Third project expedition: AUSTRALIA
Overview

The austral staphylinid PEET team had a successful 6-week expedition (July 17 - September 15), the third of four planned trips to the southern hemisphere to collect and study southern temperate, or austral, Staphylinidae (rove beetles).

* Go to a map of Australia and the expedition sites.

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We thank the Western Australia Department of Conservation and Land Management (CALM) for permission to enter and collect in numerous WA National Parks and also the CALM Walpole office for the opportunity to examine some local collections and the Queensland Environmental Protection Agency/Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service (QEPA/QPWS) for permission to enter and collect in numerous Queensland National Parks and State Forests.

We are also grateful to the many Australian colleagues who helped with various aspects of our expedition: A. Slipinski, Australian National Insect Collection, Canberra, (ANIC/CSIRO) for substantial logistical support of our field work; R. I. Storey, Queensland Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries, Mareeba (QPIM) for help with field logistics, an enjoyable collection visit, and his hospitality; N. Stork, Rainforest Cooperative Research Centre, James Cook University, Cairns (JCUC) for enabling us to study his canopy collections; above all, G. B. Monteith, Queensland Museum, South Brisbane, (QM) for his outstanding logistical support and advice, hospitality, and arrangements for an extended collection visit; P. Grimbacher, Griffith University, Nathan, Brisbane, for his expertise and company in the field as well as presorting thousands of QM Staphylinidae to subfamily before our visit; and additional collection curators and staff: T. Houston and B. Hanich, Western Australian Museum, Perth (WAMP); A. Szitó, Department of Agriculture Western Australia, South Perth (WADA); G. Daniels and M. A. Schneider, University of Queensland, St. Lucia (UQIC); and J. Donaldson, Queensland Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries, Indooroopilly (QDPC) for cordially facilitating our collection visits and specimen loans.


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