HOW TO ORDER SELECTED PUBLICATIONS OF J.H. EPLER
(last updated 6 September 2005)

Epler, J.H. 2001.  Identification Manual for the Larval Chironomidae (Diptera) of North and South Carolina.  A guide to the taxonomy of the midges of the southeastern United States, including Florida. Special Publication SJ2001-SP13.  North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Raleigh, NC, and St. Johns River Water Management District, Palatka, FL. 526 pp.

The above manual, WHICH COVERS THE ENTIRE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES (and will work for much of the eastern US), is now available as a download or as a bound copy.

DOWNLOAD:

The manual is available for downloading as a series of PDF files (you'll need Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.0 or later to correctly view and print these files).

READ THE ENTIRE INTRODUCTION BEFORE YOU USE THE MANUAL!!!!!

Click here to go to the download site.

PRINTED:

Through the kindness of the nice people at the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, printed copies of the new larval midge manual are available. To obtain a spiral bound copy, you must follow the directions below exactly!  Otherwise, swarms of large, hairy, blood-sucking midges will enter your bedroom at night and carry you away!!

Send a LARGE (it must be at least 12" X 15.5" (30.5 cm X 39.3 cm)), SELF-ADDRESSED, STAMPED (with US $ 5.20 in postage) envelope, along with a short letter stating which manual you want, to:

Biology Section
Bureau of Laboratories
Florida Department of Environmental Protection
2600 Blair Stone Road, Mail Station 6515
Tallahassee, Florida 32399

Please include your email address or telephone number in case there are problems with your order.

Smaller envelopes CAN NOT be used and will be returned to the sender!  Also, this price is only for the Continental US.  Prices to Canada, Alaska, Hawaii and the Caribbean will differ! The manual weighs about 2 lb 14 oz, is approximately 1.25 inches thick and is about 9 inches wide,  11 inches long.

If you use heavy padded envelopes you MUST add an additional $1.25 in postage (for a total of $6.45) or the package will be returned to YOU for insufficient postage.

Please DO NOT use official US stamps (government stamps) on the S.A.S.E.  The Post Office will not accept a non-government person mailing an envelope with US government stamps without showing a permit for their use.  Use only regular postage stamps or metered postage if available.  Consult your local Post Office if in doubt.

So, in order to obtain a printed copy of the manual, you need:

1) a large envelope, at least 12" X 15.5" (30.5 cm X 39.3 cm)
2) your address must be on the envelope!
3) $5.20 postage must be on the envelope
4) a short note stating which manual you wish to order
5) your email address or phone number in case there is a problem with your order

Note that if you want more than one manual, you must send a separate, self-addressed stamped envelope for each manual.

THE AUTHOR DOES NOT HAVE COPIES OF THE MANUAL FOR DISTRIBUTION!!

READ THE ENTIRE INTRODUCTION BEFORE YOU USE THE MANUAL!!!!!

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Florida Identification Manuals:

Epler, J.H. 1995. Identification Manual for the Larval Chironomidae (Diptera) of Florida. Revised edition. FL Dept. Environ. Protection, Tallahassee, FL. 317 pp.

NOTE: THE SUPPLY OF PRINTED 1995 FLORIDA CHIRONOMID MANUALS HAS BEEN EXHAUSTED.  THERE ARE NO PLANS TO PRINT ANY MORE - in any case, the 2001 manual (above) updates the taxonomy of the "old" Florida manual.  It is still available as a downloadable PDF file; see below.

Epler, J.H. 1996. Identification Manual for the Water Beetles of Florida (Coleoptera: Dryopidae, Dytiscidae, Elmidae, Gyrinidae, Haliplidae, Hydraenidae, Hydrophilidae, Noteridae, Psephenidae, Ptilodactylidae, Scirtidae). FL Dept. Environ. Protection, Tallahassee, FL. 257 pp.

A few copies of the water beetle manual are still available.  Follow the same instructions as above for the 2001 midge manual.

For the PDF version of my two Florida manuals go to the following URL:

http://www.floridadep.org/labs/cgi-bin/sbio/keys.asp#keys
The files are each about 9 MB.

And be sure to get the additions and corrections for each manual from my site:
Click here for: Additions and corrections for the chironomid manual
Click here for:Additions and corrections for the water beetle manual
 

AND, please remember that the above FDEP manuals are not available from the author!

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An Introduction to the Taxonomy and Identification of Larval Chironomidae. Workbook for the 1999 North American Benthological Society Technical Workshop on Larval Midge Taxonomy, Duluth, MN, 25 May 1999.  54 pp. (Note: this workbook does not contain keys!!)

I have to tell you - why bother with this one??  An updated version is the introduction chapter in the 2001 larval midge manual!!

But, if you have to, it's available through NABS; to order please send a  personal check or money order (US$25.00, payable to “NABS - TIC”) for each workbook, to:

Mark J. Wetzel
Illinois Natural History Survey, 172 N.R.B.
607 East Peabody Drive,
MC-652, Champaign, IL 61820-6970
E-mail: mjwetzel@uiuc.edu

But check with Mark first ...

Other:

Epler, J.H. 1987b. Revision of the Nearctic Dicrotendipes Kieffer, 1913 (Diptera: Chironomidae). Evol. Monogr. 9:102 pp + 37 plates. Available from: Evolutionary Monographs, University of Chicago, 1101 East 57th Street, Chicago, IL 60637, USA. phone (773)-702-9475. PRICE: $13.60 plus $3.00 shipping.

Epler, J.H. 1988a. Biosystematics of the genus Dicrotendipes Kieffer, 1913 (Diptera: Chironomidae: Chironominae) of the world. Mem. Am. Ent. Soc. 36: 1-214. Available from: The American Entomological Society, 1900 Race Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103, USA. PRICE: $25.00.
 
And NO, I don't get any royalties from the above two publications!  Otherwise, I would have that Ferrari or Porsche!!

For reprints of other papers,  contact me at johneplerATearthlink.net (put the "@" symbol in - I do this because it is an easy way to avoid spam)
 

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