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African Zoology

Section Entomology

Head of section : Marc De Meyer

Scientific staff

Dr Ugo Dall'Asta, project leader
Macrolepidopterist
Dr Eliane De Coninck, project leader
Dipterist
Dr Marc De Meyer, Head of sectionDipterist
Dr Jurate De Prins, assistant
Microlepidopterist
Massimiliano Virgilio, PhD

Diptera:
Lamyra gulo (fam. Asilidae)

Research activities

Taxonomic and phylogenetic research of fruit flies Ceratitidini (Diptera, Tephritidae) in Africa and their specificity with regard to their host plants.
M. De Meyer
Systematics and phylogenetics of Pipunculidae (Diptera)
M. De Meyer
Taxonomy and phylogeny of African Lymantriidae (Lepidoptera)
U. Dall'Asta
Morphological and systematic research on termites (Isoptera), Evaniidae (Hymenoptera) and Tachinidae (Diptera)
E. De Coninck
Systematics and phylogenetics of Gracillariidae (Microlepidoptera)
J. De Prins

Workshop
Workshop "Afrotropical Lepidoptera : Systematics, Digitization and DNA barcoding" (Tervuren, Belgium / 18-19 October 2006)
Report on the initiative workshop : outcome, feedback & impact on future research. (pdf 4 MB)

Library
- accessible from Monday to Friday from 8.30 a.m. until noon and from 1 p.m. until 4 p.m.
- by appointment only
- see on-line library catalogue : www.metafro.be/libraries/entomology
- Contact :Chantal Reigniez or Ugo Dall'Asta

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