Thierry Backeljau

Thierry Backeljau, Belgian malacologist

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

(List may be incomplete)

Wiktor, A.H. & Backeljau, T. 1995. Redescription of the Azorean endemic slug Plutonia atlantica (Morelet, 1860) (Gastropoda terrestria nuda). Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Biologie 65: 69–82. Reference page.

Jordaens, K., Georgen, G., Kirk-Spriggs, A.H., Vokaer, A., Backeljau, T. & De Meyer, M. 2015. A second New World hoverfly, Toxomerus floralis (Fabricius) (Diptera: Syrphidae), recorded from the Old World, with description of larval pollen-feeding ecology. Zootaxa 4044(4): 567–576. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4044.4.6. Preview (PDF) Reference page.
Páll-Gergely, B., Budha, P.B., Naggs, F., Backeljau, T. & Asami, T. 2015. Review of the genus Endothyrella Zilch, 1960 with description of five new species (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Plectopylidae). Zookeys 529: 1-70. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.529.6139 Full article Reference page.

Pimvichai, P., Enghoff, H., Panha, S. & Backeljau, T. 2016. A revision of the Thyropygus allevatus group. Part V: Nine new species of the extended opinatus subgroup, based on morphological and DNA sequence data (Diplopoda: Spirostreptida: Harpagophoridae). European Journal of Taxonomy 199: 1–37. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2016.199 . Reference page.

Budha, P.B., Naggs, F. & Backeljau, T. 2017. Conchological differentiation and genital anatomy of Nepalese Glessulinae (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora, Subulinidae), with descriptions of six new species. ZooKeys 675: 129—156. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.672.13252. Reference page.

Pimvichai, P., Enghoff, H., Panha, S. & Backeljau, T. 2018. Morphological and mitochondrial DNA data reshuffle the taxonomy of the genera Atopochetus Attems, Litostrophus Chamberlin and Tonkinbolus Verhoeff (Diplopoda: Spirobolida: Pachybolidae), with descriptions of nine new species. Invertebrate Systematics 32(1): 159-195. DOI: 10.1071/IS17052. Reference page.

Sutcharait, C., Backeljau, T. & Panha, S. 2019. Re-description of the type species of the genera Ganesella Blanford, 1863 and Globotrochus Haas, 1935; with description of a new Ganesella species from Thailand (Eupulmonata, Camaenidae). Zookeys, 870: 51–76. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.870.36970 Reference page.

Koudenoukpo, Z..C., Odountan, O.H., van Bocxlaer, B., Sablon, R., Chikou, A. & Backeljau, T. 2020. Checklist of the fresh and brackish water snails (Mollusca, Gastropoda) of Bénin and adjacent West African ecoregions. ZooKeys, 942: 21–64. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.942.52722 Reference page.
Pimvichai, P., Enghoff, H., Panha, S. & Backeljau, T. 2020. Integrative taxonomy of the new millipede genus Coxobolellus, gen. nov. (Diplopoda : Spirobolida : Pseudospirobolellidae), with descriptions of ten new species. Invertebrate Systematics 34: 591-617. DOI: 10.1071/IS20031. Reference page.

Hernández, M., Bauzá, M.A. & Backeljau, T. 2022. Genital anatomy, jaw and radula of Guladentia subtussulcata (Helicoidea, Cepolidae), endemic to western Cuba. Zookeys 1080ː 99–106. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1080.73194 Reference page.
Pimvichai, P., Enghoff, H. & Backeljau, T. 2022. Redescription of the giant Southeast Asian millipede Spirobolus macrurus Pocock, 1893 and its assignment to the new genus Macrurobolus gen. nov. (Diplopoda, Spirobolida, Pachybolidae). Zookeys 1087ː 1–18. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1087.71280 Reference page.
Pimvichai, P., Enghoff, H. & Backeljau, T. 2022. Two new millipede species of the genus Coxobolellus Pimvichai, Enghoff, Panha & Backeljau, 2020 (Diplopoda, Spirobolida, Pseudospirobolellidae). Zookeys 1128ː 171-190. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1128.94242 Reference page.
Pimvichai, P., Enghoff, H., Panha, S. & Backeljau, T. 2022. A new genus of Pseudospirobolellidae (Diplopoda, Spirobolida) from limestone karst areas in Thailand, with descriptions of three new species. Zoosystematics and Evolution 98(2): 313-326. DOI: 10.3897/zse.98.90032 Reference page.

Pauwels, O.S.G., Brecko, J., Baeghe, D., Venderickx, J., Vanderheyden, A. & Backeljau, T. 2023. Morphological, acoustic and genetic identification of a reproducing population of the invasive African clawed frog Xenopus laevis (Anura, Pipidae) recently discovered in Belgium. Zookeys 1184ː 41–64. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1184.103702 Reference page.
Pimvichai, P., Enghoff, H. & Backeljau, T. 2023. Morphological and DNA Sequence Data of Two New Millipede Species of the Thyropygus induratus Subgroup (Diplopoda: Spirostreptida: Harpagophoridae). Tropical Natural History, Supplement 7 (2023): 107–122. Full article (PDF). Reference page.
Srisonchai, R., Likhitrakarn, N., Sutcharit, C., Backeljau, T. & Pimvichai, P. 2023. A new jewel-like species of the pill-millipede genus Sphaerobelum Verhoeff, 1924 (Diplopoda, Sphaerotheriida, Zephroniidae) from Thailand. Zookeys 1181ː 41–57. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1181.109076 Reference page.