Staff directory
Nathalie Smitz
Biology
Invertebrates
Invertebrates
Publications
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Deblauwe, I., Ibanez-Justicia, A., De Wolf, K., Smitz, N., Schneider, A., Stroo, A., Jacobs, F., Vanslembrouck, A., Gombeer, S., Dekoninck, W., Muller, R. & Van Bortel, W. 2021. ‘First Detections of Culiseta longiareolata (Diptera: Culicidae) in Belgium and the Netherlands’. Journal of Medical Entomology. DOI: 10.1093/jme/tjab127. I.F. 2.14.
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Smitz, N., De Wolf, K., Gheysen, A., Deblauwe, I., Vanslembrouck, A., Meganck, K., De Witte, J., Schneider, A., Verlé, I., Dekoninck, W., Gombeer, S., Vanderheyden, A., De Meyer, M., Backeljau, T., Müller, R. & Van Bortel, W. 2021. ‘DNA identification of species of the Anopheles maculipennis complex and first record of An. daciae in Belgium’. Medical and Veterinary Entomology. DOI: 10.1111/mve.12519. URL: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirect/10.1111/mve.12519 I.F. 2.178.
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Nsengimana, V., Vanderheyden, A., Gombeer, S., Smitz, N., Meganck, K., De Meyer, M., Backeljau, T., Fisher, BL. & Dekoninck, W. 2021. ‘First record of the ant Pheidole megatron Fischer and Fisher, 2013(Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Rwanda’. African Zoology 1-5. ISSN: 1562-7020. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/15627020.2021.1901605. (PR).
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Smitz, N., De Wolf, K., Deblauwe, I., Kampen, H., Schaffner, F., De Witte, J., Schneider, A., Verlé, I., Vanslembrouck, A., Dekoninck, W., Meganck, K., Gombeer, S., Vanderheyden, A., De Meyer, M., Backeljau, T., Werner, D., Müller, R. & Van Bortel, W. 2021. ‘Population genetic structure of the Asian bush mosquito, Aedes japonicus (Diptera, Culicidae), in Belgium suggests multiple introductions’. Parasites & Vectors 14: 179. DOI: DOI: 10.1186/s13071-021-04676-8. URL: https://www.openagrar.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/openagrar_derivate_00036497/s13071-021-04676-8.pdf (PR).
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De Wolf, K., Vanderheyden, A., Deblauwe, I., Smitz, N., Gombeer, S., Vanslembrouck, A., Meganck, K., Dekoninck, W., De Meyer, M., Backeljau, T. & Van Bortel, W. 2021. ‘First record of the West-Nile virus bridge vector Culex modestus Ficalbi (Diptera: Culicidae) in Belgium, validated by DNA barcoding’. Zootaxa. I.F. 1.03.
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Nambyl A Fagbémi, M., Pigneur, L-M., André, A., Smitz, N., Gennotte, V., Michaux, J., Mélard, C., Lalèyè, P. & Rougeot, C. 2021. ‘Genetic structure of wild and farmed Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) populations in Benin based on genome wide SNP technology’. Aquaculture. I.F. 3.23.
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Wat'senga Tezzo, F., Fasine, S., Manzambi, E Z., Marquetti, MdC., Binene Mbuka, G., Ilombe, G., Mundeke Takasongo, R., Smitz, N., Bisset, J A., Van Bortel, W. & Vanlerberghe, V. 2021. ‘Important Aedes spp. density levels in Kinshasa, Demographic Republic of Congo’. Parasites & Vectors. I.F. 3.12.
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Gombeer, S., Nebesse, C., Musaba, P., Ngoy, S., Peeters, M., Vanderheyden, A., Meganck, K., Smitz, N., Geers, F., Van Den Heuvel, S., Backeljau, T., De Meyer, M. & Verheyen, E. 2020. ‘Exploring the bushmeat market in Brussels, Belgium: a clandestine luxury business’. Biodiversity and Conservation 1-14. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-020-02074-7. (PR).
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Ibáñez-Justicia, A., Smitz, N., den Hartog, W., van de Vossenberg, B., De Wolf, K., Deblauwe, I., Van Bortel, W., Jacobs, F., Vaux, AGC., Medlock, JM. & Stroo, A. 2020. ‘Detection of Exotic Mosquito Species (Diptera: Culicidae) at International Airports in Europe’. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17: 3450. DOI: doi:10.3390/ijerph17103450. I.F. 2.468.
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Martin, P., Sonet, G., Smitz, N. & Backeljau, T. 2019. ‘Phylogenetic analysis of the Baikalodrilus species flock (Annelida: Clitellata: Naididae), an endemic genus to Lake Baikal (Russia)’. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society zlz066. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz066. I.F. 2.9.