The British Simuliid Group (BSG), a very informal gathering of scientists of any discipline, and from many countries, who have an interest in the Simuliidae (Diptera: Simuliidae). The group's members include entomologists, parasitologists and medics, with interests in ecology, bionomics, taxonomy, cytotaxonomy, disease transmission, fresh water biology etc. Our aim is to assemble as diverse a group as possible in order to get a wide interchange of ideas and information At present the BSG has about 100 members in the UK, Europe, Africa and the Americas.

Membership of the Group is FREE - if you're not already a member of the BSG all you have to do is send your name and postal address (and e-mail addresse if you have one) to either of the names given below. A few words describing your special interests would also be appreciated.

The Group operate a maillist called Simuliidae which can be found at http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/Simuliidae.html . However, you do not have to join the BSG to participate in Simuliidae, and joining Simuliidae does not automatically make you a member of BSG.

We have been holding annual meetings at different locations in the UK since 1978. Abstracts of papers presented and other articles of interest are published in The British Simuliid Group Bulletin which is sent by conventional mail to all members of BSG.  If you are not resident in the UK, but happen to be here when we have a meeting you would be very welcome indeed.
Details of the next meeting are given on the page "Coming Events"

The most recent numbers of the Bulletin and the contents pages of older numbers are also available as hypertext documents under the Simuliidae Home Page section "Files added by List Owner"

The Bulletin's Editor and Hon. Secretary is: John B. Davies
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine.
Pembroke Place Liverpool
L3 5QA UK
E-mail:  

Back to Welcome page