Répertoire du personnel
Massimiliano Virgilio
Biologie
Invertébrés
Invertébrés
Publications
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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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).
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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.
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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).
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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.