Conference abstracts

• Backeljau, T., Quintana Cardona, J., Breugelmans, K., Vrijders, H. & Jordaens, K. 2010. Molecular characterisation of Arion ponsi, an endemic slug of the Balearic Islands (Pulmonata, Arionidae). World Congress of Malacology, Phuket, Thailand, 18-24 July 2010.
• Backeljau, T., Breugelmans, K., Elejalde, A., Prévot, V. & Jordaens, K. 2012. Inferring species limits in facultatively autogamous slugs and snails: a problem with too many solutions? 45th Annual Meeting of the Western Society of Malacologists, Santa Cruz, USA, 24-27 June 2012.
• Barr, N.B., M.S. Islam, B.A. McPheron & M. De Meyer. 2011. Molecular Identification of Ceratitis capitata (Tephritidae) and related fruit flies: Transitioning into the DNA Barcode Era. Sixth Session of the Commision on Phytosanitary Measures, Rome, Italy.
• Breman, F.C., Jordaens, K., Van Steenberge, M., Loix, S. & Snoeks, J. 2012. DNA barcoding of the Lake Tanganyika cichlid species (Pisces, Perciformes, Cichlidae) of the rocky shores. Third European Conference for the Barcode of Life, Brussels, Belgium, 17-20 September 2012.
• Breman, F.C., Jordaens, K., Sonet, G., Nagy, Z.T., Van Houdt, J. & Louette, M. 2012. DNA barcoding and evolutionary relationships in Accipiter Brisson, 1760 (Aves, Falconiformes: Accipitridae) with a focus on African and Eurasian representatives. Third European Conference for the Barcode of Life, Brussels, Belgium, 17-20 September 2012.
• Breman, F.C., Van Houdt, J., Sonet, G., Reygel, A. & Louette, M. 2009. Investigating species boundaries in the Accipiter tachiro/toussenelii complex. 6th International Meeting of European Bird Curators, Tervuren, Belgium, 27-28 August 2009.
• Breman, F.C., Van Houdt, J., Sonet, G., Reygel, A., Verheyen, E. & Louette, M. 2009. DNA barcoding European Accipiter and their African relatives. 16th Benelux Congress of Zoology, Wageningen, The Netherlands, 28-30 October 2009.
• Breman, F., Jordaens, K., De Meyer, M. & Virgilio, M. 2010. DNA barcoding as identification tool in fruit fly interception and surveying activities. 8th International Symposium on Fruit Flies of Economic Importance. Valencia, Spain, 26 September – 1 October 2010.
• Breman, F., Sonet, G., Nagy, Z., Jordaens, K., Van Houdt, J., Hanssens, M., Vreven, E., Snoeks, J. & Verheyen, E. 2010. DNA barcoding as identification tool in Congolese freshwater fishes. ECBOL2: European DNA barcoding Conference, Braga, Portugal, 2-4 June 2010.
• Breman, F., Jordaens, K., Tessens, B., Backeljau, T., Smeets, K & Artois, T. 2011. Cryptic biodiversity and phylogeographic relationships in the freeliving flatworm Gyratrix hermaphroditus (Platyhelminthes, Kalyptorhynchia). BioSystematics Berlin 2011, Berlin, Germany, 21-27 February 2011.
• Breman, F.C., Sonet, G., Nagy, Z., Lenglet, G., Jordaens, K. & Louette, M. 2011. DNA barcoding in European and African Accipiter (Accipitridae: Falconiformes). Fourth International Barcode of Life Conference, Adelaide, Australia, 28 November – 3 December 2011.
• Breman, F.C., Sonet, G., Nagy, Z., Lenglet, G., Jordaens, K. & Louette, M. 2011. DNA barcoding in European and African Accipiter (Accipitridae: Falconiformes). 18th Benelux Congress of Zoology, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 2-4 November 2011.
• Breugelmans, K., Jordaens, K., Van Houtte, N. & Backeljau, T. 2010. Rediscovery of a cryptic snail species: Arion transsylvanus (Pulmonata, Arionidae) from the Romanian Carpathians. World Congress of Malacology, Phuket, Thailand, 18-24 July 2010.
• Breugelmans, K., Jordaens, K., Kano, Y., Asami, T. & Backeljau, T. 2012. Phylogeny and DNA barcoding of Nipponarion (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora: Arionidae): a bridge too far ? Third European Conference for the Barcode of Life, Brussels, Belgium, 17-20 September 2012.
• Dall’Asta, U., Nagy, Z.T. & Breman, F.C. 2009. DNA barcoding of museum specimens of Lymantriidae of the Royal Museum for Central Africa. Congress of Lepitopterology, Cluj, Roemenia, 25-31 May 2009.
• Delatte, H., M. Virgilio, C. Jacquard, M. De Meyer & S. Quilici. 2012. Spatial scales of genetic structuring in Bactrocera cucurbitae (Diptera, Tephritidae) an invasive pest of economic importance. 2nd TEAM International Meeting, Kolymbari, Crete.
• De Meyer, M., Virgilio, M., Barr, N., Breman, F., Backeljau, T., Norrbom & A., McPheron, B. 2008. Tephritid Barcoding Initiative: a molecular diagnostic tool for fruit flies. 1st Meeting of TEAM (Tephritid workers of Europe Africa and the Middle-East), Palma de Mallorca, Spain, 7-8 April 2008.
• De Meyer, M., S. Ekesi, M. Virgilio, F. Khamis, M. Mwatawala & A. Malacrida. 2010. In and out of Africa: invasion history of fruit flies on the African mainland (Diptera, Tephritidae). 8th Int. Symp. Fruit Flies Econ. Importance, Valencia, Spain.
• De Meyer, M. 2010. Exotic fruit flies: a tale of stowaways, invaders and conquerors. International Organisation on Biological Control, Workshop on sustainable protection of fruit crops in the Mediterranean area. Vico del Gargano, Italy.
• De Meyer, M. & M.Mwatawala. 2011. A multidisciplinary approach to the impact of invasive fruit fly species in Tanzania. 10th African Crop Science Society Conference, Maputo, Mozambique.
• Dillen, L., Jordaens, K. & Backeljau, T. 2010. Male and female investment in the hermaphroditic land snail Succinea putris (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Succineidae): Effects of social group size, mating frequency and body size. World Congress of Malacology, Phuket, Thailand, 18-24 July 2010.
• Dillen, L., Jordaens, K. & Backeljau, T. 2010. Effects of body size on courtship role, mating frequency and sperm transfer in the land snail Succinea putris. World Congress of Malacology, Phuket, Thailand, 18-24 July 2010.
• Elejalde, A.M., M. De Frias Martins, A., Jordaens, K., Van Houtte, N., Diericx, M. & Backeljau, T. 2010. Preliminary molecular systematics of the genus Napaeus (Pulmonata, Enidae) in the Azores. World Congress of Malacology, Phuket, Thailand, 18-24 July 2010.
• Elejalde, M.A., Breugelmans, K., Vrijders, H., Leonard, J.L., Pearse, J.S., Jordaens, K. & Backeljau, T. 2011. Phylogenetic relationships of banana slugs (Stylommatophora: Arionidae: Ariolimax) using mtDNA. 6th Congress of the European Malacological Societies, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain, 18-22 July 2011.
• Elejalde, M.A., Leonard, J.L., Pearse, J.S., Janssens, C., Van Houtte, N., Breugelmans, K., Jordaens, K. & Backeljau, T. 2011. The reproductive biology of the banana slug, Ariolimax buttoni (Stylommatophora: Arionidae) inferred by microsatellite DNA variation. 6th Congress of the European Malacological Societies, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain, 18-22 July 2011.
• Elejalde, M.A., Breugelmans, K., Jordaens, K., Pearse, J.S., Leonard, J.L. & Backeljau, T. 2012. Molecular systematics of banana slugs (Stylommatophora: Arionidae: Ariolimax), 45th Annual Meeting of the Western Society of Malacologists, Santa Cruz, USA, 24-27 June 2012.
• Elejalde, A., Breugelmans, K., Jordaens, K., Pearse, J.S., Leonard, J.L. & Backeljau, T. 2012. Applying species delimitation methods in Ariolimax (Stylommatophora: Arionidae). Third European Conference for the Barcode of Life, Brussels, Belgium, 17-20 September 2012.
• Emelemé, R., J.L. Juakaly, M. De Meyer, M. Virgilio & T. Backeljau. 2011. Etude quantitative des peuplements des mouches des fruits (Diptera: Tephritidae) dans les forêts tropicales et les campagnes de la République Démocratique du Congo. Workshop Congo Network, Tervuren, Belgium.
• Erbout, N., L. Lens, M. Virgilio & M. De Meyer. 2010. Host plant toxicity, stenophagy and evolutionary radiation in the genus Ceratitis (Diptera, Tephritidae). 8th Int. Symp. Fruit Flies Econ. Importance, Valencia, Spain.
• Gessmallah, A.E., M. Virgilio, M. De Meyer, T. Backeljau, N.H.H. Bashir, M. E. Elkashif & Y.O.H. Assad. 2009. DNA barcoding and mini-barcoding for the molecular identification of tephritid fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae). African Association of Insect Scientists 18th Biennial Meeting, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
• Havermans, C., Nagy, Z.T., Sonet, G., De Broyer, C. & Martin, P. 2008. DNA barcoding reveals both cryptic and true circumpolar species in Antarctic Lysianassoidea (Amphipoda). 15th Benelux Congress of Zoology, Liège, Belgium, 30-31 October 2008.
• Havermans, C., Nagy, Z.T., Sonet, G., De Broyer, C. & Martin, P. 2009. Incongruence between molecular phylogeny and morphological classification in amphipop crustaceans: a case study of Antarctic lysianassoids.  European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy - EDIT, Young taxonomist Symposium, Carvoeiro, Portugal, 15-17 December 2009.
• Havermans, C., Sonet, G., Nagy, Z.T., Riehl, T., Brix, S., Martin, P., Held, C. 3 & d’Udekem d’Acoz, C. 2012. Molecular and morphological evidence for several species within the cosmopolitan eurybathic deep-sea lysianassoid amphipod Eurythenes gryllus sensu lato. 19th Benelux Congress of Zoology, Brussels, Belgium, 19-20 October 2012.
• Hendrickx, F., Desender, K., Breman, F., Van Houdt, J. & Baert, L. 2009. Evolution of Pterostichus beetles (Carabidae, Coleoptera) from Galapagos. 14th European Carabidologist Meeting, Westerbork, The Netherlands, 14-18 September 2009.
• Jacquard, C., M. Virgilio, S. Quilici, M. De Meyer & H. Delatte. 2012. Spatial scales of genetic structuring in Bactrocera cucurbitae (Diptera, Tephritidae): population structure of Bactrocera cucurbitae on La Réunion. 2nd FAO/IAEA Research Co-ordination Meeting on Resolution of Cryptic Species Complexes of Tephritid Pests to Overcome Constraints to SIT Application and International Trade, Brisbane, Australia.
• Jordaens, K., Vandecasteele, B., Lettens, S., Hendrickx, F., Backeljau, T., Bervoets, L. & Tack, F. 2010. Tissue- and species-specific accumulation of trace metals in two land snails (Gastropoda, Pulmonata). World Congress of Malacology, Phuket, Thailand, 18-24 July 2010.
• Jordaens, K., Dillen, L. & Backeljau, T. 2010. Effects of the breeding system on life history traits in land snails and slugs (Pulmonata). World Congress of Malacology, Phuket, Thailand, 18-24 July 2010.
• Jordaens, K., Breman, F.C., De Meyer, M. & Virgilio, M. 2010. DNA barcoding as identification tool in fruitfly interception and surveying activities. 17th Benelux Congress of Zoology, Ghent, Belgium, 22-23 October 2011.
• Jordaens, K., F. Breman, Z. Nagy, G. Sonet, T. Backeljau & M. De Meyer. 2010. DNA barcoding en de herkenning van invasieve soorten: fruitvliegen als voorbeeld. INBO studiedag Genetica in natuurbeleid en –beheer, Brussels, Belgium.
• Jordaens, K., G. sonet, Z. Nagy, F. Breman, M. De Meyer & T. Backeljau. 2010. Het gebruik van DNA barcoding in natuurbeleid- en beheer. INBO studiedag Genetica in natuurbeleid en –beheer, Brussels, Belgium.
• Jordaens, K., Sonet, G., Richet, R., Braet, Y. & Desmyter, S. 2011. DNA-based identification of forensically important flesh flies (Diptera: Sarcophagidae). BioSystematics 2011, Berlin, Germany, 21-27 February 2011.
• Jordaens, K., Van Houtte, N., Moerkens, R., Peusens, G., Leirs, H. & Gobin, B. 2011. Cryptic diversity in the widespread European earwig, Forficula auricularia (Insecta, Dermaptera). Fourth International Barcode of Life Conference, Adelaide, Australia, 28 November – 3 December 2011.
• Jordaens, K., Sonet, G., Richet, R., Dupont, E., Braet, Y. & Desmyter, S. 2011. Species identification of forensically important flies using DNA barcoding. Fourth International Barcode of Life Conference, Adelaide, Australia, 28 November – 3 December 2011.
• Jordaens, K., Sonet, G., Richet, R., Dupont, E., Braet, Y. & Desmyter, S. 2011. Species identification of forensically important Sarcophaga flies using DNA barcoding. 18th Benelux Congress of Zoology, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 2-4 November 2011.
• Jordaens, K., Sonet, G., Bourguignon, L., Richet, R., Dupont, E., Braet, Y. & Desmyter, S. 2012. Identification of forensically important Sarcophaga species (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) using the mitochondrial COI gene. 9th meeting of the European Association for Forensic Entomology, Torun, Poland, 18-21 April 2012.
• Jordaens, K., Sonet, G., Richet, R., Dupont, E., Braet, Y. & Desmyter, S. 2012. Towards a molecular reference database for the identification of forensically important Sarcophaga species (Diptera: Sarcophagidae). Third European Conference for the Barcode of Life, Brussels, Belgium, 17-20 September 2012.
• Jordaens, K., Sonet, G., Bourguignon, L., Braet, Y., Dupont, E. & Desmyter, S. 2012. Towards a molecular database for the identification of forensically important Diptera in Belgium. 19th Benelux Congress of Zoology, Brussels, Belgium, 19-20 October 2012.
• Kielgast, J., Nagy, Z.T., Kusamba, C.Z., Lokasola, A.L. & Loetters, S. 2011. Reed frog diversity in the green heart of Africa. 16th European Congress of Herpetology, Luxembourg, Luxembourg, 25-29 September 2011.
• Lettens, S., Tack, F.M.G., Jordaens, K., De Vos, B. & Vandecasteele, B. 2010. Introducing a clean top soil layer on a contaminated dredged sediment-derived soil. Effects on litter metal concentrations. Sustainable Approaches to Remedation of Contaminated Land in Europe, Ghent, Belgium, 8-10 June 2010.
• Louette, M., Herremans, M., Sonet, G., Breman, F.C. & Van Houdt, J. 2009. The Accipiter francesiae radiation on the Comoro islands. 6th International Congress of Zoology, Bonn, Germany, 3-8 May 2009.
• Louette, M., Breman, F.C., Sonet, G., Nagy, Z.T., Haring, E., Gamauf, A. & Jordaens, K. 2012. Molecular data elucidate species limits and some relationships of Ploceus weavers. Pan-African Ornithological Congress, Arusha, Tanzania, 14-21 October 2012.
• M. De Frias Martins, A., Jordaens, K. & Backeljau, T. 2010. Conchological and anatomical differentiation in Drouetia land snails from São Miguel (Azores). World Congress of Malacology, Phuket, Thailand, 18-24 July 2010.
• Mortelmans, J., Nagy, Z.T., Sonet, G. & Grootaert, P. 2012. Using DNA barcodes for assessing diversity of dance flies (Diptera: Empidoidea) and as a basis for phylogenetic research. Third European Conference for the Barcode of Life, Brussels, Belgium, 17-20 September 2012.
• Mwatawala, M.W., G. Rwegasira, M. De Meyer & M. Virgilio. 2012. Host utilization and genetic divergence among populations of Bactrocera invadens Drew Tsuruta & White and Bactrocera cucurbitae Cocquillett in Tanzania. 2nd FAO/IAEA Research Co-ordination Meeting on Resolution of Cryptic Species Complexes of Tephritid Pests to Overcome Constraints to SIT Application and International Trade, Brisbane, Australia.
• Nagy, Z.T., Sonet G., Van Houdt J., Breman F., Verheyen E., Snoeks J., Jocqué R., De Meyer M. & Backeljau, T. 2007. Joint Experimental Molecular Unit: a project of the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences and the Royal Museum for Central Africa. Conference of DNA Barcoding in Europe, Leiden, The Netherlands, 3-5 October 2007.
• Nagy, Z.T., Vreven, E., Hanssens, M., Snoeks, J., Mizani, C.D. & Verheyen, E. 2008. 15th Benelux Congress of Zoology, Liège, 30-31 October 2008.
• Nagy, Z.T., Vreven, E., Hanssens, M., Snoeks, J., Mizani, C.D. & Verheyen, E. 2009. Phylogeny, phylogeography and DNA barcoding of Central African Synodontis species (Siluriformes:Mochokidae). 6th International Tropical Zoology Symposium, 3-8 May 2009, ZFMK, Bonn, Germany.
• Nagy, Z.T., Bellaagh, M., Wink, M. & Korsós, Z. 2009. Phylogeography of the Caspian whipsnake in Europe with emphasis on the edge populations in Hungary. 15th European Congress of Herpetology, Kusadasi, Turkey, 28 September – 2 October 2009.
• Nagy, Z.T., Sonet, G., Glaw, F. & Vences, M. 2009. DNA barcoding of Malagasy reptiles. 15th European Congress of Herpetology, Kusadasi, Turkey, 28 September – 2 October 2009.Nagy, Z.T., Breman F.C. & Dall’Asta U. 2010. A first step toward the DNA barcoding of African lymantriids. ECBOL2: European DNA barcoding Conference, Braga, Portugal, 2-4 June 2010.
• Nagy, Z.T., Kusamba, C., Lokasola, L., Kolby, J. & Kielgast, J. 2011. Survey of the reptile fauna in the Congo basin. 16th European Congress of Herpetology, Luxembourg, Luxembourg, 25-29 September 2011.
• Nagy, Z.T., Sonet, G., Glaw, F. & Vences, M. 2011. Assessing squamate diversity in Madagascar using the DNA barcoding approach. BioSystematics 2011, Berlin, Germany, 21-27 February 2011.
• Nagy, Z.T., Sonet, G., Glaw, F. & Vences, M. 2011 DNA barcoding of reptiles: practical aspects, Fourth International Barcode of Life Conference, Adelaide, Australia, 28 November – 3 December 2011.
• Nagy, Z.T., Kusamba, C., Lötters, S. & Kielgast, J. 2012. Diversity of snakes and frogs in the DR Congo, the green heart of Africa. 7th World Congress of Herpetology, Vancouver, Canada, 8-14 August 2012.
• Nagy, Z.T., Sonet, G., Glaw, F. & Vences, M. 2012. First large-scale DNA barcoding assessment of reptiles in the biodiversity hotspot of Madagascar. Third European Conference for the Barcode of Life, Brussels, Belgium, 17-20 September 2012.
• Nagy, Z.T., Van Riet, S., Kusamba, C., Greenbaum, E.B., Kielgast, J., Gvoždík, V., Matthyssen, S., Bodongola, A., Mebert, K. & Verheyen, E. 2015. Diversity of the serpent fauna in central africa: from field surveys to integrative systematics. Evolution 2015, Guarujá, Brazil, 26-30 June 2015.
• Patrão, C., Jordaens, K., Castilho, R. & Backeljau, T. 2010. Geomalacus and Letourneuxia: Are we talking about the same thing (Pulmonata, Arionidae). World Congress of Malacology, Phuket, Thailand, 18-24 July 2010.
• Patrão, C., Jordaens, K., Castilho, R. & Leitão, A. 2010. Comparative cytogenetics of the genus Geomalacus (Pulmonata: Arionidae). World Congress of Malacology, Phuket, Thailand, 18-24 July 2010.
• Prévot, V., Jordaens, K. & Backeljau, T. 2010. Morphological and population genetic structuring in the land snail Rumina decollata (Pulmonata, Stylommatophora): Montpellier revisited 30 years later. World Congress of Malacology, Phuket, Thailand, 18-24 July 2010.
• Prévot, V., Van Houtte, N., Jordaens, K. & Backeljau, T. 2010. The difficulty of delimiting species in the largely selfing land snail genus Rumina (Pulmonata: Stylommatophora). World Congress of Malacology, Phuket, Thailand, 18-24 July 2010.
• Prévot, V., Jordaens, K., Sonet, G. & Backeljau, T. 2012. Exploring species delimitation methods based on DNA barcoding in the land snail genus Rumina (Gastropoda: Pulmonata). Third European Conference for the Barcode of Life, Brussels, Belgium, 17-20 September 2012.
• Ruiz-Arce, R., N. Barr & M. De Meyer. 2010. Molecular tools for the pathway analysis of Ceratitis capitata. 8th Int. Symp. Fruit Flies Econ. Importance, Valencia, Spain.
• Segers, H., Backeljau, T. & De Meyer, M. 2011. A Belgian barcoding facility for organisms and tissues of policy concern (BOPCO). Fourth International Barcode of Life Conference, Adelaide, Australia, 28 November – 3 December 2011.
• Skevington, J.H., C. Kelmaier, M. De Meyer, J.A. Rafael & S. Kelso. 2012. The trouble with rapidly diversifying Neotropical lineages: Can the current Pipunculidae classification be incorporated into new phylogenetic hypotheses? 24th International Congress of Entomology, Daegu, South Korea.
• Sonet, G., Nagy, Z.T., Breugelmans, K., Wendelen, W., Colyn, M., Molotwa, E., Martens, K., Backeljau, & Verheyen, E. 2007. Testing molecular genetic protocols for specimens of natural history collections in Belgium. Buffon Symposium, Paris, France, 18-19 October 2007.
• Sonet, G., Nagy, Z.T., Verheyen, E., Hulselmans, J., Wendelen, W., Van Rompaey, H. & Colyn, M. 2008. First genetic identification of cusimanses (Mammalia: Herpestidae: Crossarchus) based on intra- and interspecific variability of archival mitochondrial DNA. 15th Benelux Congress of Zoology, Liège, 30-31 October 2008.
• Sonet, G., Breman, F.C., Lenglet, G., Louette, M., Montañés, G., Nagy, Z.T., Van Houdt, J. & Verheyen, E. 2009. DNA barcoding of Congolese birds from museum collections. 6th International Congress of Zoology, Bonn, Germany, 3-8 May 2009.
• Sonet, G., Breman, F.C., Lenglet, G., Louette, M., Montañés, G., Nagy, Z.T., Van Houdt, J. & Verheyen, E. 2009. Do Congolese birds in museum collections contain useful genetic information? 6th International Meeting of European Bird Curators, Tervuren, Belgium, 27-28 August 2009.
• Sonet, G., Nagy, Z.T., Jordaens, K., Breman, F.C., Vermeulen, J., Dery, A. & Bourguignon, T. 2010. DNA barcoding of soldierless termites from South America: the Anoplotermes group (Termitidae). ECBOL2: European DNA barcoding Conference, Braga, Portugal, 2-4 June 2010.
• Sonet, G., Nagy, Z.T., Delsinne, T., Jacquemin, J., Wauters, N. & Leponce, M. 2011. Validation of the DNA barcoding approach to survey ant communities in the Ecuadorian Andes. BioSystematics Berlin 2011, Berlin, Germany, 21-27 February 2011.
• Sonet, G., Nagy, Z.T., Jacquemin, J., Wauters, N., Delsinne, T. & Leponce, M. 2011. DNA barcoding of fire ants and thief ants (genus solenopsis) of the Ecuadorian Andes as a tool for biodiversity research. Fourth International Barcode of Life Conference, Adelaide, Australia, 28 November – 3 December 2011.
• Sonet, G., Jordaens, K., Breman, F., Sonet, G., Nagy, Z.T., De Meyer, M. & Backeljau, T. 2011. Belgian Network for DNA Barcoding. Fourth International Barcode of Life Conference, Adelaide, Australia, 28 November – 3 December 2011.
• Sonet, G., Desmyter, S., Braet, Y. & Jordaens, K. 2012. Molecular identification of the forensically important greenbottle fly species Lucilia caesar and L. illustris (Family Calliphoridae). Third European Conference for the Barcode of Life, Brussels, Belgium, 17-20 September 2012.
• Sonet, G., Nagy, Z.T., Breman, F.C., De Meyer, M., Backeljau, T. & Jordaens, K. 2012. Integrating DNA barcoding in taxonomic practice: Experience from a joint initiative of two natural history museums. 19th Benelux Congress of Zoology, Brussels, Belgium, 19-20 October 2012.
• Van Houdt, J., Breman, F.C., Sonet, G., Reygel, A. & Louette, M. 2009. DNA barcoding of European accipiter and their African relatives. 7th Conference of the European Ornithologists' Union, Zürich, Switzerland, 21-26 August 2009.
• Van Houdt, J., Breman, F.C., Sonet, G., Reygel, A. & Louette, M. 2009. DNA barcoding of European accipiter and their African relatives. 6th International Meeting of European Bird Curators, Tervuren, Belgium, 27-28 August 2009.
• Van Houdt, J., Breman, F.C., Sonet, G., Reygel, A. & Louette, M. 2009. DNA barcoding of European accipiter and their African relatives. 3rd International Barcode of Life Conference, Mexico City, Mexico, 9-13 November 2009.
• Van Houdt, J., Breman, F. C., Virgilio, M., Backeljau, T. & De Meyer, M. 2008. Evaluation of minibarcodes for the identification of tephritid fruit flies. 23rd International Congress of Entomology, Durban, South Africa, 6-12 July 2008.
• Van Houtte, N., Helsen, S., Leonard, J., Pearse, J., Elejalde, A., Breugelmans, K., Backeljau, T. & Jordaens, K. 2010. Microsatellite DNA for population genetic and parentage analysis of banana slugs (Pulmonata, Arionidae: Ariolimax). World Congress of Malacology, Phuket, Thailand, 18-24 July 2010.
• Verheyen E., Breman F. C., Hanssens M., Nagy, Z.T., Sonet G., Van Houdt J., Vreven E., Danadu Mizani, C. & Snoeks, J. 2008. DNA barcoding of freshwater fish collections from the Congo region. 15th Benelux Congress of Zoology, Liège, Belgium, 30-31 October 2008.
• Verheyen, E., Breman, F.C., Hanssens, M., Nagy, Z.T., Sonet, G., Van Houdt, J., Vreven, E., Danadu Mizani, C., Ali Pato, U. & Snoeks, J. 2009. A DNA barcode assisted survey of the Congolese freshwater fish diversity. 6th International Congress of Zoology, Bonn, Germany, 3-8 May 2009.
• Verheyen, E., Vreven, E., Nagy, Z.T., Sonet, G., Breman, F.C., Jordaens, K., Van Houdt, J., Hanssens, M., Mizani, C.D. & Snoeks, J. 2012. The reliability of DNA barcoding in Congolese fish through the comparison of two independently generated data sets. Third European Conference for the Barcode of Life, Brussels, Belgium, 17-20 September 2012.
• Virgilio M., M. De Meyer, A.E. Gessmallah, B. Nevado & T. Backeljau. 2009. DNA barcoding and mini-barcoding for molecular identification of Diptera. 3rd International Barcode of Life Conference, Mexico City, Mexico.
• Virgilio M., T. Backeljau T., B. Nevado & M. De Meyer. 2009. Performance of DNA barcoding for insect identification. 3rd International Barcode of Life Conference, Mexico City, Mexico.
• Virgilio, M., H. Delatte, T. Backeljau & M. De Meyer. 2010. Macrogeographic population structuring in the cosmopolitan agricultural pest Bactrocera cucurbitae (Diptera: Tephritidae). 8th Int. Symp. Fruit Flies Econ. Importance, Valencia, Spain.
• Virgilio, M., Jordaens, K., Breman, F. & De Meyer, M. 2011. Turning DNA barcodes into an alternative tool for identification: African fruit flies as a model. International Plant Protection Convention, Rome, Italy, 14-18 March 2011.
• Virgilio, M., Jordaens, K., Breman, F., Backeljau, T. & De Meyer, M. 2011. Turning DNA barcoding into a practical tool for insect identification. African fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) as a model. Fourth International Barcode of Life Conference, Adelaide, Australia, 28 November – 3 December 2011.
• Virgilio, M., H. Delatte, T. Backeljau, S. Quilici & M. De Meyer. 2012. Microsatellite diagnosis of specieds within the Ceratitis fasciventris, C. anonae, C. rosa species complex (Diptera: Tephritidae). 2nd FAO/IAEA Research Co-ordination Meeting on Resolution of Cryptic Species Complexes of Tephritid Pests to Overcome Constraints to SIT Application and International Trade, Brisbane, Australia.
• Virgilio, M., H. Delatte, T. Backeljau, S. Quilici & M. De Meyer. 2012. There’s more than meets the eye: population structure in the Ceratitis ”FAR complex” (Diptera: Tephritidae). 2nd TEAM International Meeting, Kolymbari, Crete.
• Virgilio, M. 2012. Making the best out of incomplete DNA barcode libraries: simple ad hoc thresholds to reduce identification errors. Third European Conference for the Barcode of Life, Brussels, Belgium, 17-20 September 2012.

Congresses, symposia and workshops:

• DNA Barcoding in Europe, Leiden, The Netherlands, 3-5 October 2007: 1 poster presentation.
• European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy – EDIT Symposium - Future trends in taxonomy, Carvoeiro, Portugal, 21-23 January 2008.
• 1st Meeting of TEAM (Tephritid workers of Europe Africa and the Middle-East), Palma de Mallorca, Spain, 7-8 April 2008: 1 poster presentation.
• 23rd International Congress of Entomology, Durban, South Africa, 6-12 July 2008: 1 poster presentation.
• 15th Benelux Congress of Zoology, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium, 30-31 October 2008: 4 poster presentations.
• 6th International Congress of Zoology, Bonn, Germany, 3-8 May 2009: 4 oral presentations.
• 16. European Congress of Lepidopterology, Cluj, Romania, 25-31 May 2009: 1 oral presentation.
• 6th International Meeting of European Bird Curators, Tervuren, Belgium, 27-28 August 2009: 2 oral presentations.
• 14th European Carabidologist Meeting, Westerbork, The Netherlands, 14-18 September 2009: 1 poster presentation.
• 3rd International Barcode of Life Conference, Mexico City, Mexico, 7-13 November 2009: 1 oral and 2 poster presentations.
• European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy – EDIT 2nd General & ECBoL meetings, Carvoeiro, Portugal, 15-17 December 2009: 1 oral presentation.
• 8th International Symposium on Fruit Flies of Economic Importance. Valencia, Spain, 26 September – 1 October 2010: 1 poster presentation.
• 15th European Congress Of Herpetology, Kusadasi, Turkey, September 28 – October 2 2009: 2 poster presentations.
• 16th Benelux Congress of Zoology, Wageningen, The Netherlands, 28-30 October 2009: 1 oral presentation.
• ECBOL2: European DNA barcoding Conference, Braga, Portugal, 2-4 June 2010: 3 poster presentations.
• Sustainable Approaches to Remediation of Contaminated Land in Europe, Ghent, Belgium, 8-10 June 2010: 1 poster presentation.
• World Congress of Malacology, Phuket, Thailand, 18-24 July 2010: 4 oral and 9 poster presentations.
• 8th International Symposium on Fruit Flies of Economic Importance, Valencia, Spain, 26 September – 1 October 2010: 2 oral and 3 poster presentations.
• Studiedag ‘Genetica in Natuurbeleid’, Research Institute for Nature and Forest, Brussels, Belgium, 18 November 2010: 2 poster presentations.
• Royal Museum for Central Africa Science Days, Tervuren, Belgium, 26-28 January 2011: 3 oral presentations.
• BioSystematics Berlin 2011, Berlin, Germany, 21-27 February 2011: 1 oral and 3 poster presentations.
• International Plant Protection Convention, Rome, Italy, 14-18 March 2011: 1 poster presentation.
• 17. European Congress of Lepidopterology, Luxembourg, Luxembourg, 9-14 May: 1 oral presentation.
• 6th Congress of the European Malacological Societies, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain, 18-22 July 2011: 1 oral and 1 poster presentation.
• 16th European Congress of Herpetology, Luxembourg, Luxembourg, 25-29 September: 2 oral presentations.
• 10th African Crop Science Society Conference, Maputo, Mozambique, 10-13 October 2011: 1 oral presentation.
• 17th Benelux Congress of Zoology, Ghent, Belgium, 22-23 October 2011: 1 poster presentations.
• 18th Benelux Congress of Zoology, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 2-4 November 2011: 1 poster and 1 oral presentation.
• Fourth International Barcode of Life Conference, Adelaide, Australia, 28 November – 3 December 2011: 2 oral and 3 poster presentations.
• 45th Annual Meeting of the Western Society of Malacologists, Santa Cruz, USA, 24-27 June 2012: 2 oral presentations.
• 2nd International Meeting of the Tephritid Workers of Europe, Africa and the Middle East, Kolymbari, Crete, 2-6 July 2012: 1 oral and 1 poster presentation.
• 9th meeting of the European Association for Forensic Entomology, Torun, Poland, 18-21 April 2012: 1 oral presentation.
• 7th World Congress of Herpetology, Vancouver, Canada: 1 oral presentation
• 24th International Congress of Entomology, Daegu, South Korea, 19-25 August 2012: 1 poster presentation.
• Third European Conference for the Barcode of Life, Brussels, Belgium, 17-20 September 2012: 10 poster presentations.
• 19th Benelux Congress of Zoology, Brussels, Belgium, 19-20 October 2012: 1 poster and 1 oral presentation.