This inventory should be considered a snapshot of the pinned Diptera in drawers as of the Fall of 2000. It does not include the large quantity of material not currently incorporated into the main Diptera collection, specimens in alcohol, or those slide mounted, except for types. As the unincorporated material is moved into drawers, an attempt will be made to update this inventory; however, the time required to maintain an up to date inventory of a such a large collection may make this impossible except for specific families such as the Tabanidae and, possibly, the Tephritidae.

• Tabanidae: Inventoried by Dr. John Burger, University of New Hampshire, plus recent updates. This inventory does not include a large quantity of duplicate material (primarily, but not exclusively, North American), several thousand specimens of the Tabanus nigrovittatus-quinquevittatus and T. lineola complexes of North America being utilized for a chemosystematic study by B. D. Sutton, the Robert's collection of Mississippi Tabanidae, a significant collection of Tabanidae from Papua New Guinea, or the synoptic collections assembled by G. B. Fairchild. Other material not in this inventory includes a sizable collection of tabanid larvae as well as a considerable number of unmounted adults. The latter includes a large collection by Tidwell from North Carolina as well as collections from India and South America (Bolivia and elsewhere).

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