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Meeting/Collecting Trip to Bolivia
November 2006
Brett Ratcliffe
 
In November 2006, members of Team Scarab traveled to Santa Cruz, Bolivia, for the VII Reunión Latinoamericana de Scarabaeoidología (RELAS) and to conduct collecting at the Flora and Fauna lodge near Buena Vista. After leaving Miami, we landed briefly at La Paz (14.000 ft. elevation) and then continued on to Santa Cruz in the eastern lowlands. See the RELAS website for additional photos and the list of presentations:
http://www-museum.unl.edu/research/entomology/RELAS/Bolivia/Bolivia.html
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Session of the ScarabNet meeting immediately preceding the RELAS meeting.
From the left: Caroli Hamel, Darren Mann, Sebastian Herzog, Liz Nichols,
Sacha Spector. Photo MLJ.
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Question and answers during a RELAS paper session
at the Hotel Kolping. Photo BCR.
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Cuauhtemoc Deloya (Instituto de Ecologia, Mexico)
making his presentation. Photo BCR.
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Miguel Morón (Instituto de Ecologia, Mexico) receiving the award for the Outstanding
Paper of the Year published in the Coleopterists Bulletin from Coleopterists Society
President Mary Liz Jameson and Secretary Brett Ratcliffe.
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Mid-morning refreshments at the RELAS meeting. Photo BCR.
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Keith Philips (Western Kentucky University) and Bruce Gill (Agriculture Canada)
helping Vania Alejandra Conchari with identifications. Photo BCR.
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Mario Favila, Miguel Morón, and Maria Luisa (Instituto de Ecologia, Mexico).
Photo BCR.
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Mary Liz Jameson helping Eider Ruiz Manzanos (Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones
de las Zonas Aridas) celebrate her birthday at the Casa de Gamba restaurant
in Santa Cruz. Photo BCR.
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Comparing data. From left: Eider Ruiz Manzanos (Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones
de las Zonas Aridas, Argentina), Kerry Katovich (University of Wisconsin, USA),
and Federico Ocampo (University of Nebraska). Photo MLJ.
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Julieta Ledezama on the left, Curator of the insect collection at the Museo de
Historia Natural Noel Kempff in Santa Cruz. Photo BCR.
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Studying collections at the Museo de Historia Natural Noel Kempff: Brett Ratcliffe
and Tito Vidaurre Sánchez. Photo MLJ.
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Mary Liz Jameson studying collections at the Museo de Historia Natural Noel Kempff.
Photo BCR.
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Jack Schuster (Universidad del Valle de Guatemala) serenading during the closing
ceremony dinner. Photo BCR.
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RELAS group photo at closing ceremony dinner. Photo J. Noreiga.
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Flora and Fauna Lodge near Buena Vista with light trap ready to go! Photo BCR.
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Forest at the Flora and Fauna Lodge. Photo MLJ.
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Mary Liz Jameson with light trap near Flora and Fauna Lodge. Photo BCR.
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Brett Ratcliffe and Matthias Herrmann (Max Planck Institute for Developmental
Biology, Germany) at the Bird Tower, Flora and Fauna Lodge. Photo MLJ.
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Brett Ratcliffe at Flora and Fauna Lodge. Photo MLJ.
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Immature hemipteran, Flora and Fauna Lodge. Photo MLJ.
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Matthias Herrmann (Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Germany)
in a cacao grove near Flora and Fauna Lodge. Photo MLJ.
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Siproeta epaphus (Nymphalidae) at Flora and Fauna Lodge. Photo MLJ.
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X marks the spot! Unknown larva at Flora and Fauna lodge. Photo MLJ.
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Leaf mimicking frog at Flora and Fauna Lodge. Photo MLJ.
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Division of Entomology
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University of Nebraska State Museum
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Lincoln, Nebraska 68588-0514 USA
Curator:
Brett C. Ratcliffe
(402) 472-2614
bratcliffe1@unl.edu
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