Personeelslijst

Massimiliano Virgilio

Biologie
Invertebraten
Publications
  • 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.
  • 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.