1. Barlow, Henry (Malaysia)

2. Beljaev, Evgeny (Russia)

3. Buchsbaum, Ulf (Germany)

4. Darge, Philippe (France)

5. Dayong, Xue (China)

6. Ebode, Marie-Thérèse (France)

7. Erlacher, Sven (Germany)

8. Galsworthy, Anthony C. (England)

9. Haszprunar, Gerhard (Germany)

10. Hausmann, Axel (Germany)

11. Holloway, Jeremy D. (England)

12. Hongxiang, Han (China)

13. Krüger, Martin (South Africa)

14. Löbel, Hans (Germany)

15. McQuillan, Peter (Tasmania)

16. Miller, Michael (Germany)

17. Mironov, Vladimir (Russia)

18. Müller, Bernd (Germany)

19. Scalercio, Stefano (Italy)

20. Schintlmeister, Alexander (Germany)

21. Schmidt, Olga (Germany)

22. Schmidt, Stefan (Germany)

23. Segerer, Andreas H. (Germany)

24. Sommerer, Manfred (Germany)

25. Trusch, Robert (Germany)

26. Viidalepp, Jaan (Estland)

27. Wojtusiak, Janusz (Poland)

28. Young, Cathy (Tasmania)

29. Zilli, Alberto (Italy)

1. The chairman outlined once more the aims of the FORUM HERBULOT (see www.herbulot.de). The participants welcomed the research initiative and stressed the need for, and advantages of, the opportunities offered for close scientific cooperation among geometrid experts. Access to the rich Coll. Herbulot with its manifold historical assets was greatly appreciated. Following a brief address from Claude Herbulot (in absentia presented by Philippe Darge) the participants expressed their respect for the achievements of the founder of the collection and patron of the Forum. The use of internet-based tools with a view to linking collection data with existing or planned databases in order to improve the availability of relevant data was discussed (Henry Barlow; A. Hausmann).

2. The seminar session highlighted promising possibilities for systematic research.

The first four talks (J.D. Holloway, M. Krüger, C. Young, P. McQuillan) presented and summarised the actual stage of research concerning the phylogeny of Geometridae on subfamily and tribe level as resulting from different data sets, such as larval morphology (M. Krüger, C. Young), adult morphology (J.D. Holloway, M. Krüger), host-plant relationships (J.D. Holloway, P. McQuillan), zoogeographical patterns (M. Krüger, J.D. Holloway) and molecular analysis (C. Young, P. McQuillan). The study of skeleto-muscular anatomy of genitalia as additional information was encouraged (E. Beljaev).

The southern hemisphere Archiearinae had been revised and separated from Holarctic groups (P. McQuillan). Although some morphological characters and host-plant relationships suggest that the subfamilies Archiearinae and Oenochrominae (s.str.), and the tribes Diptychini and Nacophorini (Ennominae) are phylogenetically ‚old‘ groups (J. D. Holloway, M. Krüger), Larentiinae and Sterrhinae appear as the most basal groups using molecular methods (sequence analysis of four nuclear and mitochondrial genes; Abraham et al. 2001; C. Young, P. McQuillan, A. Hausmann, S. Erlacher). Refinement of molecular methods as valuable tools for evolutionary and systematic studies had been postulated by the Forum Herbulot 2001 (Hausmann & Trusch 2001) in order to supplement the morphological and ecological data sets. Now, on the basis of the paper by Abraham et al. (2001), promising results have been obtained by the two ‚molecular‘ groups actually working on Geometridae (C. Young/P. McQuillan; A. Hausmann/S. Erlacher/M. Miller). After discussion of all the findings, closer coordination and cooperation was agreed upon, and working plans were established, in order to focus future common research on a better understanding of the basic phylogeny of Geometridae.

Research on Eupitheciini constituted another theme of the meeting. Extention to research on a global scale (as recommended by Forum Herbulot 2001: Hausmann & Trusch 2001) is needed to fill existing gaps in our knowledge (e.g. Eupitheciini in Africa in relation to Asia and other regions). Cooperation was improved regarding Chinese (T. Galsworthy; V. Mironov, X. Dayong), and initiated for neotropical Eupitheciini (G. Balogh, J. Wojtusiak). New agenda for cooperation dating back to Forum Herbulot 2001 concerning the exploration of neotropical Geometridae were established (G. Balogh; A. Hausmann; J. Wojtusiak).

An interesting zoogeographical analysis of Australian carabids was presented (M. Baehr) and compared with similar findings for Lepidoptera. Gondwana distributions, drift on tectonic plates and colonisation were discussed with respect to some taxa from Africa, Australia, and the Indo-Pacific region (M. Krüger, J.D. Holloway, P. McQuillan). Speciation and variation of several taxonomically ‚difficult‘ groups of Indo-Pacific Geometridae were presented for discussion (X. Dayong; O. Schmidt; M. Sommerer; J. Viidalepp).

3. A proposal to continue the FORUM HERBULOT in Hobart, Tasmania late 2005 or early 2006 (organisation: P. McQuillan) was welcomed.

4. Participants expressed their thanks to the organizers and sponsors of the FORUM HERBULOT 2003.

 Munich, 15.3.2003

 Dr. A. Hausmann (ZSM, Munich, D), Dr. J. Holloway (NHM, London, U.K.), Dr. M. Krüger (Transvaal Mus., Pretoria, S.A.), Prof. Dr. P. McQuillan (Univ. Hobart, Tasmania, AUS), Manfred Sommerer (Munich, D)

 Abraham, D., Ryrholm, N., Wittzell, H., Holloway, J.D., Scoble, M.J. & C. Löfstedt (2001): Molecular Phylogeny of the Subfamilies in Geometridae (Geometroidea: Lepidoptera). – Mol. Phylo. Evol. 20 (1): 65-77.

Hausmann, A. & R. Trusch (ed.) (2001c): Proceedings of the FORUM HERBULOT 2001. – Spixiana 24 (3): 193-202.

Thursday, 13.3.2003

14.00: Opening address

Prof. Dr. G. Haszprunar, director of the ZSM

14.10: Introduction

Dr. A. Hausmann, ZSM, Munich

14.20: Address of the guest of honour Claude Herbulot

Dr. Philippe Darge in absentia of Dr. Claude Herbulot, Paris

14.30-17.10: Seminar session

(times are indicated approximately, lectures should not exceed 10‘, discussion 5-15‘)

14.30: Dr. Jeremy D. Holloway, The Natural History Museum, London

Feeding relationships of supposed Gondwanaland Geometridae (preliminary title)

14.55: Dr. Martin Krüger, Transvaal Museum, Pretoria

Out of Africa repeated? On the tribal composition of southern Ennominae and the origin of Geometridae

15.15: Cathy Young, School of Geography and Env.Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobarth

The Place of the Australian Nacophorini in the Geometridae

15.35: Prof. Dr. Peter McQuillan, School of Geography and Env.Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobarth

The Foodplant relationships of the Australian Geometridae

15.55-16.20 coffee break

16.20: Henry Barlow, Kuala Lumpur

The moths of Borneo online

16.45: Dr. Jaan Viidalepp, Zool.-Bot. Inst., Tartu

Speciation or variation between moths from Malai peninsula and Indonesia (Borneo)?

17.10-17.40 coffee break

17.40-19.00: Informal part I (short reports, news and informations)

Australian Geometridae and Zoogeography

17.40: Prof. Dr. Peter McQuillan, School of Geography and Env.Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobarth

The Identity of the Australian Archiearinae

17.55: Olga Schmidt, ZSM, Munich

Some results of taxonomic research on larentiine moths (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) from the Australasian region

18.10: Dr. Martin Baehr, ZSM, Munich

Australia’s subantarctic Tropics – a contradiction?

Indopacific Geometridae and Zoogeography

18.25: Anthony C. Galsworthy, London

Work on the Eupitheciini of East and South Asia, with particular reference to the Eupithecia of China

18.35: Manfred Sommerer, Munich

On the south-east Asian species of the genus Photoscotosia

18.45: Dr. Evgeny Beljaev, Inst. of Biol. and Soil Sci., Far Eastern Branch of Russ. Acad.Sci., Vladivostok, RUS

Phylogenetic significance of skeleton-muscular anatomy of the genitalia in Geometridae

19.05: Prof. Dr. Janusz Wojtusiak, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland

The species of the neotropical genus Trocherateina (Larentiinae)

Friday, 14.3.2003

9.00-12.00: Informal part (II) and visit to the collections

9.00: Dr. Xue Dayong & Hongxiang Han, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing

New Geometridae from the Indopacific region

9.25: George Balogh, Portage, U.S.A.

On the Eupithecia linariata group

9.40: Dr. A. Hausmann, ZSM, München, Germany

GBIF-D: A new project for Geometridae type inventorying

9.50: Visit to the molecular laboratory:

10.10-11.30: discussion on molecular phylogeny

Visit to the collections with free discussions on various topics

- Place, date, agenda, participants

- Report on FH 2003

12.25: Bavarian lunch at the premises of the ZSM

Closing