Patrick Grootaert

Patrick [Joseph Maurice] Grootaert (1952–), Belgian entomologist

• Entomology, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Vautierstraat 29, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium

Taxon names authored

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• 73 taxon names authored by Patrick Grootaert

Eponyms

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• 1 eponym of Patrick Grootaert

Publications

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1984

• Meuffels, H.J.G. & Grootaert, P. 1984. Dolichopodidae (Diptera) from Papua New Guinea I: the genus Cymatopus Kertész with a discussion on Abatetia Miller and Cemocarus gen. nov. Indo-Malayan Zoology 1(1): 141–158. PDF. Reference page. 
• Grootaert, P. & Meuffels, H.J.G. 1984. Dolichopodidae (Diptera) from Papua New Guinea. II. Some new species of the genus Thinophilus Wahlberg, 1844, from the lowland. Indo-Malayan Zoology 1(2): 209–223. PDF. Reference page. 

1986

• Meuffels, H.J.G. & Grootaert, P. 1986 (1985). Dolichopodidae (Diptera) from Papua New Guinea III: new species of the genus Diaphorus Meigen, 1824. Indo-Malayan Zoology 2(1): 9–28. Reference page. 
• Meuffels, H.J.G. & Grootaert, P. 1986. Dolichopodidae (Diptera) from Papua New Guinea IV. New species of the genus Teuchophorus Loew, 1857. Indo-Malayan Zoology 3(2): 217–261. Reference page. 

1987

• Grootaert, P. & Meuffels, H.J.G. 1987. Dolichopididae (Diptera) from Papua New Guinea. V. A new species of Cryptophleps Lichtwardt, 1898, with notes on other species. Indo-Malayan Zoology 4(1): 145–152. Reference page. 
• Meuffels, H.J.G. & Grootaert, P. 1987. Dolichopodidae (Diptera) from Papua New Guinea VI. New species of the genus Sympycnus Loew, 1857. Indo-Malayan Zoology 4(2): 317–397. Reference page. 
• Negrobov, O.P., Grootaert, P. & Coulibaly, B. 1987. Description d'une espèce nouvelle du genre Liancalus Loew, 1857 (Diptera, Dolichopodidae) du Zaïre. Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Entomologie 57: 157–159. PDF. Reference page. 

1989

• Grootaert, P. & Meuffels, H.J.G. 1989 (1988). Dolichopodidae (Diptera) from Papua New Guinea VII. Description of Thinolestris gen. nov., a new beach dwelling genus of Hydrophorinae. Indo-Malayan Zoology 5(1): 31–39. PDF. Reference page. 
• Meuffels, H.J.G. & Grootaert, P. 1989. Dolichopodidae (Diptera) from Papua New Guinea VIII. Phacaspis, a new genus incertae sedis from the mangrove. Indo-Malayan Zoology 5(2): 311–319. PDF. Reference page. 
• Meuffels, H.J.G. & Grootaert, P. 1989. The relatives of Dolichopus plumipes (Scopoli, 1763), with the description of a new species from Belgium (Diptera Dolichopodidae). Bulletin et Annales de la Société royale Belge d'Entomologie 125: 83–98. PDF. Reference page. 

1990

• Grootaert, P. & Meuffels, H.J.G. 1990 (1989). Dolichopodidae (Diptera) from Papua New Guinea IX. Mischopyga gen. nov. and Physopyga gen. nov., two new genera from the mangrove in Papua New Guinea. Indo-Malayan Zoology 6(2): 195–206. PDF. Reference page. 
• Meuffels, H.J.G. & Grootaert, P. 1990. The identity of Sciapus contristans (Wiedemann, 1817) (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), and a revision of the species group of its relatives. Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique Entomologie 60: 161–178. PDF. Reference page. 

1991

• Meuffels, H.J.G. & Grootaert, P. 1991. Diptera Dolichopodidae of New Caledonia. 1. Antyx, a new genus in the subfamily Sympycninae. In: Chazeau, J. & Tillier, S. (eds.) Zoologica Neocaledonica. Volume 2. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie 149: 289–300. BHL. Reference page. 
• Meuffels, H.J.G. & Grootaert, P. 1991. A new species of Teuchophorus (Diptera, Dolichopodidae) from Sicily. Animalia 17: 131–135. Reference page. 

1993

• Grootaert, P. & Meuffels, H.J.G. 1993. Dolichopodidae (Diptera) from Papua New Guinea. X. Description of new species of the marine genus Cymatopus Kertész. Invertebrate Taxonomy 7(6): 1575–1588. DOI: 10.1071/IT9931575 . Reference page. 
• Meuffels, H.J.G. & Grootaert, P. 1993. Dolichopodidae (Diptera) from Papua New Guinea XI: the genus Asyndetus Loew, 1869 on the northern coast. Bulletin et Annales de la Société royale Belge d'Entomologie 129: 245–273. PDF. Reference page. 

1995

• Grootaert, P. & Meuffels, H.J.G. 1995. Dolichopodidae from Papua New Guinea XII. The genus Mesorhaga on the northern coast. Bulletin et Annales de la Société royale Belge d'Entomologie 131: 305–317. PDF. Reference page. 
• Grootaert, P., Stark, A. & Meuffels, H.J.G. 1995. Notes on Mediterranean Teuchophorus species with the description of a new species from the nature reserve in El Kala, north east Algeria (Diptera, Empidoidea, Dolichopodidae). Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique Entomologie 65: 109–113. PDF. Reference page. 

1996

• Meuffels, H.J.G. & Grootaert, P. 1996. Dolichopodidae (Diptera) from Papua new Guinea XIII. A remarkable new subgenus in the genus Chrysotus. Bulletin et Annales de la Société royale Belge d'Entomologie 132: 223–231. PDF. Reference page. 

1997

• Grootaert, P. & Evenhuis, N.L. 1997. A New Species of Thinophilus (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from the Hawaiian Islands. In: Evenhuis, N.L. & Miller, S.E. (eds.) Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 1996. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 48: 74–77. PDF. Reference page. 
• Grootaert, P. & Meuffels, H.J.G. 1997. Dolichopodidae (Diptera) from Papua New Guinea. XIV. Paramedetera, a new genus in the Medeterinae. Invertebrate Taxonomy 11(2): 309–319. DOI: 10.1071/IT96001 . Reference page. 
• Grootaert, P. & Meuffels, H.J.G. 1997. Dolichopodidae (Diptera) from Papua New Guinea XV. Scepastopyga gen. nov. and the establishment of a new subfamily, the Achalcinae. Journal of Natural History 31(10): 1587–1600. DOI: 10.1080/00222939700770841 . Reference page. 
• Grootaert, P. & Meuffels, H.J.G. 1997. Griphomyia (Diptera, Dolichopodidae, Peloropeodinae) a new genus from southern Thailand. Belgian Journal of Zoology 127(2): 107−114. PDF. Reference page. 
• Meuffels, H.J.G. & Grootaert, P. 1997. Dolichopodidae (Diptera) from Papua New Guinea XVI. Scotiomyia gen. nov. a new sympycnine genus from the rain forest with notes on the Papuan Sympycninae. Studia dipterologica 4(1): 247–255. Abstract. Reference page. 
• Meuffels, H.J.G. & Grootaert, P. 1998 (1997). A remarkable new sympycnine genus Hercostomoides from South Asia, with remarks on the genus Telmaturgus (Diptera, Dolichopodidae). Studia dipterologica 4(2): 473–478. Abstract. Reference page. 

1998

• Grootaert, P. & Meuffels, H.J.G. 1998. New data on Griphophanes nom. nov. from South Thailand (Diptera, Dolichopodidae). Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique Entomologie 68: 191. PDF
• Grootaert, P. & Meuffels, H.J.G. 1998 (1997). New Paramedetera Grootaert & Meuffels, 1997 from South Asia (Diptera, Dolichopodidae, Medeterinae). Bulletin et Annales de la Société royale Belge d’Entomologie 133: 375–388. PDF.
• Grootaert, P. & Meuffels, H.J.G. 1998. Description of Nanothinophilus gen. n. from mangroves in South Thailand with a revision of Paralleloneurum Becker (Insecta, Diptera, Dolichopodidae). Zoologica Scripta 27(3): 165–174. DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6409.1998.tb00434.x .

1999

• Grootaert, P. & Meuffels, H.J.G. 1999. Discovery of Terpsimyia semicincta (Becker), a marine dolichopodid fly in the Gulf of Siam (Insecta Diptera Dolichopodidae). Belgian Journal of Entomology 1(1): 153–159. PDF.
• Grootaert, P. & Meuffels, H.J.G. 1999. Description of Chaetogonopteron chaeturum sp. n., a very common Dolichopodid fly from South Thailand (Insecta Diptera Dolichopodidae). Belgian Journal of Entomology 1(2): 335–341. PDF.
• Yang, D. & Grootaert, P. 1999. New and little known species of Dolichopodidae from China (V). Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique Entomologie 69: 215–232. PDF
• Yang, D. & Grootaert, P. 1999. Dolichopodidae (Diptera: Empidoidea) from Xishuangbanna (China, Yunnan province): the Dolichopodinae and the genus Chaetogonopteron (I). Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique Entomologie 69: 251–277. PDF
• Meuffels, H.J.G. & Grootaert, P. 1999. New names in the family Dolichopodidae (Diptera). Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique Entomologie 69: 289–292. PDF

2001

• Grootaert, P. & Meuffels, H. 2001. Notes on marine dolichopodid flies from Thailand (Insecta: Diptera: Dolichopodidae). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 49(2): 339–353. PDF.
• Grootaert, P. & Meuffels, H. 2001. Three new Southeast Asian Dolichopodinae from the Hercostomus complex, with long stalked hypopygia, and with the description of a new genus (Diptera, Dolichopodidae). Studia dipterologica 8(1): 207–216. Abstract.

2002

• Evenhuis, N.L. & Grootaert, P. 2002. Annotated checklist of the Dolichopodidae (Diptera) of Singapore, with descriptions of a new genus and new species. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 50(2): 301–316. PDF. Reference page. 
• Yang, D., Grootaert, P. & Song, H. 2002. New and little known species of Dolichopodidae (Diptera) from China (XII). Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique Entomologie 72: 213–220. PDF. Reference page. 
• Grootaert, P. & Meuffels, H.J.G. 2002. New species of Asyndetus, presumed commensal flies of crabs, in Thailand (Diptera, Dolichopodidae, Diaphorinae). Natural history journal of Chulalongkorn University 2(2): 37–45. PDF
• Meuffels, H.J.G. & Grootaert, P. 2002. Diptera Dolichopodidae of New Caledonia. 2. The genus Phrudoneura Meuffels & Grootaert, 1987. Annales de la Société entomologique de France (n.s.) 38: 71–78. Gallica. Reference page. 

2003

• Shamshev, I.V. & Grootaert, P. 2003. A new genus of Microphorinae (Diptera Empidoidea) from New Zealand. Belgian Journal of Entomology 4(2) (2002): 129–144. PDF. Reference page. 
• Zhang, L., Yang, D. & Grootaert, P. 2003. Notes on Dolichopodidae (Diptera) from Guangdong, China. Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique Entomologie 73: 181–188. PDF
• Zhang, L., Yang, D. & Grootaert, P. 2003. New species of Chrysotimus and Hercostomus from Beijing (Diptera: Dolichopodidae). Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique Entomologie 73: 189–194. PDF

2004

• Meuffels, H. & Grootaert, P. 2004. The genus Teuchophorus in South-East Asia and New Guinea, description of new species, species-groups and their phylogeny (Insecta, Diptera, Dolichopodidae). Journal of Natural History 38(2): 143–258. DOI: 10.1080/0022293021000007507 . Reference page. 
• Shamshev, I.V. & Grootaert, P. 2004. Descriptions of four new species of the genus Microphorella Becker (Diptera: Empidoidea, Microphoridae, Parathalassiini) from Southeast Asia and New Guinea, with notes on the relationships within the genus. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 52(1): 45–58. PDF. Reference page. 
• Shamshev, I.V. & Grootaert, P. 2004. A review of the genus Stilpon Loew, 1859 (Empidoidea: Hybotidae) from the Oriental region. The Ruffles Bulletin of Zoology 52(2): 315–346. PDF. Reference page. 
• Shamshev, I.V. & Grootaert, P. 2004. Description of three new yellow Hilara species (Diptera: Empididae) from Southeast Asia. Belgian Journal of Entomology 6(2): 393-401. PDF. Reference page. 
• Zhang, L., Yang, D. & Grootaert, P. 2004. Revision of the Dolichopus tewoensis group Diptera, Dolichopodidae from China. Biologia 59(5): 553–557. ResearchGate . Reference page. 

2005

• Shamshev, I.V. & Grootaert, P. 2005. Eothalassius, a new genus of parathalassiine flies (Diptera: Empidoidea: Dolichopodidae) from Southeast Asia and Papua New Guinea. European Journal of Entomology 102(1): 107–118. DOI: 10.14411/eje.2005.016 . Reference page. 
• Shamshev, I. & Grootaert, P. 2005. Two new species of the genus Chersodromia Walker (Diptera: Hybotidae) from Southeast Asia. Zootaxa 942: 1–10. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.942.1.1 . ResearchGate . Reference page. 
• Shamshev, I.V. & Grootaert, P. 2005. New data on the genus Stilpon Loew (Diptera: Hybotidae) from the Palaearctic region, with description of a new species from Tajikistan. Belgian Journal of Entomology 7(1): 81–86. PDF. Reference page. 
• Shamshev, I.V. & Grootaert, P. 2005. New data on the genus Empis Linnaeus (Diptera: Empididae) from Iran, with descriptions of two new species. Studia dipterologica 12(1) 12(1): 29–36. Abstract. ResearchGate . Reference page. 
• Shamshev, I.V. & Grootaert, P. 2005. The genus Tachydromia Meigen (Diptera: Hybotidae) from Southeast Asia, with description of three new species. Studia dipterologica 12(1): 109–117. Abstract. ResearchGate . Reference page. 
• Wang, M., Yang, D. & Grootaert, P. 2005. New species of Chaetogonopteron (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from Guangdong, China. Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique Entomologie 75: 215–219. PDF

2006

• Grootaert, P. 2006. The genus Paramedetera (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) in Singapore, with a key to the Oriental species. Raffles bulletin of zoology 54(1): 49–57. PDF
• 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. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1134.1.4 . Reference page. 
• Zhu, Y., Yang, D. & Grootaert, P. 2006. A new species of Paramedetera, with a key to species from China (Diptera: Dolichopodidae). Annales Zoologici 56(2): 323–326. DOI: 10.3161/000345406778700784 [nonfunctional] . Abstract.
• Wang, M., Yang, D. & Grootaert, P. 2006. A peculiar new species of Neurigona (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from North China, Palaearctic Region. Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique Entomologie 76: 87–91. PDF
• Grichanov, I.Ya., Kirk-Spriggs, A.H. & Grootaert, P. 2006. An annotated checklist of Namibian Dolichopodidae (Diptera) with the description of a new species of Grootaertia and a key to species of the genus. African Invertebrates 47(1): 207–227. hdl: 10520/EJC84561 . Reference page. 

2007

• Meuffels, H. & Grootaert, P. 2007. The longlegged flies (Diptera, Dolichopodidae) of the Seychelles. Phelsuma 15: 28–62. PDF. Reference page. 
• Wang, M.Q., Yang, D. & Grootaert, P. 2007. Revision of the species of Acropsilus Mik (Diptera, Dolichopodidae) from China. Biologia 62(1): 88–94. DOI: 10.2478/s11756-007-0015-6 . Reference page. 
• Zhang, L., Yang, D. & Grootaert, P. 2007. Paraclius (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Dolichopodinae) of Singapore, with new species from mangroves. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 55(1): 49–62. PDF. Reference page. 
• Zhang, L., Yang, D. & Grootaert, P. 2007. New Dolichopodidae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from Pulau Tioman, Malaysia, with description of four new species. Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique Entomologie 77: 243–249. PDF. Reference page. 
• Zhu, Y., Yang, D. & Grootaert, P. 2007. Neomedetera, a new genus in the subfamily Medeterinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from China. Annales zoologici 57(2): 227–230. Abstract.

2008

• Wang, M., Yang, D. & Grootaert, P. 2008. New species of Dolichopodidae (Diptera) from China. Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique Entomologie 78: 251–257. PDF.
• Zhang, L., Yang, D. & Grootaert, P. 2008. New species of Hercostomus (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from China. Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique Entomologie 78: 259–274. PDF
• Zhang, L., Yang, D. & Grootaert, P. 2008. Mangrove Hercostomus sensu lato (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) of Singapore. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 56(1): 17–28. PDF.
• Grootaert, P. & Grichanov, I.Y. 2008. A first record of Cymatopus (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from Madagascar with the description of a new species. Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique Entomologie 78: 275–278. PDF. Reference page. 

2009

• Meuffels, H. & Grootaert, P. 2009. 10. Superfamily Empidoidea. Family Dolichopodidae. Pp. 117–163, 430 Plate 2. In: Gerlach, J. (ed.) The Diptera of the Seychelles islands. Series Faunistica 85. Sofia-Moscow: Pensoft Publishers. 431 pp. ISBN 9789546424624. Book description and contents. Reference page. 

2011

• Naglis, S., Grootaert, P. & Wei, L. 2011. Srilankamyia – a new dolichopodine genus (Diptera, Dolichopodidae). Miscellaneous Papers (Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara) 155: 1–7. Internet Archive Reference page. 
• Naglis, S. & Grootaert, P. 2011. A remarkable new species of Rhaphium Meigen (Diptera, Dolichopodidae) from Sri Lanka. Zootaxa 2991: 44–48. Preview. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2991.1.6 . Reference page. 

2012

• Grootaert, P. & Meuffels, H. 2012. New Griphophanes Grootaert & Meuffels (Diptera, Dolichopodidae, Peloropeodinae) from Southeast Asia. Zootaxa 3478: 570–580. Preview Reference page. 
• Grootaert, P. & Shamshev, I.V. 2012. The fast-running flies (Diptera, Hybotidae, Tachydromiinae) of Singapore and adjacent regions. European Journal of Taxonomy. 5: 1-162. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2012.5 Reference page. 
• Naglis, S. & Grootaert, P. 2012. Review of the genus Griphophanes Grootaert & Meuffels (Diptera, Dolichopodidae), with the description of ten new species from Sri Lanka. Zootaxa 3525: 51–64. Preview Reference page. 
• Shamshev, I. & Grootaert, P. 2012. Proposed change in status of the Nearctic genus Charadrodromia Melander (Diptera: Hybotidae, Tachydromiinae), with description of four new species. Zootaxa 3525: 35–50. Preview Reference page. 

2013

• Grootaert, P. & Shamshev, I. 2013. The flies of the family Hybotidae (Diptera, Empidoidea) collected during the Boyekoli Ebale Congo 2010 Expedition in Democratic Republic of Congo. Zootaxa 3603(1): 1–61. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3603.1.1 Reference page. 
• Kustov, S.Y., Shamshev, I.V. & Grootaert, P. 2013. Three new species of the genus Hilara (Diptera, Empididae) from the Northwest Caucasus. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute RAS 317(2): 185–194. full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Naglis, S., Grootaert, P. & Brooks, S.E. 2013. Phoomyia, a new genus of Dolichopodinae from the Oriental Region (Diptera: Dolichopodidae). Zootaxa 3666(1): 93–99. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3666.1.9 . [Erratum: 3691(1): 200. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3691.1.10 ]. Plazi. Reference page. 
• Naglis, S., Grootaert, P. & Brooks, S.E. 2013. Erratum: STEFAN NAGLIS, PATRICK GROOTAERT& SCOTT E. BROOKS (2013) Phoomyia, a new genus of Dolichopodinae from the Oriental Region (Diptera: Dolichopodidae). Zootaxa, 3666(1), 83–99. Zootaxa 3691(1): 200–200. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3691.1.10 Reference page. 

2014

• Grootaert, P. & Puniamoorthy, J. 2014. Revision of Ngirhaphium (Insecta: Diptera: Dolichopodidae), with the description of two new species from Singapore’s mangroves. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 62: 146–160. PDF. Reference page. 
• Grootaert, P. & Shamshev, I. 2014. New Tachydromiinae (Diptera: Empidoidea: Hybotidae) from different types of forests along the Congo river (D. R. of the Congo). Belgian Journal of Entomology 18: 1–34. PDF. Reference page. 
• Grootaert, P. & Shamshev, I. 2014. New species of Platypalpus (Diptera: Hybotidae) from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. European Journal of Taxonomy 103: 1–20. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2014.103 . Reference page. 
• Kustov, S., Shamshev, I. & Grootaert, P. 2014. Six new species of the Platypalpus pallidiventris-cursitans group (Diptera: Hybotidae) from the Caucasus. Zootaxa 3779(5): 529–539. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3779.5.3 Reference page. 

2015

• Grootaert, P., Tang, C-F. & Yang, D. 2015: New species of Thinophilus Wahlberg (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from mangroves in southern China (Shenzhen). Zootaxa 3956(4): 547–558. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3956.4.6. Preview (PDF) Reference page. 
• Kustov, S., Shamshev, I. & Grootaert, P. 2015: New data on the genus Platypalpus (Diptera: Hybotidae) from the Caucasus with description of seven new species. Zootaxa 3973(3): 451–473. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3973.3.3. Preview (PDF) Reference page. 
• Samoh, A., Boonrotpong, S. & Grootaert, P. 2015. Ngirhaphium Evenhuis & Grootaert from southern Thailand (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) with the description of a new species. Zootaxa 3946(1): 125–136. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3946.1.6. Preview Reference page. 
• Shamshev, I., Grootaert, P. & Kustov, S. 2015. New data on the genus Hybos Meigen (Diptera: Hybotidae) from the Palaearctic Region. Zootaxa 3936(4): 451–484. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3936.4.1. Reference page. 

2016

• Bouyer, T. & Grootaert, P. 2016. Description d'une nouvelle espèce de Lobobunaea Packard, 1901 (Lepidoptera). Entomologia Africana 21(1): 15–20. Reference page. 

2017

• Grootaert, P. 2017. A new species of the genus Thinophilus Wahlberg from the river banks of the Mekong River in Thailand (Diptera: Dolichopodidae). Tropical Natural History 17(2): 88–93. PDF. Reference page. 
• Samoh, A., Satasook, C. & Grootaert, P. 2017. Eight new species of marine dolichopodid flies of Thinophilus Wahlberg, 1844 (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from peninsular Thailand. European Journal of Taxonomy 329: 1–40. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2017.329 . Reference page. 

2018

• Grootaert, P. 2018. Revision of the genus Thinophilus Wahlberg (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from Singapore and adjacent regions: A long term study with a prudent reconciliation of a genetic to a classic morphological approach. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 66: 413–473. PDF. Reference page. 
• Ramos, K., Meier, R., Nuneza, O. & Grootaert, P. 2018. Two new species of mangrove Dolichopodidae from Bohol Island in the Philippines (Insecta: Diptera) and a checklist of the Dolichopodidae of the Philippines. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 66: 268–276. PDF. Reference page. 
• Samoh, A., Satasook, C. & Grootaert, P. 2018. New data on the marine genera Cymatopus Kertesz and Thambemyia Oldroyd (Insecta, Diptera, Dolichopodidae) from rocky shores in southern Thailand with the description of a new species. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 66: 258–267. PDF. Reference page. 
• Tang, C-F., Grootaert, P. & Yang, D. 2018. Protomedetera, a new genus from the Oriental and Australasian realms (Diptera, Dolichopodidae, Medeterinae). ZooKeys 743: 137–151. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.743.22696. Reference page. 
• Tang, C-F., Yang, D. & Grootaert, P. 2018. Revision of the genus Lichtwardtia Enderlein in Southeast Asia, a tale of highly diverse male terminalia (Diptera, Dolichopodidae). ZooKeys 798: 63–107. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.798.28107 Reference page. 

2019

• Grootaert, P. & Foo, M.S. 2019. The springtail catchers of the genus Neurigona (Insecta, Diptera, Dolichopodidae) in the primary forest of Bukit Timah Nature Reserve, Singapore. Gardens' Bulletin Singapore 71(Suppl. 1): 369–379. DOI: 10.26492/gbs71(suppl.1).2019-15 . Reference page. 
• Grootaert, P., Taylor, C. & Guénard, B. 2019. Three new species of Rhaphium Meigen, 1803 from mangroves in Hong Kong (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Rhaphiinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 540: 1–21. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2019.540 . Reference page. 
• 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. European Journal of Taxonomy 528: 1–17. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2019.528 . Reference page. 
• Michelsen, V. & Grootaert, P. 2019. Co-existing species of Drapetis Meigen in Skåne (S Sweden) with description of a new species and a key to males of NW European species (Diptera: Hybotidae) Zootaxa 4624(3): 431–441. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4624.3.11. Reference page. 
• 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. European Journal of Taxonomy 505: 1–20. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2019.505 . Reference page. 
• 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 Bulletin of Zoology 67: 640–659. DOI: 10.26107/RBZ-2019-0046 . Reference page. 

2020

• Ramos, K., Ang, Y. & Grootaert, P. 2020. ‘Fake widespread species’: a new mangrove Thinophilus Wahlberg from Bohol, Philippines (Diptera, Dolichopodidae) that is cryptic with a Singaporean species. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 68: 441–447. DOI: 10.26107/RBZ-2020-0060 . Reference page. 
• Grootaert, P. 2020. First Record of the Holarctic and Northern Oriental Genus Gymnopternus Loew (Diptera: Dolichopodidae, Dolichopodinae) near the Equator: Description of a New Species from a Swamp Forest in Singapore. Tropical Natural History 20(2): 125–133. Online. Reference page. 

2021

• Grootaert, P. & Van de Velde, I. 2021. Understanding the tangled taxonomy of the genus Pseudohercostomus Stackelberg, 1931 (Insecta: Diptera: Dolichopodidae) with description of new species from Singapore and DR Congo. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 69: 324–335. DOI: 10.26107/RBZ-2021-0055 . Reference page. 
• Ivković, M., Perović, M., Grootaert, P. & Pollet, M. 2021. High endemicity in aquatic dance flies of Corsica, France (Diptera, Empididae, Clinocerinae and Hemerodromiinae), with the description of a new species of Chelipoda. ZooKeys 1039: 177–197. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1039.66493 Reference page. 
• Kanavalová, L., Grootaert, P., Kubík, S. & Barták, M. 2021. Four new West Palaearctic species and new distributional records of Hybotidae (Diptera). ZooKeys 1019: 141–162. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1019.61496 Reference page. 

2022

• Zouhair, L., Grootaert, P. & Kettani, K. 2022. First records of Trichina Meigen, Euthyneura Macquart and Oedalea Meigen (Diptera, Hybotidae) from North Africa, with descriptions of two new species. ZooKeys 1124ː 43–58. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1124.90077 Reference page. 

2024

• Samoh, A. & Grootaert, P. 2024. New species and records of the genus Hercostomus Loew (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from Thailand mangroves, with notes on the Hercostomus fauna of Singapore mangroves. Zootaxa 5446(2): 179–204. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5446.2.2 . Plazi. Reference page. 

References

Links

• GROOTAERT, Patrick List of scientific papers. Dolichopodidae Homepage.