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Massimiliano Virgilio

Biology
Invertebrates
Publications
  • 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).
  • Bakengesa, J.A.,  De Meyer, M.,  Kudra, A.B.,  Virgilio, M.,  Mwatawala, M.W. & Majubwa, R.O. 2024. ‘Socioeconomic sustainability of agroecological farming: a quantitative analysis of cucurbit crop production in Eastern Central Tanzania’. Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems 48: 1139-1162.  (PR).
  • Tsatsu, S.K.,  Sutton, G.F.,  Serfontein, L.,  Addison, P.,  De Meyer, M.,  Virgilio, M. & Manrakhan, A. 2024. ‘Distribution and host ranges of Ceratitis rosa and Ceratitis quilicii (Diptera: Tephritidae) in South Africa’. Bulletin of Entomological Research 114: 503-513. DOI: 10.1017/S0007485324000294. URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007485324000294  I.F. 1.6.
  • Deschepper, P.,  Vanbergen, S.,  Virgilio, M.,  Sciarretta, A.,  Colacci, M.,  Rodovitis, W.G.,  Jaques, J.A.,  Bjelis, M.,  Bourtzis, L.,  Papadopoulos, N.T. & De Meyer, M. 2024. ‘Global invasion history with climate-related allele frequency shifts in the invasive Mediterranean fruit fly (Diptera, Tephritidae: Ceratitis capitata)’. Scientific Reports 12(2024): 25549.  (PR).
  • Ferrari, G.,  Esselens, L.,  Hart, M.,  Janssens, S.,  Kidner, K.,  Mascarello, M.,  Peñalba, JV.,  Pezzini, F.,  Von Rintelen, T.,  Sonet, G.,  Vangestel, C.,  Virgilio, M. & Hollingsworth, P. 2023. ‘Developing the protocol infrastructure for DNA sequencing natural history collections’. Biodiversity Data Journal 11: e102317. DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.11.e102317. URL: https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/102317/  I.F. 1.3.
  • De Meyer, M.,  Majubwa, R.O.,  Biyusa, A.K.,  Vandenbosch, M.,  Virgilio, M. & Mwatawala, M. 2023. ‘A first checklist of the dacine fruit flies (Diptera, Tephritidae, Dacinae) of Tanzania’. Journal of East African Natural History 112: 1-19.  (PR).
  • Bakengesa, J.A.,  Kudra, A.B.,  De Meyer, M.,  Virgilio, M.,  Mwatawala, M.W. & Majubwa, R.O. 2023. ‘Agroecological farming practices against fruit flies in Central Eastern Tanzania’. Fruits 78(3). DOI: doi.org/10.17660/th2023/010.  (PR).
  • De Meyer, M.,  Bota, L.,  Daniel, B.,  Mussumbi, M.,  Vandenbosch, M.,  Canhanga, L.,  Cambula, E.,  Cugala, D. & Virgilio, M. 2023. ‘A checklist of the dacine fruit flies (Diptera, Tephrtidiae, Dacinae) of Mozambique’. African Entomology 31: e15585.  (PR).
  • Zhang, Y.,  Li, W.,  Virgilio, M.,  De Meyer, M. & Li, Z. 2023. ‘Loop-mediated isothermal amplification of economically important Ceratitis species (Diptera: Tephritidae)’. Journal of Economic Entomology. DOI: doi.org/10.1093/jee/toad192. .  (PR).
  • Zhang, Y.,  Liu, S.,  De Meyer, M.,  Liao, Z.,  Zhao, Y.,  Virgilio, M.,  Feng, S.,  Qin, Y.,  Singh, S.,  Wee, S.L.,  Jiang, F.,  Guo, S.,  Li, H.,  Deschepper, P.,  Vanbergen, S.,  Delatte, H.,  van Sauers-Muller, A.,  Syamsudin, T.S.,  Kawi, A.P.,  Kasina, M.,  Badji, K.,  Said, F.,  Liu, L.,  Zhao, Z. & Z, Li. 2022. ‘Genomes of the cosmopolitan fruit pest Bactrocera dorsalis (Diptera: Tephritidae) reveal its global invasion history and thermal adaptation’. Journal of Advanced Research. DOI: org/10.1016/jare.2022.12.012.  (PR).
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