Plea for help in current research
stu longhorn
sjl197 at soton.ac.uk
Mon Oct 11 08:33:28 EDT 1999
This is a repeat of a message sent last week, apologies for
filling those inboxes!
Many thanks to those of you who have already replied, i
should get back to you soon.
>I am contacting the list as i am desperately in search of
preserved specimens of butterflies from the family Danainae
for research that will be carried out at the university of
Southampton, UK.
Samples of a range of butterflies (listed below)are
required for genetic analysis, and therefore donations from
listsubscribers are welcome in any condition provided they
are identifiable. Ideal specimens should be preserved in
alcohol, but dried ones are also fully adequate. Whole
specimen would be ideal including wings where
possible as these will be useful as a method of identifying
the samples. I fully understand listmembers would be
unwilling to part with whole specimens so partial remains
(even simply the legs alone) would be highly useful to our
work.
>Where possible any costs incurred will be met.
>
>Genera (any spp.is useful): upto 10 individuals required
Most of these are South or Central American
>Tiradelphe
>Lycorea
>Protoploea
>Anetia
>
>Genus Danaus: upto 10 individuals
>Species:
>
>cleophile
>erippus
>plexaure
>
>Thankyou in advance for your help
>
>Would it also be possible to direct replies (pref. via
>e-mail either myself at the e-mail address below) or to:
>
>Dr. Gagan Lushai
>University of Southampton,
>School of Biological Sciences,
>Biodiversity and Ecology Division
>Basset Crescent East
>Southampton SO16 7PX
>
>Tel/Fax: +44(0)1703 594468
>e-mail: gl1 at soton.ac.uk
>
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stu longhorn
sjl197 at soton.ac.uk
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