Recent expeditions
Seychelles 2024
Leaving Aride island, January 2024.
Seychelles 2023
Helicopter view leaving Fregate Island, June 2023
River Vyrnwy, Wales
River Vyrnwy, Wales
National Museum of Scotland expeditions
Finland
Switzerland
Post-Symposium Neuropterological excursion in Hungary, 10-15 August 2000
Whittington, A.E. & Mansell, M.W. 2002. Post-Symposium Neuropterological excursion in Hungary, 10-15 August 2000. In: Sziráki, Gy. (ed.) Neuropterology 2000, Proceedings of the Seventh International Symposium on Neuropterology, 06-09 August 2000, Budapest, Hungary. Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientarum Hungaricae 48(suppl. 2): 401-407.
Natal Museum expeditions
Kenya, November 1992
Natal Museum expedition, November 1992, with Jason Londt, facilitated by Marc De Meyer.
A failed attempt to locate Mormotomyia hirsuta Austen, 1936, because of military instability at the type location, lead us to Lukenya cliffs near Machakos instead, where we discovered a new species breeding in faeces of rock hyrax, Procavia capensis (Pallas, 1766). Kitum Cave Mount Elgon National Park, was also visited but Mormotomyia hirsuta was not collected there either.
Key events:
- Discovery of Afrocamilla londti Barraclough, 1992 at Lukenya cliffs near Machakos.
Barraclough, D.A., 1997. New East and West African species of Afrocamilla Barraclough (Diptera: Schizophora: Camillidae). African entomology, 5(2), pp.181-193.
Royal Natal National Park, Natal Drakensberg, South Africa
Natal Museum expedition, 1-3 September 1992, with David Barraclough.
Key events:
- Discovery of Aulacigaster africana, Barraclough, 1993.
- Rediscovery of the endemic South African genus Mediosetiger Barraclough (Diptera: Tachinidae: Ormiini)
"Aulacigaster africana was collected from a shaded sandstone ledge. The ledge was part of a large rock fonnation adjacent to low, southeasterly facing montane forest on the banks of the Tugela River at Tendele camp in the Royal Natal National Park. The specimens were taken at 07h30 in early spring (3 September 1992), before the onset of seasonal rains. Specimens were quite abundant on rocky surfaces at the time and much more material could have been collected."
Barraclough, D.A., 1993. The Afrotropical species of Aulacigaster Macquart (Diptera: Aulacigastridae: Aulacigastrinae). Annals of the Natal Museum, 34(1), pp.31-42.
Barraclough, D.A., 1996. Rediscovery of the endemic South African genus Mediosetiger Barraclough (Diptera: Tachinidae: Ormiini). Annals of the Natal Museum, 37(1), pp.131-139.
Hawaan Forest, Umhlanga, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Natal Museum expedition, 27 February 1992, with David Barraclough.
Key events:
- Mimegralla fuelleborni (Enderlein, 1922) collected.
Barraclough, D.A., 1996. Review of the South African species of Micropezidae (Diptera: Schizophora), with first record of the Micropezinae from the Afrotropical Region. Annals of the natal Museum, 37(1), pp.141-171.
Jackson's Falls on Mhlatuzana River & Krantzkloof Nature Reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Natal Museum expedition, 18 December 1990 & 1992.
Key events:
- Discovery of Afrocamilla stuckenbergi Barraclough, 1992 breeding in an accumulation of faecal pellets of the rock hyrax Procavia capensis (Pallas, 1766), near Jackson's Falls [29°48'S:30°45'E] on the Mhlatuzana River in the Assagay/Shongweni area of Natal (1991).
- Further collecting with David Barraclough led to new material from Krantzkloof Nature Reserve [29°46'S:30°50'E], in May 1992.
Barraclough, D.A., 1992. Afrocamilla stuckenbergi, a new African genus and species of Camillidae (Diptera), with comments on its behaviour and biology. Annals of the Natal Museum, 33(1), pp.37-49.
Barraclough, D.A., 1997. The South African species of Afrocamilla Barraclough, 1992 (Diptera: Schizophora), a genus of Camillidae associated with rock hyrax latrines. Annals of the Natal Museum, 38(1), pp.21-53.
Naudesnek, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Natal Museum expedition, 1992, with Jason Londt, David Barraclough and Shirley Chin.
In search of Graptomyza summa Whittington, 1992, previously collected at Naudesnek, 15km East of Rhodes, in 1979, by Brian Stuckenberg and Jason Londt. Naude's Nek Pass is the fourth highest altitude, publicly accessible pass in South Africa and is located to the south of Lesotho.
Whittington, A.E. 1992. Revision of the Afrotropical species of Graptomyza Wiedemann (Diptera: Syrphidae: Volucellini). Annals of the Natal Museum 33(1): 209-269.
Photo credit: Andrew de Blocq, https://gobirding.birdlife.org.za/southern-drakensburg-rhodes-and-naudes-nek/
Eastern Cape, Klein Karoo & Great Karoo
Northern Cape
Early experience and expeditions