell University, Ithaca (Contributor to Tabanidae (Nearctic))

Matt Peterson, University of Tennessee, Knoxville (Contributor to Limoniidae & Tipulidae)

Adrian Pont, University Museum, Oxford (Editorial Committee, author of Fanniidae & Muscidae)

Jindrich Rohácek, Slezske zemske Museum, Opava, Czech Republic (Lead for Sphaeroceridae)

Rudolf Rozkosny, Masaryk University, Brno (Contributor to Sciomyzidae)

Alessandra Rung, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Beltsville (Author of Aulacigastridae)

Curtis Sabrosky†, Systematic Entomology Laboratory, Washington (Contributor to Chloropidae (Nearctic))

Toyohei Saigusa, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan (Contributor to Empididae (Nearctic))

Evert Schlinger, World Spider-Parasitoid Laboratory, Santa Ynez, California (Author of Acroceridae)

Hiroshi Shima, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan (Editorial Committee, contributor to Tachinidae)

Wallace Steffan, B. Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii (Contributor to Sciaridae (Nearctic))

Brian Stuckenberg, Natal Museum, Pietermaritzburg (Editorial Committee)

Vitali Tanasijtschuk, Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg (Lead for Chamaemyiidae)

F. Christian Thompson, Systematic Entomology Lab., USDA, Washington (Co-Editor, author (P) of Tephritidae (1999), author of Syrphidae, contributor to Eurychoromyiidae & Mormotomyiidae)

Ronald Ward, Walter Reed BioSystematic Unit, US Army, Washington (Contributor to Culicidae (Nearctic))

Donald W. Webb, Illinois Natural History Survey, Urbana (Lead for Hilarimorphidae)

Ian M. White, London (Author (P) of Tephritidae (1999))

Andrew E. Whittington, National Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh (Author of Platystomatidae)

Richard C. Wilkerson, Walter Reed BioSystematic Unit, US Army, Washington (Lead for Culicidae)

Shaun Winterton, North Carolina State University, Raleigh (Lead for Scenopinidae)

Willis W. Wirth†, Systematic Entomology Lab., USDA, Washington (Contributor to Ceratopogonidae (Nearctic))

Norman Woodley, Systematic Entomology Lab., USDA, Washington (Author of Apioceridae, Pelecorhynchidae Stratiomyidae (2001), Xylomyidae & Xylophagidae).