Guillaume Ghisbain

Guillaume Ghisbain, Belgian entomologist, expert in bumblebees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Bombus) and pantaloon bees (Hymenoptera: Melittidae: Dasypoda).

• Free University of Brussels, Brussels, Belgium
• Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Gamboa, Panama
• University of Mons, Mons, Belgium
• Pennsylvania State University, Pennsylvania, United States of America
• University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

• 10 taxon names authored by Guillaume Ghisbain

Publications

2018

• Ghisbain G., Radchenko V.G. and Michez D. (2018). Dasypoda morawitzi Radchenko 2016 (Apoidea-Melittidae-Dasypodaini), une espèce nouvelle pour la faune de France. Osmia 7, 10-13. Reference page. 

2019

• Dehon, M., Engel, M.S., Gérard, M., Aytekin, A.M., Ghisbain, G., Williams, P.H., Rasmont, P. & Michez, D. 2019. Morphometric analysis of fossil bumble bees (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Bombini) reveals their taxonomic affinities. ZooKeys, 891: 71–118. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.891.36027 Reference page. 
• Radchenko V.G., Ghisbain G. and Michez D. (2019). Redescription of three rare species of Dasypoda bees with first description of D. iberica and D. tibialis females (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Melittidae). Zootaxa, 4700 (3): 326–344 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4700.3.2 Reference page. 
• Vanderplanck M, Roger N, Moerman R, Ghisbain G., Gérard M, Popowski D, Granica S, Fournier D, Meeus I, Piot N, Smagghe G, Terrana L and Michez D. (2019). Bumblebee parasite prevalence but not genetic diversity impacted by the invasive plant Impatiens glandulifera. Ecosphere, 10(7):e02804. DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.2804

2020

• Ghisbain G., Michez D., Marshall L, Rasmont P. and Dellicour S. Wildlife conservation strategies should incorporate both taxon identity and geographical context - further evidence with bumblebees. Diversity and Distributions, 26(12), 1741-1751. DOI: 10.1111/ddi.13155
• Ghisbain G., Lozier DJ, Rahman SR, Ezray BD, Tian L, Strange J, Ulmer JM, Heraghty SD, Strange JP, Rasmont P. and Hines H. (2020). Substantial genetic divergence and lack of recent gene flow support cryptic speciation in a color polymorphic bumble bee (Bombus bifarius) species complex. Systematic Entomology, 45(3), 635-652. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12419
• Ghisbain G., Williams PH, Michez D., Branstetter GM and Rasmont P. (2020) Contribution to the knowledge of the bumblebee fauna of Afghanistan (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Bombus Latreille). Zookeys, 973, 69-87. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.973.54796
• Radchenko V.G., Tomozii B, Ghisbain G. and Michez D. (2020). New data on the morphology and distribution of the cryptic species Dasypoda morawitzi Radchenko, 2016 (Hymenoptera: Melittidae) with corrections to the diagnosis of Dasypoda s. str.. Annales de la Société entomologique de France (N.S.), 56(6), 455-470. DOI: 10.1080/00379271.2020.1841570

2021

• Ghisbain G. (2021) Are bumblebees relevant models for understanding wild bee decline? Frontiers in Conservation Science, 2, DOI: 10.3389/fcosc.2021.752213
• Ghisbain G. (2021) Bumblebee conservation in the Anthropocene. University of Mons, Mons, Belgium, 557 pp. ISBN : 978-2-87325-135-2.
• Ghisbain G., Gérard M, Wood T.J., Hines HM and Michez D. (2021) Expanding pollinators in the Anthropocene. Biological reviews, 96(6), 2755-2570. DOI: 10.1111/brv.12777
• Ghisbain G., Martinet B, Wood T.J., Cejas DM, Przybyla K, Gérard M, Rasmont P. & Michez D. (2021) A worthy conservation target? Revising the status of the rarest bumblebee of Europe. Insect Conservation and Diversity 14(5), 661-674. DOI: 10.1111/icad.12500
• Ghisbain G., Radchenko V.G., Cejas D, Molina FP and Michez D. (2021). Assessment and conservation status of an endemic bee in a biodiversity hotspot (Hymenoptera: Melittidae: Dasypoda). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 81, 127-142. DOI: 10.3897/jhr.81.60811
• Ghisbain G. and Rasmont P. (2021). European region in 2020 in Williams & Jepsen (Eds.): Bumblebee Specialist Group Report 2020, IUCN Species Survival Commission, pp. 6-14.
• Brasero N, Ghisbain G., Lecocq T, Michez D, Valterová I, Biella P, Monfared A, Williams PH, Rasmont P. & Martinet B. Resolving the species status of overlooked West-Palaearctic bumblebees. Zoologica Scripta, 50(5), 616-632. DOI: 10.1111/zsc.12486
• Rasmont P., Ghisbain G., Terzo M., 2021. Bumblebees of Europe and neighbouring regions. NAP Editions, Verrières-le-Buisson, France, 632 pp. ISBN 9782913688384 Reference page. 
• Wood T.J., Ghisbain G., Rasmont P., Kleijn D, Raemakers IA, Praz C, Killewald M, Gibbs J, Bobiwash K, Boustani M, Martinet B, & Michez D. Global patterns in bumble bee pollen collection show phylogenetic conservation of diet. Journal of Animal Conservation 90(10), 2421-2430. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.13553
• Martinet B, Dellicour S, Ghisbain G., Zambra E, Przybyla K, Lecocq T, Boustani M, Baghirov R, Michez D. and Rasmont P. (2021). Global effects of extreme temperatures on wild bumblebees. Conservation biology 35(5), 1507-1518. DOI: 10.1111/cobi.13685
• Lhomme P, Williams SD, Ghisbain G., Martinet B, Gérard M and Hines HM. (2021) Diversification pattern of the widespread Holarctic cuckoo bumble bee Bombus flavidus (Hymenoptera : Apidae) : The East Side Story. Insect Systematics and Diversity 5(2), 1-15. DOI: 10.1093/isd/ixab007
• Boustani M., Rasmont P., Dathe H., Ghisbain G., Kasparek M., Michez D., Müller A., Pauly A., Risch S., Straka J., Terzo M., Van Achter X., Wood T.J., Nemer N., 2021. The Bees of Lebanon (Hymenoptera: Apidoidea: Anthophila). Zootaxa, 4976(1):001–146. DOI: 10.11646/ZOOTAXA.4976.1.1 Reference page. 
• Vanderplanck M, Michez D., lbrecht M, Attridge E, Babin A, Bottero I, Breeze T, Brown M, Chauzat MP, Cini E, Costa C, De la Rua P, de Miranda J, Di Prisco G, Dominik C, Dzul D, Fiordaliso W, Gennaux S, Ghisbain G., Hodge S, Klein AM, Knapp J, Knauer A, Laurent M, Lefebvre V, Mand M, Martinez Lopez V, Martinet B, Medrzycki P, Pereira-Peixoto MH, Potts SG, Przybyla K, Raimets R, Rundlöf M, Schweiger O, Senapathi D, Serrano J, Stout JC, Tamburini G, Toktas Y & Gérard M. (2021) Monitoring bee health in European agro-ecosystems using wing morphology and fat bodies. One Ecosystem 6, e63653. DOI: 10.1093/10.3897/oneeco.6.e63653
• Wood, T.J., Ghisbain, G., Michez D., Praz, C.J. 2021. Revisions to the faunas of Andrena of the Iberian Peninsula and Morocco with the descriptions of four new species (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae). European Journal of Taxonomy. 758(1): 147–193. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.758.1431 Reference page. 

2022

• Ghisbain G. & Michez D. (2022). Book review : The Bumblebees of the Himalaya – An Identification Guide, by Paul H. Williams. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 93, 215–221. DOI: 10.3897/jhr.93.90874
• Ghisbain G. & Rasmont P. (2022). European region in 2021 in Williams PH (Ed.): Bumblebee Specialist Sub Group Report 2020. IUCN Species Survival Commission, pp. 6-13.
• Radchenko V., Ghisbain G. & Michez D. (2022). A new bee species of the genus Dasypoda Latreille (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) from Northwest Africa with comparative remarks on the subgenus Microdasypoda Michez. Zootaxa 5188(1), 74-86. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5188.1.4 Reference page. 
• Hart AF, Verbeeck J, Ariza D, Cejas D, Ghisbain G., Honchar H, Radchenko V.G., Straka J, Ljubomirov T, Lecocq T, Ferreira JD, Flaminio S, Bortolotti L, Karise R, Meeus I, Smagghe G, Vereecken NJ, Vandamme P, Michez D. & Maebe K (2022). Signals of adaptation to agricultural stress in the genomes of two European bumblebees. Frontiers in Genetics 13, DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2022.993416
• Leclercq N, Marshall L, Anselmo A, Bevk D, Bogusch P, Cejas D, Drepper B, Galloni M, Gérard M, Ghisbain G., Hutchinson L, Martinet B, Michez D., Molenberg JM, Nikolic P, Paxton R, Smagghe G, Straka J, Vandamme P, Weekers T, Wood T.J., Zambra E & Vereecken NJ (2022) A comparative analysis of crop pollinator survey methods along a climatic gradient. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 329, 107871. DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2022.107871
• Bartomeus I, Lanuza JB, Wood T.J., Carvalheiro L, Molina FP, Collado Aliaño MA, Aguado-Martin LO, Alomar D, Fidalgo MA, Fidalgo PA, Arista M, Arroyo-Correa B, Asís JD, Azpiazu C, Baños-Picón L, Beja P, Boieiro M, Borges PAV, González Bornay G, Carvalho R, Casimiro-Soriguer R, Castro S, Costa J, Cross I, De la Rúa P, de Pablos LM, de Paz V, Díaz-Calafat J, Ferrero V, Gaspar H, Ghisbain G., María Gómez J, Gómez-Martínez C, González-Estévez MA, Heleno R, Herrera JM, Hormaza JI, Iriondo JM, Kuhlmann M, Laiolo P, Lara-Romero C, Lázaro A, López-Angulo J, López-Núñez FA, Loureiro J, Magrach A, Martínez-López V, Martínez-Núñez C, Michez D., Miñarro M, Montero-Castaño A, Moreira B, Morente-López J, Noval Fonseca N, Núñez Carbajal A, Ramón Obeso J, Ornosa C, Ortiz-Sánchez FJ, Pareja Bonilla D, Patiny S, Penado A, Picanço A, Ploquin EF, Rego C, Rey PJ, Ribas-Marquès E, Roberts SPM, Rodriguez M, Rosas-Ramos N, Sánchez AM, Santamaría S, Tobajas E, Tormos J, Torres F, Trillo A, Valverde J, Vilà M, Viñuela E (2022). Base de datos de abejas ibéricas – Iberian bees database. Ecosistemas 31(3), 2380. DOI: 10.7818/ECOS.2380

2023

• Ghisbain G., Thiery W, Massonnet F, Erazo D, Rasmont P., Michez D. & Dellicour S (2023) Projected decline in European bumblebee populations in the twenty-first century. Nature, online. DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-06471-0
• Ghisbain G. (2023). European region in 2022 : in Williams (Ed.): Bumblebee Specialist Group Report 2022, IUCN Species Survival Commission, pp. 13-18.
• Ghisbain G., Flaminio S., Radchenko V.G. & Michez D. (2023). Dasypoda delectabilis sp. nov., a morphologically intriguing pantaloon bee species from south-eastern Iran (Hymenoptera: Melittidae). Zoology in the Middle-East, online. DOI: 10.1080/09397140.2023.2233762. Reference page. 
• Ghisbain G., Michez D., Rosa P., Ferreira S. & Wood T.J. (2023). Unexpected discovery of a near cryptic Dasypoda species in southern Spain (Hymenoptera: Melittidae). Osmia, 11, 27–38. DOI: 10.47446/OSMIA11.6 Reference page. 
• Ghisbain, G., Rosa, P., Bogusch, P., Flaminio, S., Le Divelec, R., Dorchin, A., Kasparek, M., Kuhlmann, M., Litman, J., Mignot, M., Müller, A., Praz, C., Radchenko, V.G., Rasmont, P., Risch, S., Roberts, S.P.M., Smit, J., Wood, T.J., Michez, D. & Reverté, S. 2023. The new annotated checklist of the wild bees of Europe (Hymenoptera: Anthophila). Zootaxa 5327(1): 1–147. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5327.1.1 . Reference page. 
• Reverté S, Miličić M, Ačanski J, Andrić A, Aracil A, Aubert M, Balzan MV, Bartomeus I, Bogusch P, Bosch J, Budrys E, Cantú-Salazar L, Castro S, Cornalba M, Demeter I, Devalez J, Dorchin A, Dufrene E, Fisler L, Fitzpatrick Ú, Flacher F, Flaminio S, Földesi R, Gaspar H, Genoud D, Geslin B, Ghisbain G., Gilbert F, Gogala A, Grković A, Heimburg H, Herrera-Mesías F, Jacobs M, Janković Milosavljević M, Janssen K, Jensen JK, Ješovnik A, Józan Z, Karlis G, Kasparek M, Kovács-Hostyánszki A, Kuhlmann M, Leclerq N, Le Divelec R, Likov L, Litman J, Ljubomirov T, Bang Madsen H, Marshall L, Mazánek L, Milić D, Mignot M, Mudri-Stojnić S, Müller A, Nedeljković Z, Nikolić P, Patiny S, Paukkunen J, Pennards G, Pérez-Bañón C, Perrard A, Petanidou T, Pettersson LB, Popov G, Popov S, Praz C, Prokhorov A, Quaranta M, Radchenko V.G., Radenković S, Rasmont P., Rasmussen C, Reemer M, Ricarte A, Risch S, Roberts SPM, Rojo S, Ropars L, Rosa P, Ruiz C, Sentil A, Shparyk V, Smit J, Sommaggio D, Soon V, Ssymank A, Ståhls G, Stavinrides M, Straka J, Tarlap P, Terzo M, Tomozii B, Tot T, Van Der Ent LJ, Van Steenis J, Van Steenis W, I. Varnava A, Vereecken NJ, Veselić S, Vesnić A, Weigand A, Wisniowski B, Wood T.J., Zimmermann D, Ødegaard F, Michez D. & Vujić A (2023) National records of 3000 European bee and hoverfly species - a step towards pollinator conservation. Insect Conservation and Diversity, online. DOI: 10.1111/icad.12680