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Dr Vaughn Swart
Position
Senior Lecturer
Department
Zoology and Entomology
Address
BL 205 B
ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY
IB 49
R7095
Telephone
0514013638
Office
Biology Building 205B
Information

Publications (Short List)

Swart, V.R., Kirk-Spriggs, A.H.; Copeland, R.S. 2015. A new species of Alhajarmyia Stuckenberg (Diptera: Vermileonidae), the first wormlion fly described from East Africa and its biogeographical implications. Zootaxa, 4044 (4): 556–566

 

Mabunda, B.D.X., Swanepoel, J., Swart, V.R. & Gryzenhout, M. 2016. Insects associated with malformation symptoms of common karee in the Free State, South Africa. South African Journal of Botany, 103:322–323.

 

Gryzenhout, M., Swanepoel, J., Cloete, I., Mabunda, B.D.X., Louw, S. vdM., Swart, V.R., Westcott, M., Reeksting, S., Roberts, R. & Pietersen, G. 2016. Deformations of plant tissues: A fascinating and poorly studied niche. South African Journal of Botany, 103:316.

 

Kay, B.J., Swart V.R. & Van Der Watt, E. 2019. Evaluation and comparison of various plant extracts as repellents against Lucilia spp. African Entomology, 27(1): 167–177

 

Van der Merwe, S., Swart, V.R., Bredenhand E. & Haddad, C.R., 2020. Soil-dwelling arthropods as indicators of erosion in a South African grassland habitat. 80 Pedobiologia - Journal of Soil Ecology https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedobi.2020.150647

 

Botham JL, Haddad CR, Gryzenhout M, Swart VR, Bredenhand E (2020) High genetic diversity of spider species in a mosaic montane grassland landscape. PLOS ONE 15(6): e0234437. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0234437

 

Venter, G.J., Sebitsang, S.S., Swart, V.R., Boikanyo, S.N.B. and de Beer, C.J. (2021), Comparison of the efficiency of the Onderstepoort- and Centres for Disease Control ultraviolet light traps for the collection of livestock associated Culicoides species in South Africa. Med Vet Entomol. https://doi.org/10.1111/mve.12558

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