Announcing the 2010 Lep Course!

[Bruce Walsh]

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We are happy to formally announce the 2010 Lep Course to be held at the
SW Research Station in the Chricihahua Mts of SE Arizona.  The focus of the lep
course is to train graduate students, post-docs, faculty, and serious
citizen-scientists in the classification and identification of adult
lepidoptera and their larvae.

Topics to be covered include an extensive introduction into adult and larval
morphology with a focus on taxonomically-important traits, extensive field work
on both adults and larvae, collecting and curatoral techniques, genitalic
dissection and preparation, larval classification, use (and abuse) of DNA bar
coding, and general issues in lepidoptera systematics, ecology, and evolution.

THE LOCATION:

With its extensive series of Sky-Island mountain ranges, SE Arizona has the
highest lepidoptera diversity in the US. With low desert scrub, oak and mixed
oak-pine woodland, lush riparian, juniper, Douglas fir, and mountain meadow
habitats all within a 40 minute drive from the station, the SWRS is an ideal
location from which to sample this diversity (of both habitats and species).

INSTRUCTORS:
Jim Brock (Tucson, Arizona)
John Brown (USDA, Smithsonian)
P. D. Hulce (SW Research Station)
Jim Miller (American Museum of Natural History)
Ray Nagle (University of Arizona)
Chris Schmidt (Canadian National Collection)
Bruce Walsh (University of Arizona)
Ian Watkinison (Arizona Western College/Northern Arizona University)

COURSE DETAILS:
Dates:  7 - 14 August 2010

Cost:  $900 for students, $1000 for students

Application form on course website.  Due by 7 June 2010

Course website:  www.lepcourse.org


 
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