Collecting trips: Biolat Station, Pakitza, Reserva Manu, Madre de Dios, PERU. Explorama stations (Inn, Lodge and Napo Camp), Amazonas, Loreto, Peru. São Luis, Maranhão, Brazil. Limón, Cartago and Heredia, Costa Rica. All National Parks, Panama. Methods: Malaise traps, Townes modified, fine mesh, yellow traps (with detergent water), pitfall traps with ethylene glycol, UV light traps.
Museum trips:1. The Natural History Museum, London England. 2. USNM, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC - USA. 3. Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad, Heredia, Costa Rica. 4. Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia, Manaus, Brazil. 5. Museo de Entomologia, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José. 6. Entomologia, Museo de Universidad Mayor de San Marco, Lima, Peru.
Other activities: "Taxonomy and biology of Parasitic Hymenoptera", Sheffield University, England. Short Term Visitor, NHM, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC - USA.
Projects in progress: 1. Revision of Lophomutilla Mickel (Mutillidae). 2. Checklist of Sphecids and Pompilids, Darien National Park, Republic of Panama. Request: Mutilidae; Exchanges: Diapriidae, Scelionidae, Proctotrupidae.
Papers published or in press: Bibliography numbers 23, 24, 25, 26, 27.
Miscellaneous news: Our yellow traps give excellent results in our hands (we suggest it might be because of the detergent we use: "VEL", fragrance of roses, glycerine and detergent).
Your suggestions about PROCTOS: "Proctos" is such an bad name for a newsletter "PROCTOTRUPI" Newsletter might be a slightly better name.
Personal news: Married. One daughter.
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