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Future events

Important Notice – change of location and dates for future meetings

Due to issues booking the Royal Society Room from the South Australian Museum, we have been forced to change the date and location of the FNSSA General meeting to the Goodman Lecture theatre on Wednesday the 20th March at 7:30pm. Sorry about any inconvenience which may have resulted due to the late notice of this change.

All General meetings after March will be held at this location on the 3rd Thursday of every Month, except January when no meeting is scheduled.

FNSSA General Meeting – 7:30pm Wednesday March 20th 2024

Location: Goodman Building, Hackney Rd. Click here for a map

Speaker: Patricia Slattery, College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University

Topic: Drivers of diversity in the Australian endemic bee subfamily Euryglossinae (Colletidae)

Euryglossines comprise almost 25% of Australia’s native bee diversity, but we know almost nothing about them outside of some alpha taxonomic work and floral host records. They have unusual morphology, dietary preferences, and biogeography, all of which are potential drivers that might explain their hyper-diversity on the Australian continent. My project aims to create the first robust molecular phylogeny of the group to explore some of these major potential drivers and understand what exactly it is about the Australian continent that has given rise to some of the most unusual bee fauna in the world. 

FNSSA General Meeting – 7:30pm Thursday April 18th 2024

Location: Goodman Building, Hackney Rd. Click here for a map

Speaker: TBA

Topic: TBA

FNSSA General Meeting – 7:30pm Thursday May 16th 2024

Location: Goodman Building, Hackney Rd. Click here for a map

Speaker: TBA

Topic: TBA