Proceedings of the Forum Herbulot 2006 Integration of molecular, ecological and morphological data: Recent progress towards the higher Classification of the Geometridae (Hobart, 19-20 January 2006) Axel Hausmann & Peter McQuillan (eds.) Hausmann, A. & P. McQuillan (eds.) (2006): Proceedings of the Forum Herbulot 2006; Integration of molecular, ecological and morphological data: Recent progress towards the higher Classification of the Geometridae (Hobart, 19-20 January 2006). -Spixiana 29/3: 199-216 The Forum Herbulot 2006 in Hobart, Tasmania was focussed on the establish-ment of an integrated taxonomical approach in geometridology, including morpho-logical and molecular techniques as well as data from biogeography and ecology. In fourteen lectures and five posters various studies and results on geometrid moths were presented using a wide ränge of different techniques. Extensive discussions helped to put these studies into a common context, and to plan integrative ap-proaches and cooperations for the future. Dr. Axel Hausmann, Zoologische Staatssammlung München, Münchhausenstr. 21, D-81247 München, Germany; e-mail:
[email protected] Dr. Peter B. McQuillan, School of Geography and Environmental Studies, Uni-versity of Tasmania, Hobart; e-mail:
[email protected] Short Report and Results Axel Hausmann, Martin Krüger, Peter McQuillan, Manfred Sommerer & Cathy Young Hausmann, A., Krüger, M., McQuillan, P., Sommerer, M. & C. Young (2006): Short report and results. In Hausmann, A. & McQuillan, P. (ed.): Proceedings of the Forum Herbulot 2006; Integration of molecular, ecological and morphological data: Recent progress towards the higher Classification of the Geometridae (Hobart, 19-20 January 2006). -Spixiana 29/3: 199-200 Corresponding author: Dr. Axel Hausmann, Zoologische Staatssammlung München, Münchhausenstr. 21, D-81247 München, Germany; e-mail:
[email protected] 1. The chairmen outlined once more the aims of the FORUM HERBULOT (see www.herbulot.de). After a brief inaugural address from Claude Herbulot, Paris (presented in absentia by Axel Hausmann), the participants welcomed the research initiative and stressed the need for, and advantages of, the op-portunities offered for close scientific Cooperation among geometrid experts. 2. The seminar Session highlighted promising pos-sibilities for systematic research. The first five talks (session on 'Biosystematics & Phylogeny': S.-W. Choi, J. Viidalepp, E. Öunap, C. Young, P. McQuil-lan) presented and summarised the actual stage of research concerning the phylogeny of Geometridae on the subfamily and tribal levels as resulting from different types of data sets, such as larval morphol-ogy (Viidalepp), adult morphology (all), host-plant 199
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