Dekoninck, Wouter

AUTHORS: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Dr Wouter Dekoninck
Curator Entomological Collections
Scientific Heritage Service
Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences
Vautierstraat 29
1000 Brussels, Belgium
+32(0)2 627 42 98, e-mail: wdekoninck@naturalsciences.be
www.naturalsciences.be
www.formicidae-atlas.be

PUBLICATIONS

• Balzani, P., Dekoninck, W., Feldhaar, H., Freitag, A., Frizzi, F., Frouz, J., Masoni, A., Robinson, E., Sorvari, J.& Santiniet, G., 2022. Challenges and a call to action for protecting European red wood ants. Conservation Biology, e13959, 1-7.

• Bonte, D., Dekoninck, W., Provoost, S., Cosijns, E. & Hoffmann, M. 2003. Microgeographical distribution of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in coastal dune grassland and their relation to the soil structure and vegetation. Animal Biology, 53 (4): 367-377.

• Boer, P. & Dekoninck, W., 2006. First record of the permanent social parasitic, slavemaking ant Harpagoxenus sublaevis (NYLANDER, 1852) for Belgium (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Bulletin S.R.B.E./K.B.V.E., 142: 21-24.

• Boer, P., Dekoninck, W., Van Loon, A. J. & Vankerkhoven, F. 2003. Lijst van mieren (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) van Belgie en Nederland, hun Nederlandse namen en hun voorkomen. Entomologische Berichten (Amsterdam) 63:54-58.

• Boer, P., Dekoninck, W. & Van Noordwijk, T. 2006. De mierenfauna van enkele kalkgraslanden van Thier de Lanaye en de herontdekking van Lasius distinguendus in België. Bulletin S.R.B.E./K.B.V.E., 144: 115-122.

• Brosens, D., Vankerkhoven, F., Ignace, D., Wegnez, P., Noé, N., Heughebaert, A., Bortels, J. & Dekoninck, W. 2013. FORMIDABEL: The Belgian Ants Database. ZooKeys 306: 59–70.

• Deblauwe, I. & Dekoninck, W. 2007. Diversity and distribution of ground-dwelling ants in a lowland rainforest in southeast Cameroon. Insectes Sociaux 54: 334-342.

• Deblauwe, I. & Dekoninck, W., 2007. Spatio-temporal patterns of the ground-dwelling ant assemblages in a lowland rainforest in Southeast Cameroon. Insectes Sociaux, 54(4): 343-350.

• Dekoninck, W., de Baere, C., Mertens, J. & Maelfait, J.-P. 2002. On the arrival of the Asian invader ant Lasius neglectus in Belgium (Hymenoptera Formicidae). Bulletin S.R.B.E./K.B.V.E., 138: 45-48.

• Dekoninck, W., De Koninck, H., Baugnée, J.-Y. & Maelfait, J.-P., 2007. Ant biodiversity conservation in Belgian calcareous grasslands: active management is vital (Hymenoptera : Formicidae). Belgian Journal of Zoology, 137(2): 137-146.

• Dekoninck, W., De Koninck, H., Gaspar, C., Grootaert, P., Godeau, J.-F. & Maelfait, J.-P., 2004. Comments on rare ant species and rediscovery of Myrmica lobicornis NYLANDER, 1846 (Formicidae, Hymenoptera), an ant supposed extinct in Belgium. Bulletin S.R.B.E./K.B.V.E., 140: 31-33.

• Dekoninck, W., Boer, P. & Maelfait, J.-P., 2004. Lasius platythorax SEIFERT as a temporary host of various Chthonolasius-species with remarks on the colony foundation of the parasites (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Myrmecological News, 6: 5-8.

• Dekoninck, W., Desender, K. & Grootaert, P., 2008. Establishment of ant communities in forests established on former agricultural fields: colonisation and 25 years of management are not enough (Formicidae: Hymenoptera). European Journal of Entomology, 105(4): 681-689.

• Dekoninck, W., Desender, K., Grootaert, P., Maelfait, J.-P., Baert, L., De Bakker, D. & Adriaens, T., 2004. Observations of the ladybird Platynaspis luteorubra (Goeze) on motorway verges along the ring-road of Brussels, with comments on its habitat and host preference (Coleoptera Coccinellidae Chilocorinae). Bulletin S.R.B.E./K.B.V.E., 140: 123-125.

• Dekoninck, W. & Grootaert, P., 2005. Rediscovery of Lasius bicornis (FÖRSTER, 1850) in Belgium (Hymenoptera : Formicidae). Bulletin S.R.B.E./K.B.V.E., 141: 27-29.

• Dekoninck, W., Hendrickx, F., Dethier, M., & Maelfait, J.-P., 2010. Spontaneous afforestation endangers the special ant fauna of abandoned quarries along the river Meuse (Wallonia, Belgium). Restoration Ecology, 18(5): 681–690.

• Dekoninck, W., Hendrickx, F., Grootaert, P. & Maelfait, J.-P., 2010. Present conservation status of red wood ants in north-western Belgium: Worse than previously, but not a lost cause. European Journal of Entomology, 107(2): 209-218.

• Dekoninck, W., Lock, K. & Janssens, F., 2007. Acceptance of two native myrmecophilous species, Platyarthrus hoffmannseggii and Cyphoderus albinus by the introduced invasive garden ant Lasius neglectus in Belgium. European Journal of Entomology, 104(1): 159-161.

• Dekoninck, W., Maebe K., Breyne, P. & Hendrickx, F., 2014. Polygyny and strong genetic structuring within an isolated population of the wood ant Formica rufa. Journal of Hymenoptera research, 41: 95-111.

• Dekoninck, W., Maelfait, J.-P., Vankerkhoven, F., Baugnée, J.-Y. & Grootaert, P. 2006. An update of the checklist of the Belgian ant fauna with comments on new species for the country (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Belgian Journal of Entomology 8: 27-41.

• Dekoninck, W., Maelfait, J.-P., Vankerkhoven, F. & Grootaert, P. 2005. Remarks on the distribution and use of a provisional red list of the ants of Flanders (Formicidae, Hymenoptera). JNCC Report 367: 74-85.

• Dekoninck, W. & Pauly, A. 2002. Camponotus vagus Scopoli, 1763 (Hymenoptera Formicidae) a new ant species for Belgium? Bulletin S.R.B.E./K.B.V.E., 138: 29-30.

• Dekoninck, W. & Vankerkhoven, F. 2001. Eight new species for the Belgian ant fauna and other remarkable recent records (Hymenoptera Formicidae). Bulletin S.R.B.E./K.B.V.E., 137: 36-43.

• Dekoninck, W. & Vankerkhoven, F. 2001. Checklist of the Belgian ant-fauna (Formicidae, Hymenoptera). Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique. Entomologie. 71: 263-266.

• Dekoninck, W., Vankerkhoven, F. & Maelfait, J.-P., 2003. First observations of Leptothorax affinis Mayr 1855 (Formicidae Hymenoptera) in Belgium. Bulletin S.R.B.E./K.B.V.E., 139: 39-40.

• Dekoninck, W., Versteirt, V. & Grootaert, P. 2001. Rediscovery of a colony Polyergus rufescens (Latreille, 1798) in Belgium: observations at the "Hageven" nature reserve (Hymenoptera Formicidae). Bulletin S.R.B.E./K.B.V.E., 137: 98-101.

• Dekoninck, W., Wegnez, P. & Cournault, L., 2009. A list of ant species collected in the surrounding area of Rocher Frédericq (Hockai) with the first record of Leptothorax gredleri MAYR, 1855 for Belgium. Bulletin S.R.B.E./K.B.V.E., 145: 22-24.

• Dekoninck, W., Wegnez, P., Espadaler, X. & Grootaert, P., 2006. First record of infestation of the ghost ant Tapinoma melanocephalum (FABRICIUS, 1793) in Belgium (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) – a new indoor pest problem for the country? Bulletin S.R.B.E./K.B.V.E., 142: 25-28.

• Dekoninck, W., Wegnez, P. & Muls, D., 2009. Records of the rare ant Lasius bicornis in Belgium. Bulletin S.R.B.E./K.B.V.E., 145: 111-113.

• Hacala, A., Gouraud, C., Dekoninck, W. & Pétillon, J., 2021. Relative Efficiency of Pitfall vs. Bait Trapping for Capturing Taxonomic and Functional Diversities of Ant Assemblages in Temporate Heathlands. Insects, 12(4), 307.

• Herrera, H.W., Baert, L., Dekoninck, W., Causton, C.E., Sevilla, C.R., Pozo, P. & Hendrickx, F., 2020. Distribution and habitat preferences of Galápagos ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Belgian Journal of Entomology, 93: 1–60.

• Herrera, H.W., Longino, J.T. & Dekoninck, W., 2014. New records of nine ant species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) for the Galápagos Islands. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist, 90(2):72-81.

• Herrera, H.W., Sevilla, C.R. & Dekoninck, W., 2013. Pheidole megacephala (Fabricius, 1793) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): a new invasive ant in the Galápagos Islands. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist, 89(4): 234-243.

• Kasseney, B.D., Titati, B.N., Nuto, Y., Dekoninck, W., Yeo, K. & Glitho, I.A., 2019; Diversity of Ants and Termites of the Botanical Garden of the University of Lomé, Togo; Insects, 10, 218: 1-14.

• Koné, M., Dosso, K., Yodé, C.D., Kouakou, A.E., N’Dri, A.B., Koné, N.A., N’Dri, J.K., Dekoninck, W. & Barot, S., 2018. Short-term changes in the structure of ant assemblages in a Guinean savanna under differing fire regimes (Lamto Scientific Reserve, Côte d’Ivoire). Journal of Tropical Ecology, 34 :326–335.

• Kouakou, L.M.M., Yeo, K., Dekoninck, W., Delsinne, T., Koné, M., Ouattara, K. & Konate, S., 2018. Diversity and distribution of anthropophilic, introduced and potential invasive ant species from the three ecoregions of Côte d’Ivoire. Belgian Journal of Zoology 148(1): 83-103.

• Kouakou, L.M.M., Yeo, K., Herrera, H.W., Kone, M., Delsinne, T., Vanderheyden, A., Ouattara, K. & Dekoninck, W., 2017. First official detection of invasive tropical fire ant, Solenopsis geminata (Fabricius, 1804) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Côte d’Ivoire (West Africa). BioInvasion Records, 6(2): 173-179

• Kouakou, L.M.M., Yeo, K., Koné, M., Ouattara, K., Kouakou, A.K., Delsinne, T. & Dekoninck, W., 2018. Espaces verts comme une alternative de conservation de la biodiversité en villes : le cas des fourmis (Hyménoptères : Formicidae) dans le district d’Abidjan (Côte d’Ivoire). Journal of Applied Biosciences, 131: 13358-13381.

• Kouakou, L.M.M., Yeo, K., Ouattara, K., Dekoninck, W., Delsinne, T. & Konate, S., 2018. Investigating urban ant community (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in port cities and in major towns along the border in Côte d’Ivoire: a rapid assessment to detect potential introduced invasive ant species. Journal of Animal & Plant Sciences 36: 5793-5811.

• Lehouck, V., Bonte, D., Dekoninck, W. & Maelfait, J.-P., 2004. The distribution of ant nests (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in coastal grey dunes of Flanders (Belgium) and their relation to myrmecochorous plants. Belgian Journal of Zoology; 134(2/1): 95-102.

• Lehouck, V., Bonte, D., Dekoninck, W. & Maelfait, J.-P., 2004. Trophobiotic relationships between ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and Tettigometridae (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha) in the grey dunes of Belgium. European Journal of Entomology: 101(4): 547-553.

• Mabelis, A.A., Van Loon, A.J. & Dekoninck, W. 2010. Verovert de plaagmier Nederland? Entomologishe Berichten Amsterdam, 70: 30-36.

• Nagy, Z.T., Dekoninck, W., De Block, F., Yeo, K., Silue, K.S. & Delsinne, T., 2017. Oviposition of Thelotornis kirtlandii (Hallowell, 1844) in a parabiotic ant nest. Salamandra, 53(1): 167-170.

• Nsengimana, V. & Dekoninck, W., 2020. A preliminary checklist of the ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Rwanda. Belgian Journal of Entomology, 101:1-22

• Nsengimana, V. & Dekoninck, W., 2021. Soil-litter ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) community response to reforested lands of Gishwati tropical montane forest, Western-Northern part of Rwanda. Journal of Tropical Ecology, 37 (4): 165-174.

• Nsengimana, V., Hagenimana, T., Barakagwira, T., Nsenganeza, J.D., Iradukunda, S., Majyambere, M., Basima Kizungu, O., Nkundimana, A., Umutoni, D., Rwasimitana, F., Cyubahiro, B., Kouakou, L.M.M., Yeo, K., Shisungu Anale, J., Gomez, K. & Dekoninck, W., 2022. Checklist of ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) species from Nyungwe tropical rain forest, South-Western Rwanda. Journal of East African Natural History 111(2):69-79

• Nsengimana, V., Iradukunda, C.S., Nsenganeza, J., Mberwa, J.W. & Dekoninck, W., 2022. Soil-litter arthropod communities under pasture land use in southern Rwanda. Tropical Ecology, 277: 1-11.

• Nsengimana, V., Kaplin, B.A., Francis, F., Lombart, K.M.M. & Dekoninck, W., Nsabimana, D. 2018. Use of Soil and Litter Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) as Biological Indicators of Soil Quality Under Different Land Uses in Southern Rwanda. Environmental Entomology, 47 (6): 1394-1401.

• Nsengimana, V., Kaplin, A.B., Nsabimana, D., Dekoninck, W. & Francis, F., 2021. Diversity and abundance of soil-litter arthropods and their relationships with soil physicochemical properties under different land uses in Rwanda. Biodiversity, 22(1-2): 41-52.

• Nsengimana, V., Nsabimana, D., Vanderheyden, A., Gombeer, S., Smitz, N., Meganck, K., De Meyer, M., Backeljau, T., Fisher, B.L. & Dekoninck, W., 2021. First record of the ant (Hymenoptera: Formcidae) Pheidole megatron (Fischer and Fisher, 2013) from Rwanda. African Zoology, 56(2): 157-161.

• Ouattara, K., Yeo, K., Koné, M., Lombart, M.M., Dekoninck, W. & Konate, S., 2018. Impact of ants on the growth and productivity of Lamto savanna perennial grasses (Côte d’Ivoire). International Journal of Agriculture, Environment and Bioresearch, 3(4):46-73.

• Ouatarra, K., Yeo, K., Kouakou, L.M.M., Koné, M., Dekoninck, W. & Konate, S., 2021. Influence of Ant-grass association on soil microbial activity through organic matter decomposition dynamics in Lamto savanna (Côte d’Ivoire). African Journal of Ecology, 59(4): 1023-1032.

• Parmentier, T., Bouillon, S., Dekoninck, W. & Wenseleers, T., 2015. Trophic interactions in an ant nest microcosm: a combined experimental and stable isotope (δ13C/δ15N) approach. Oikos, 125 (8): 1182-1192.

• Parmentier, T., Dekoninck, W. & Hendrickx, F., 2012. Site fidelity of Formica rufa: micro-scaled and persistent despite disturbance. Sociobiology, 59(3):1413-1425.

• Parmentier, T., Dekoninck, W. & Wenseleers, T., 2014. A highly diverse microcosm in a hostile world: a review on the associates of red wood ants (Formica rufa group). Insectes Sociaux, 61 (3): 229-237. Supplementary Tables: Suppl

• Parmentier, T., Dekoninck, W. & Wenseleers, T., 2015. Context-dependennt specialization in colony defence in the red wood ant Formica rufa. Animal Behaviour, 103: 161-167.

• Parmentier, T., Dekoninck, W. & Wenseleers, T., 2015. Metapopulation processes affecting diversity and distribution of myrmecophiles associated with red wood ants. Basic and Applied Ecology, 16(6): 553-562

• Parmentier, T., Dekoninck, W. & Wenseleers, T., 2016. Are less detrimental parasites better integrated in an inquiline community? A test using red wood ant myrmecophiles. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 16: 12.

• Parmentier, T., Dekoninck, W. & Wenseleers, T., 2016. Survival analyses of unspecialized myrmecophiles in nests of their preferred, but aggressive host and in nests of non-hosts (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Myrmecological News, 23: 71-79. Supplements Suppl

• Parmentier, T., Dekoninck, W. & Wenseleers, T., 2017. Arthropods Associate with their Red Wood ant Host without Matching Nestmate Recognition Cues. Journal of chemical ecology, 43(7): 644-661.

• Parmentier, T., Vanderheyden, A., Dekoninck, W. & Wenseleers, T., 2017. Body size in the ant-associated isopod Platyarthrus hoffmannseggii is host-dependent. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 121, 2(1): 305-311.

• Parmentier, T., Yeo, K., Dekoninck, W. & Wenseleers, T., 2017. An apparent mutualism between Afrotropical ant species sharing the same nest. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 71(46), 12pp.

• Pauwels, O.S.G., Chirio, L. & Dekoninck, W., 2022. Diet Records for Snakes from Guinea, West Africa. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 57(6):117-123.

• Tadu, Z., Badin, R., Alene, D.C., Yede, N., Edith, B., Messop, Y., Dekoninck, W. & Dijeto L.C., 2019. Ant assemblage structure on cocoa trees in smallholder farms in the Centre Region of Cameroon. African Journal of Ecology, 57(4): 512-522.

• Tadu, Z., Yede, N., Babin, R., Alene, D.C., Messop-Youbi, E.B., Dekoninck, W., & Djieto-Lordon, C., 2021. Effect of insecticide treatment on arboreal ant community structure in small holder cocoa farm in the centre region of Cameroun. Journal of Global Ecology and Environment, 13(3), 38-47.

• Van Den Meutter, F., Dekoninck, W., Mortelmans, J., Vantieghem, P. & Wakkie, B., 2009. First confirmed records of Microdon mutabilis and Microdon myrmicae (Diptera: Syrphidae) for Belgium. Bulletin S.R.B.E./K.B.V.E., 145: 116-120.

• Vanderhaegen, K., Naturinda, Z., Kouakou, L.M.M., Vanderheyden, A. & Dekoninck, W., 2019. First record of the invasive longhorn crazy ant, Paratrechina longicornis (Latreille, 1802) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Mt. Elgon, eastern Uganda. BioInvasions Records, 8(3):505-514.

• Vankerkhoven, F.; Evens, J. & Dekoninck, W. 2008. First observation of Myrmica gallienii Bondroit, 1920 for Belgium (Formicidae, Hymenoptera). Bulletin S.R.B.E./K.B.V.E., 144:35-42.

• Vankerkhoven, F., Hendrickx, H. & Dekoninck, W. 2008. A well preserved fossil in Baltic amber of the enigmatic genus Gesomyrmex Mayr, 1868 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bulletin S.R.B.E./K.B.V.E., 145: 87-90.

• Wauters, N., Dekoninck, W. & Fournier, D., 2018. Introduction history and genetic diversity of the invasive ant Solenopsis geminata in the Galápagos Islands. Biological Invasions, 20(11): 3207-3226.

• Wauters, N., Dekoninck, W., Hendrickx, F., Herrera, H.W. & Fournier, D., 2016. Habitat association and coexistence of endemic, native and introduced ant species in Galápagos Islands. Ecological Entomology, 41: 40-50.

• Wauters, N., Dekoninck, W., Herrera, H. & Fournier, D., 2014. Distribution, behavioral dominance and potential impacts on endemic fauna of the tropical fire ant Solenopsis geminata (Hymenoptera: Myrmicinae) in the Galápagos archipelago. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist, 90(4): 205-220.

• Wauters, N., Dekoninck, W., Nagy, Z.T., Fournier, D., 2018. Impact of laying date and fire ants on hatchlings of Chelonoidis porteri on Santa Cruz Island, Galápagos, Ecuador. Herpetological Conservation and Biology, 13(2) :479-487.

• Yeo, K., Kouakou, L.M.M., Dekoninck, W., Ouattara, K. & Konate, S., 2016. Detecting intruders: assessment of the anthropophilic ant fauna (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the city of Abidjan and along access roads in Banco National Park (Côte d’Ivoire). Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies, 4(4): 351-359.

• Yode, C.D., Dosso, K., Kouakou, L.M.M., Yeo, K., Dekoninck, W., Konate, S. & Kouassi, P.K., 2020. Evaluating efficiency of different sampling methods for arboreal ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in a West African forest-savanna mosaic. Sociobiology, 67(4): 492-500.

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