Re: Fw: Syntarsus rhodesiensis

[Vorompatra@aol.com]

In a message dated 1/21/02 4:43:32 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
David.Marjanovic@gmx.at writes:

<< Does anyone explain me where Syntarsus rhodesiensis (QG1) is housed?
   Raath (1969) says in Queen Victoria Museum, Salisbury, Rhodesia
   [...]    Salisbury should be an old name for an African town. Which one?
 Harare, capital of Zimbabwe.
   Glut (1997) says that QG is Queen Victoria Museum, Salisbury, England
 Maybe just one of his blunders :-> . For some dinosaurs he even writes 
Trans(s)ylvania is in Hungary... it was before 1918/19, today it's in 
Romania. There certainly is a Salisbury in England (after which Harare was 
named), but I have no idea whether a Queen Victoria Museum exists there (or 
anywhere else, to be honest). >>

I did a quick check on the web, and there IS a QVM in Harare:

http://www.vjv.co.uk/information/country/africa/zimbabwe_info.html

NITPICK ALERT - Salisbury, Rhodesia was named for Lord Salisbury, the British 
PM, whose title derives from the place in England. So, David is right, albeit 
indirectly.

Chip