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Dr Grootaert, Patrick
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Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen; Operationele Directie Taxonomie en Fylogenie; Afdeling insecten, more

Function: Head of department
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Tel.: +32-(0)2-627 43 02
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WoRMS Editorial Board (WoRMS editors), more

Function: Thematic editor

A1 Publications (25) [show]
Yeo, D.; Srivathsan, A.; Puniamoorthy, J.; Maosheng, F.; Grootaert, P.; Chan, L.; Guénard, B.; Damken, C.; Wahab, R.A.; Yuchen, A.; Meier, R. (2021). Mangroves are an overlooked hotspot of insect diversity despite low plant diversity. BMC Biology 19(1): 202. https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12915-021-01088-z, more Ramos, K.; Ang, Y.; Grootaert, P. (2020). 'Fake widespread species': a new mangrove Thinophilus Wahlberg (Diptera, Dolichopodidae) from Bohol, Philippines, that is cryptic with a Singaporean species. Raffles Bull. Zool. 68: 441-447. https://hdl.handle.net/10.26107/RBZ-2020-0060, more Grootaert, P. (2019). Species turnover between the northern and southern part of the South China Sea in the Elaphropeza Macquart mangrove fly communities of Hong Kong and Singapore (Insecta: Diptera: Hybotidae). Eur. J. Taxon. 554: 1-27. https://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2019.554, more Grootaert, P.; Van de Velde, I. (2019). Empidoid flies from Cabo Verde (Diptera, Empidoidea, Dolichopodidae and Hybotidae) are not only composed of Old World tropical species. Eur. J. Taxon. 528: 1-17. https://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2019.528, more Samoh, A.; Satasook, C.; Grootaert, P. (2019). New marine Thinophilus species (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Hydrophorinae) from the Thai Andaman Sea coast and new records from peninsular Thailand. Eur. J. Taxon. 505: 1-20. https://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2019.505, more Samoh, A.; Satasook, C.; Grootaert, P. (2019). NGS-barcodes, haplotype networks combined to external morphology help to identify new species in the mangrove genus Ngirhaphium Evenhuis & Grootaert, 2002 (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Rhaphiinae) in Southeast Asia. Raffles Bull. Zool. 67: 640-659. https://dx.doi.org/10.26107/RBZ-2019-0046, more Samoh, A.; Satasook, C.; Grootaert, P. (2017). Eight new species of marine dolichopodid flies of Thinophilus Wahlberg, 1844 (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from peninsular Thailand. Eur. J. Taxon. 329: 1-40. https://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2017.329, more Grootaert, P.; Van De Velde, I.; Shamshev, I.V. (2015). Two new coastal species of Elaphropeza Macquart (Diptera: Hybotidae) from Bali, Indonesia. Eur. J. Taxon. 112: 1-10. dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2015.112, more Grootaert, P.; Puniamoorthy, J (2014). Revision of Ngirhaphium (Insecta: Diptera: Dolichopodidae), with the description of two new species from Singapore's mangroves. Raffles Bull. Zool. 62: 146-160, more Naglis, S.; Grootaert, P.; Brooks, S. (2013). Phoomyia, a new genus of Dolichopodinae from the Oriental Region (Diptera: Dolichopodidae). Zootaxa 3666(1): 93-99. https://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3666.1.9, more Grootaert, P.; Shamshev, I.V. (2012). The fast-running flies (Diptera, Hybotidae, Tachydromiinae) of Singapore and adjacent regions. Eur. J. Taxon. 5: 1-162, more Sohier, C.; Dekoninck, W.; Menzel, F.; Versteirt, V.; Grootaert, P. (2012). Larval habitat characteristics along the Scheldt estuarium of Bradysia ocellaris (Comstock), a black fungus gnat (Diptera: Sciaridae) of economic importance. Belg. J. Zool. 142(2): 127-129, more Grootaert, P.; Shamshev, I. (2010). A new Chersodromia Walker (Diptera: Hybotidae) from shore of the Sea of Azov (Russia). Zootaxa 2645(2645): 64-68, more Grootaert, P.; Yang, D. (2009). A new Syndyas Loew, 1857 (Diptera: Hybotidae: Hybotinae) from mangroves in Singapore, with a review of the oriental and Australasian species. Raffles Bull. Zool. 57(1): 17-24, more Speybroeck, J.; Bonte, D.; Courtens, W.; Gheskiere, T.; Grootaert, P.; Maelfait, J.-P.; Provoost, S.; Sabbe, K.; Stienen, E.; Van Lancker, V.R.M.; Van Landuyt, W.; Vincx, M.; Degraer, S. (2008). The Belgian sandy beach ecosystem: a review. Mar. Ecol. (Berl.) 29(Suppl. 1): 171-185. dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0485.2008.00232.x, more Zhang, L.; Yang, D.; Grootaert, P. (2008). Mangrove Hercostomus sensu lato (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) of Singapore. Raffles Bull. Zool. 56(1): 17-28, more Shamshev, I.V.; Grootaert, P. (2007). Revision of the genus Elaphropeza Macquart (Diptera: Hybotidae) from the Oriental Region, with a special attention to the fauna of Singapore. Zootaxa 1488: 1-164, more Zhang, L.; Yang, D.; Grootaert, P. (2007). Paraclius (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Dolichopodinae) of Singapore, with new species from mangroves. Raffles Bull. Zool. 55(1): 49-62, more Grootaert, P. (2006). The genus Teuchophorus (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) in Singapore. Raffles Bull. Zool. 54(1): 59-82, more Grootaert, P.; Evenhuis, N.L. (2006). On the distribution of the marine genus Thinolestris Grootaert & Meuffels (Diptera, Dolichopodidae) with a description of a new species from Singapore, Malaysia and Brunei. Zootaxa 1134: 59-68, more Speybroeck, J.; Bonte, D.; Courtens, W.; Gheskiere, T.; Grootaert, P.; Maelfait, J.-P.; Mathys, M.; Provoost, S.; Sabbe, K.; Stienen, E.W.M.; Van Lancker, V.R.M.; Vincx, M.; Degraer, S. (2006). Beach nourishment: an ecologically sound coastal defence alternative? A review. Aquat. Conserv. 16(4): 419-435. dx.doi.org/10.1002/aqc.733, more Evenhuis, N.L.; Grootaert, P. (2002). Annotated checklist of the Dolichopodidae (Diptera) of Singapore, with new records and descriptions of new species. Raffles Bull. Zool. 50(2): 301-316, more Grootaert, P.; Meuffels, H. (2001). Notes on marine Dolichopodid flies from Thailand (Insecta: Diptera: Dolichopodidae). Raffles Bull. Zool. 49(2): 339-353, more Delettre, Y.R.; Morvan, N.; Tréhen, P.; Grootaert, P. (1998). Local biodiversity and multi-habitat use in empidoid flies (Insecta: Diptera, Empidoidea). Biodivers. Conserv. 7(1): 9-25. dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1008851511301, more Pollet, M.; Grootaert, P. (1993). Estimating the natural value of the coastal dunes on the basis of their empidoidea dunes on the basis of their empidoidea fauna (Diptera). Belg. J. Zool. 123(Suppl. 1): 59-60, more
Peer reviewed publications (13) [show]
Grootaert, P.; Shamshev, I.; Kustov, S. (2012). New records of Chersodromia Walker from the shore of Black Sea and Sea of Azov of Russia with description of a new species (Diptera: Hybotidae). Miscellaneous Papers - Centre for Entomological Studies 156: 1-9, more Martens, C.; Dekoninck, W.; Grootaert, P. (2011). Muscidae and Syrphidae (Diptera) collected by window-trapping at the IJzer estuary (Belgian coast). Bull. Kon. Belg. Ver. Entomol. = Bull. Soc. R. Belge Entomol. 147: 225-232, more Grootaert, P.; Shamshev, I.; Andrade, R. (2010). Notes on Chersodromia from Portugal, Spain and France with the description of a new brachypterous species (Diptera, Hybotidae, Tachydromiinae). Bull. Kon. Belg. Ver. Entomol. = Bull. Soc. R. Belge Entomol. 146: 203-206, more Tomasovic, G.; Grootaert, P. (2010). Asilidae (Diptera) from mangrove, an unusual habitat for robber flies (Southeast Asia, Singapore). Bull. Kon. Belg. Ver. Entomol. = Bull. Soc. R. Belge Entomol. 146: 151-156, more Grootaert, P.; Grichanov, I.Ya. (2008). A first record of Cymatopus (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from Madagascar with the description of a new species. Bull. - Inst. R. Sci. Nat. Belg., Entomol. 78: 275-278, more Grootaert, P.; Shamshev, I. (2008). Notes on the halobiont genus Chersodromia (Diptera: Hybotidae) from Tunisia with the description of a new brachypterous species and notes on brachyptery in empidoids. Bull. Kon. Belg. Ver. Entomol. = Bull. Soc. R. Belge Entomol. 144: 57-63, more Zhang, L.; Yang, D.; Grootaert, P. (2008). New species of Hercostomus (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from China. Bull. - Inst. R. Sci. Nat. Belg., Entomol. 78: 259-274, more Bonte, D.; Dekoninck, W.; Grootaert, P. (2002). A contribution to the distribution and ecology of Asilid flies in the sandy regions of Flanders (Diptera: Asilidae) with a focus on the paucity of the Flemish coastal dunes. Bull. Kon. Belg. Ver. Entomol. = Bull. Soc. R. Belge Entomol. 138: 20-28, more Grootaert, P.; Dekoninck, W.; Bonte, D. (2001). Therevidae (Diptera) in the East-Flemish inland dunes, pioneers on sandy soils? Bull. Kon. Belg. Ver. Entomol. = Bull. Soc. R. Belge Entomol. 137(1-6): 32-35, more Grootaert, P.; De Bruyn, L.; De Meyer, M. (1991). Catalogue of the Diptera of Belgium. Studiedocumenten van het K.B.I.N. = Documents de Travail de l'I.R.Sc.N.B., 70. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussel. 338 pp., more Haghebaert, G.; Grootaert, P. (1991). Waarnemingen over de Coleoptera en Diptera rond het Slack-estuarium te Ambleteuse (Frankrijk, Pas de Calais). Phegea 19(3): 107-112, more Grootaert, P.; Pollet, M. (1989). Dansvliegen of Empididae (Diptera) van het Westhoekreservaat te De Panne. Phegea 17(1): 31-33, more Grootaert, P. (1984). A Nephrocerus species, new to science, from Belgium (Diptera, Pipunculidae). Ann. Soc. R. Zool. Bel. 114(2): 323, more
Book chapters (9) [show]
Speybroeck, J.; Bonte, D.; Courtens, W.; Gheskiere, T.; Grootaert, P.; Maelfait, J.-P.; Provoost, S.; Sabbe, K.; Stienen, E.W.M.; Van Lancker, V.R.M.; Van Landuyt, W.; Vincx, M.; Degraer, S. (2007). The Belgian sandy beach ecosystem: a review, in: Speybroeck, J. Ecologie van macrobenthos als een basis voor een ecologische bijsturing van strandsuppleties = Ecology of macrobenthos as a baseline for an ecological adjustment of beach nourishment. pp. 22-44, more Speybroeck, J.; Bonte, D.; Courtens, W.; Gheskiere, T.; Grootaert, P.; Maelfait, J.-P.; Mathys, M.; Provoost, S.; Sabbe, K.; Stienen, E.W.M.; Van Lancker, V.R.M.; Vincx, M.; Degraer, S. (2007). Beach nourishment: an ecologically sound coastal defence alternative? A review, in: Speybroeck, J. Ecologie van macrobenthos als een basis voor een ecologische bijsturing van strandsuppleties = Ecology of macrobenthos as a baseline for an ecological adjustment of beach nourishment. pp. 45-63, more Hoffmann, M.; Adam, S.; Baert, L.; Bonte, D.; Chavatte, N.; Claus, R.; De Belder, W.; De Fré, B.; Degraer, S.; De Groote, D.; Dekoninck, W.; Desender, K.; Devos, K.; Engledow, H.; Grootaert, P.; Hardies, N.; Leliaert, F.; Maelfait, J.-P.; Monbaliu, J.; Pollet, M.; Provoost, S.; Stichelmans, E.; Toorman, E.; Van Nieuwenhuyse, H.; Vercruysse, E.; Vincx, M.; Wittoeck, J. (2005). Integrated monitoring of nature restoration along ecotones, the example of the Yser Estuary, in: Herrier, J.-L. et al. (Ed.) Proceedings 'Dunes and Estuaries 2005': International Conference on nature restoration practices in European coastal habitats, Koksijde, Belgium 19-23 September 2005. VLIZ Special Publication, 19: pp. 191-208, more Speybroeck, J.; Bonte, D.; Courtens, W.; Gheskiere, T.; Grootaert, P.; Maelfait, J.-P.; Mathys, M.; Provoost, S.; Sabbe, K.; Stienen, E.; Van de walle, M.; Van Lancker, V.; Van Landuyt, W.; Vercruysse, E.; Vincx, M.; Degraer, S. (2005). How may beach nourishment affect the sandy beach ecosystem? The case of Belgian beaches, in: Herrier, J.-L. et al. (Ed.) Proceedings 'Dunes and Estuaries 2005': International Conference on nature restoration practices in European coastal habitats, Koksijde, Belgium 19-23 September 2005. VLIZ Special Publication, 19: pp. 557-568, more Grootaert, P.; Pollet, M. (2004). Vliegen als onontbeerlijke elementen in de ecologie van strand en duinen, in: Provoost, S. et al. (Ed.) Levende duinen: een overzicht van de biodiversiteit aan de Vlaamse kust. Mededelingen van het Instituut voor Natuurbehoud, 22: pp. 208-219, more Grootaert, P.; Pollet, M. (2004). Dansvliegen, in: Provoost, S. et al. (Ed.) Levende duinen: een overzicht van de biodiversiteit aan de Vlaamse kust. Mededelingen van het Instituut voor Natuurbehoud, 22: pp. 220-235, more Pollet, M.; Grootaert, P.; Desender, K.; Maelfait, J.-P. (2004). Slankpootvliegen, in: Provoost, S. et al. (Ed.) Levende duinen: een overzicht van de biodiversiteit aan de Vlaamse kust. Mededelingen van het Instituut voor Natuurbehoud, 22: pp. 236-251, more Fiers, F.; Backeljau, T.; Willenz, P.; Verheyen, E.; Govaere, J.; Grootaert, P.; Baert, L.; Jocqué, R.; Snoeks, J. (1994). Diversity and speciation in the wider Caribbean, in: Vanderborght, O. et al. (Ed.) IGBP and 'Global Change' related research in Belgium II. pp. 38, more Grootaert, P. (1994). Biodiversity in insects, speciation and behaviour in Diptera, in: Hoffmann, M. et al. (Ed.) Biodiversity: study, exploration, conservation. Proceedings of the symposium organized by the Royal Society of Natural Sciences Dodonaea (Koninklijk Natuurwetenschappelijk Genootschap Dodonaea), University of Gent, 18 November 1992. pp. 121-141, more
Abstract [show]
Van den Broeck, K.; Bonte, D.; Vandomme, V.; Maelfait, J.-P.; Grootaert, P. (2005). Biological evaluation of the Belgian beaches by means of terrestrial invertebrates, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) VLIZ Young Scientists' Day, Brugge, Belgium 25 February 2005: book of abstracts. VLIZ Special Publication, 20: pp. 63, more
Reports (5) [show]
Grootaert, P.; Dekoninck, W. (2012). Studie over het natuurherstel en herkolonisatie op het strand van Lombardsijde. Dossiernummer 209.061. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen (KBIN): Brussel. 16 pp., more Speybroeck, J.; Bonte, D.; Grootaert, P.; Maelfait, J.-P.; Stienen, E.; Vandomme, V.; Vanermen, N.; Vincx, M.; Degraer, S. (2006). Studie over de impact van zandsuppleties op het ecosysteem - fase 2: dossiernummer 204.295: eindrapport. UGent/KBIN/INBO: Belgium. 118 pp., more Speybroeck, J.; Bonte, D.; Dasseville, R.; Gheskiere, T.; Grootaert, P.; Lionard, M.; Maelfait, J.-P.; Sabbe, K.; Stienen, E.W.M.; Van den Broeck, K.; Van de walle, M.; Van Landuyt, W.; Vercruysse, E.; Vyverman, W.; Vincx, M.; Degraer, S. (2005). Biologische evaluatie van elf strandzones langs de Vlaamse kust - B.E.S.T.: Eindrapport. Instituut voor Natuurbehoud/KBIN/Universiteit Gent: Gent. 181, tab., fig., maps pp., more Maelfait, J.-P.; Bonte, D.; Grootaert, P. (2004). Terrestrische arthropoden, in: Speybroeck, J. et al. Studie over de impact van zandsuppleties op het ecosysteem: eindrapport. pp. 109-122, more Speybroeck, J.; Bonte, D.; Courtens, W.; Gheskiere, T.; Grootaert, P.; Maelfait, J.-P.; Mathys, M.; Provoost, S.; Sabbe, K.; Stienen, E.; Van Lancker, V.; Vincx, M.; Degraer, S. (2004). Studie over de impact van zandsuppleties op het ecosysteem: eindrapport. Afdeling Waterwegen Kust/Instituut voor Natuurbehoud/KBIN/Universiteit Gent: Belgium. 201 pp., more
Other publications (3) [show]
De Meyer, M.; Grootaert, P.; Haghebaert, G. (1989). A short note on the pipunculid fauna of the Belgian dunes (Diptera, Pipunculidae). Bull. Ann. Soc. R. Belge Entomol. 125: 332-334, more Grootaert, P. (1989). Enkele opmerkingen over vliegen (Diptera, Brachycera) van de Belgische kust. Bull. Ann. Soc. R. Belge Entomol. 125: 156-158, more Grootaert, P.; Pollet, M. (1988). Empididae (Diptera) van het Hannecartbos te Oostduinkerke. Bull. Ann. Soc. R. Belge Entomol. 124: 58-60, more
Thesis (co-)promotor [show]
Van den Broeck, K. (2004). Biologische evaluatie van de Belgische stranden aan de hand van terrestrische invertebraten. MSc Thesis. Universiteit Gent. Faculteit Wetenschappen: Gent. 117 pp., more

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