Staff directory

Marc De Meyer

Biology
Invertebrates
Publications
  • Kabota, S.,  Bakengesa, J.,  Tairo, J.,  Kudra, A.,  Majubwa, R.,  De Meyer, M.,  Mwatawala, M.,  Jordaens, K. & Virgilio, M. 2025. ‘The impact of family farming on Afrotropical flower fly communities (Diptera, Syrphidae): A case study in Tanzania’. PLOS ONE e0327126. URL: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0327126  I.F. 3.24.
  • Kabota, S.,  Tairo, J.,  Mwatawala, M.,  Majubwa, R.,  Kudra, A.,  Virgilio, M. & De Meyer, M. 2025. ‘Diversity of hoverflies and their floral visitation patterns in cultivated cucurbit crops in Morogoro, Tanzania’. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata. DOI: 10.1111/eea.13583. URL: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/eea.13583  I.F. 1.4.
  • Tarimo, P.,  Kabota, S.,  Majubwa, R.,  Kudra, A.,  Virgilio, M.,  Jordaens, K.,  De Meyer, M. & Mwatawala, M. 2025. ‘Fruit fly infestation of cucurbitaceous vegetables in Morogoro—Eastern Central Tanzania’. PLOS ONE 20 (4): e0322277. ISSN: 1932-6203. DOI: 10.1371/JOURNAL.PONE.0322277. URL: https://doi.org/10.1371/JOURNAL.PONE.0322277  I.F. 2.9.
  • Hendrycks, W.,  Mullens, N.,  Bakengesa, J.,  Kabota, S.,  Tairo, J.,  Backeljau, T.,  Majubwa, R.,  Mwatawala, M.,  De Meyer, M. & Virgilio, M. 2025. ‘Deterministic and stochastic effects drive the gut microbial diversity in cucurbit-feeding fruit flies (Diptera, Tephritidae)’. PLOS ONE 20 (1): e0313447. ISSN: 1932-6203. DOI: 10.1371/JOURNAL.PONE.0313447. URL: https://doi.org/10.1371/JOURNAL.PONE.0313447  I.F. 2.9.
  • Deschepper, P.,  Vanbergen, S.,  Esselens, L.,  Terblanche, JS.,  Karsten, M.,  Snyman, M.,  Cugala, D.,  Canhanga, L.,  Bota, L.,  Mwatawala, M.,  Ramadhani, M.,  Kudra, A.,  Tairo, J.,  Bakengesa, J.,  Addison, P.,  Manrakhan, A.,  Gledel, C.,  Delatte, H.,  De Meyer, M. & Virgilio, M. 2024. ‘A new genome sequence resource for five invasive fruit flies of agricultural concern: Ceratitis capitata, C. quilicii, C. rosa, Zeugodacus cucurbitae and Bactrocera zonata (Diptera, Tephritidae)’. F1000Research 13: 1492. DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.157946.1. URL: https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.157946.1  I.F. 3.23.
  • Hafsi, A.,  Moquet, L.,  Hendrycks, W.,  De Meyer, M.,  Virgilio, M. & Delatte, H. 2024. ‘Evidence for a gut microbial community conferring adaptability to diet quality and temperature stressors in phytophagous insects: the melon fruit fly Zeugodacus cucurbitae (Diptera: Tephritidae) as a case study’. BMC Microbiology 24: 514. DOI: 10.1186/s12866-024-03673-y. URL: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12866-024-03673-y  I.F. 4.6.
  • Rweyemamu, E.,  Mwatawala, M.W.,  Tryphone, G.M.,  De Meyer, M.,  Kabota, S. & Bwire, P.M. 2024. ‘Impact of cucurbit crop management techniques on the foraging behavior of honeybees and hoverflies in Morogoro, Tanzania’. BMC Ecology and Evolution 24: 9.  (PR).
  • Szyniszewska, A.M.,  Bieszcak, H.,  Kozyra, K.,  Papadopoulos, N.T.,  De Meyer, M.,  Nowosad, J.,  Ota, N. & Kriticos, D.J. 2024. ‘Evidence that recent climate changes have expanded the potential geographical range of the Mediterranean fruit fly’. Scientific Reports 14: 2515.  (PR).
  • Jordaens, K.,  De Meyer, M.,  Van Nuffel, M.,  Kirk-Spriggs, A.H.,  Sabuni, C.,  Mwatawala, M.,  Mujabwa, R.,  Kabota, S.,  Bellingan, T.,  Goergen, G.,  Mansell, M.,  Manrakhan, A.,  Sinzogan, A.,  Schutze, M.,  Thomas-Cabianca, A.,  Copeland, R.,  Muller, B.,  Virgilio, M.,  Bert, E.,  November, E. & Midgley, J. 2024. ‘A best way forward to the organization of entomological training courses in sub-Saharan Africa’. Journal of Educational Development 107: 103246.  (PR).
  • Pieterse, W.,  De Meyer, M.,  Virgilio, P. & Addison, P. 2024. ‘Development of a multi-entry identification key for economically important fruit fly larvae (Diptera: Tephritidae: Dacinae)’. ZooKeys 1197: 127-136.  (PR).
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