Lorenzo Munari, FLS, FRES Senior Co-operating Entomologist Entomology Section NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM Fontego dei Turchi - S. Croce, 1730 I-30135 VENICE - Italy

CONTACT INFORMATION Phone and Fax: +39.041.999626 Mobile: +39.380.7125025 Send me an e-mail Home address: via G. Pascoli 5, I-30038 Spinea (VE) Italy Date of birth: October 11th, 1951 Married, 1 son (Emiliano)

FORMER RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Malacology and Marine Biology:
  
  
  • Marine mollusks of the Mediterranean Sea (with special reference to the mollusks of the Lagoon of Venice and the North Adriatic seashores) (1972-1976)
  • Marine wood-boring organisms (especially taxonomy of the world's Bivalvia Teredinidae) (1973-1979)
  
  
• Entomology:
  
  
  • Odonata of Veneto (NE Italy) (1976-1977)
  • Hymenoptera Vespidae of Italy (1976-1979)

MEMBERSHIP IN SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES:

• Fellow of the Linnean Society of London
  
• Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society, London
  
• Società Veneziana di Scienze Naturali (charter member since 1975)
  
• Società Entomologica Italiana (member since 1977)
  
• Ex-regular member of the following Scientific Societies:
  
  • Unione Malacologica Italiana
    
  • Società Italiana di Malacologia
  • Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali
  • Società Italiana di Biogeografia
  • Società di scienze naturali del Trentino
  • Unione Bolognese Naturalisti
    
  • Life-time member of the Society for the Management of Electronic Biodiversity Data

Former and current cooperations:

• Entomology Section, Natural History Museum, Venice, Italy
• National Centre for the Study and Conservation of Forest Biodiversity (CNBF), Verona, Italy
• Fauna Europaea Project (taxonomist)
• UAE (United Arab Emirates) Insect Project (taxonomist)

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Specifically taxonomy, zoogeography, and ecology of Canacidae (worldwide), Sphaeroceridae (W-Pal.), Sepsidae (W-Pal.), Sciomyzidae (W-Pal.), and Ephydridae (only a few thalassobiontic genera) [Insecta: Diptera: Brachycera]

LIST OF PUBLICATION (click here)
AUTHORSHIP OF NEW TAXA AND PATRONYMS (click here)
A MINIMAL PHOTO GALLERY

I am currently involved in the following major projects:

1. To increase our knowledge on the taxonomy and biodiversity of the Beach Fly family Canacidae. 2. To study the faunal composition of the populations of Beach Flies inhabiting the sandy beaches of the Mediterranean subregion. 3. To increase our knowledge on the subfamily Apetaeninae (Diptera: Canacidae). 4. To study the inland populations of Canacidae, especially those from eremic habitats.

Standing, left to right: me, Pierfilippo Cerretti. Seated: Daniel Whitmore (Venice-Spinea, 2005)

Long-term projects:

The overall arrangement of the dipterological collection housed in the Natural History Museum, Venice (Italy).

"Lords of the flies" Left to right: Franco Mason, me, Lloyd Knutson (†) (Verona, 21 July 2007)

OUTSIDE INTERESTS   I like very much to listen to classical music (especially Baroque performed on period instruments, piano works, and Mahler's symphonic repertoire).

Edward O. Wilson's reflection