Bibliography of the Universität Regensburg

Schöfer, Nils Hauke, Saxinger, Nathalie, Braumandl, Katrin and Ruther, Joachim (2025) Four Neurotoxic Insecticides Impair Partner and Host Finding in the Parasitoid Leptopilina heterotoma and Bioactive Doses Can Be Taken up Via the Host. Journal of Chemical Ecology 51 (1).

Schöfer, Nils Hauke (2024) Influence of Insecticides on the Partner and Host Finding of Parasitoid Wasps. PhD, Universität Regensburg.

Ruther, Joachim , Hoheneder, Julian and Koschany, Vera (2024) Lipogenesis in Nasonia vitripennis: Influence of sugar chemistry, preferential production of triacylglycerides, and comparison of fatty acid biosynthetic capacity with Drosophila melanogaster. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 173, p. 104179.

Ruther, Joachim (2024) Effects of sub-nanogram doses of acetamiprid, dimethoate, flupyradifurone and sulfoxaflor on courtship, mating and olfactory host finding of the parasitic wasp <i>Lariophagus distinguendus</i>. ENTOMOLOGIA EXPERIMENTALIS ET APPLICATA.

Schöfer, Nils, Ackermann, Julian, Hoheneder, Julian, Hofferberth, John and Ruther, Joachim (2023) Sublethal effects of four insecticides targeting cholinergic neurons on partner and host finding in the parasitic wasp Nasonia vitripennis. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry.

Pokorny, Tamara and Ruther, Joachim (2023) Cuticular Hydrocarbon Polymorphism in a Parasitoid Wasp. Journal of Chemical Ecology 49, pp. 36-45.

Ruther, Joachim, Schmitt, Thomas and Stökl, Johannes (2023) Editorial: Recent advances in the chemical ecology of parasitic Hymenoptera. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 11. Fulltext not available.

Kurtanovic, Alisa, Hofferberth, John and Ruther, Joachim (2022) Male sex pheromone in the parasitoid wasp Nasonia longicornis: Chemical and behavioral analyses. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 10, p. 1076398.

Pokorny, Tamara, Bogenberger, Katharina and Ruther, Joachim (2022) Cumulative effects of sex pheromone components in mate recognition of Muscidifurax raptorellus. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 170, pp. 319-326.

Wang, Yidong , Sun, Weizhao, Fleischmann, Sonja, Millar, Jocelyn G., Ruther, Joachim and Verhulst, Eveline C. (2022) Silencing Doublesex expression triggers three-level pheromonal feminization in Nasonia vitripennis males. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 289 (1967). Fulltext not available.

Multerer, Marie-Theres, Wendler, Martina and Ruther, Joachim (2022) The biological significance of lipogenesis in Nasonia vitripennis. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 289 (1972). Fulltext not available.

Broschwitz, Bastian, Prager, Lorena, Pokorny, Tamara and Ruther, Joachim (2021) De novo biosynthesis of linoleic acid is widespread in parasitic wasps. Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology 107, e21788.

Pokorny, Tamara, Jungwirth, Stefan and Ruther, Joachim (2021) Similar Is Not the Same – Mate Recognition in a Parasitoid Wasp. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 2021 (9), p. 646667. (Submitted)

Jatsch, Anne-Sophie and Ruther, Joachim (2021) Acetone application for administration of bioactive substances has no negative effects on longevity, fitness, and sexual communication in a parasitic wasp. PLOS ONE 16 (1), e0245698.

Ruther, Joachim , Prager, Lorena and Pokorny, Tamara (2021) Parasitic wasps do not lack lipogenesis. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 288 (1951), p. 20210548. Fulltext not available.

Saleh, Nicholas W., Hodgson, Kirsten, Pokorny, Tamara, Mullins, Aaron, Chouvenc, Thomas, Eltz, Thomas and Ramírez, Santiago R. (2021) Social Behavior, Ovary Size, and Population of Origin Influence Cuticular Hydrocarbons in the Orchid Bee Euglossa dilemma. The American Naturalist 198 (5), E136-E151. Fulltext not available.

Ruther, Joachim , Würf, Josef, Pokorny, Tamara, Wittbrodt, Johannes and Millar, Jocelyn G. (2020) Cuticular Hydrocarbons as Contact Sex Pheromone in the Parasitoid Wasp Urolepis rufipes. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 8 (180), pp. 1-12.

Mair, Magdalena (2020) Mechanisms and evolution of prezygotic reproductive isolation in the parasitoid wasp genus Nasonia. PhD, Universität Regensburg.

Pokorny, Tamara, Sieber, Lisa-Marie, Hofferberth, John E., Bernadou, Abel and Ruther, Joachim (2020) Age-dependent release of and response to alarm pheromone in a ponerine ant. Journal of Experimental Biology. Fulltext not available.

Melnik, Kristina, Grimm, Christopher, Wittbrodt, Johannes, Ruther, Joachim and Schulz, Stefan (2020) Enantioselective synthesis and determination of the absolute configuration of the male sex pheromone of the parasitoid wasp Urolepis rufipes. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry 18 (18), pp. 3463-3465. Fulltext not available.

Strohm, Erhard, Herzner, Gudrun, Ruther, Joachim, Kaltenpoth, Martin and Engl, Tobias (2019) Nitric oxide radicals are emitted by wasp eggs to kill mold fungi. eLIFE 2019 (8), e43718.

Mair, Magdalena M. and Ruther, Joachim (2019) Chemical Ecology of the Parasitoid Wasp Genus Nasonia (Hymenoptera, Pteromalidae). Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 2019 (7), pp. 1-19.

Semmelmann, Florian, Hofferberth, John, Ruther, Joachim and Sterner, Reinhard (2019) Mapping key amino acid residues for the epimerase efficiency and stereospecificity of the sex pheromone biosynthetic short-chain dehydrogenases/reductases of Nasonia. Scientific Reports 9 (330), pp. 1-7.

Prager, Lorena, Bruckmann, Astrid and Ruther, Joachim (2019) De novo biosynthesis of fatty acids from α-D-glucose in parasitoid wasps of the Nasonia group. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 115, p. 103256. Fulltext not available.

Semmelmann, Florian, Kabeya, Naoki , Malcicka, Miriama, Bruckmann, Astrid, Broschwitz, Bastian, Straub, Kristina, Merkl, Rainer, Monroig, Oscar, Sterner, Reinhard, Ruther, Joachim and Ellers, Jacintha (2019) Functional characterisation of two Δ12-desaturases demonstrates targeted production of linoleic acid as pheromone precursor in Nasonia. Journal of Experimental Biology. Fulltext not available.

Ruther, Joachim , Wittman, Tyler, Grimm, Christopher, Feichtner, Florian S., Fleischmann, Sonja, Kiermaier, Josef, King, Bethia H., Kremer, Werner, Kalbitzer, Hans Robert and Schulz, Stefan (2019) Male Sex Pheromone of the Parasitoid Wasp Urolepis rufipes Demonstrates Biosynthetic Switch Between Fatty Acid and Isoprenoid Metabolism Within the Nasonia Group. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 7. Fulltext not available.

Böttinger, Lea C., Hofferberth, John, Ruther, Joachim and Stökl, Johannes (2019) Semiochemicals Mediating Defense, Intraspecific Competition, and Mate Finding in Leptopilina ryukyuensis and L. japonica (Hymenoptera: Figitidae), Parasitoids of Drosophila. Journal of Chemical Ecology 45 (3), pp. 241-252. Fulltext not available.

Lenschow, Maria, Cordel, Michael, Pokorny, Tamara, Mair, Magdalena M., Hofferberth, John and Ruther, Joachim (2018) The Post-mating Switch in the Pheromone Response of Nasonia Females Is Mediated by Dopamine and Can Be Reversed by Appetitive Learning. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience 12 (14), pp. 1-11.

Pfeiffer, Lisa, Ruther, Joachim , Hofferberth, John and Stökl, Johannes (2018) Interference of chemical defence and sexual communication can shape the evolution of chemical signals. Scientific Reports 8 (1). Fulltext not available.

Mair, Magdalena M., Seifert, Nicole and Ruther, Joachim (2018) Previous interspecific courtship impairs female receptivity to conspecifics in the parasitoid wasp Nasonia longicornis but not in N. vitripennis. Insects 9, p. 112.

Tappert, Lars, Pokorny, Tamara, Hofferberth, John and Ruther, Joachim (2017) Sublethal doses of imidacloprid disrupt sexual communication and host finding in a parasitoid wasp. Scientific Reports 7 (42756), pp. 1-9.

Junker, Robert R., Kuppler, Jonas , Amo, Luisa , Blande, James D. , Borges, Renee M., van Dam, Nicole M. , Dicke, Marcel , Dötterl, Stefan, Ehlers, Bodil K., Etl, Florian, Gershenzon, Jonathan , Glinwood, Robert, Gols, Rieta, Groot, Astrid T., Heil, Martin , Hoffmeister, Mathias, Holopainen, Jarmo K. , Jarau, Stefan, John, Lena, Kessler, Andre , Knudsen, Jette T., Kost, Christian, Larue-Kontic, Anne-Amélie C., Leonhardt, Sara Diana, Lucas-Barbosa, Dani, Majetic, Cassie J., Menzel, Florian , Parachnowitsch, Amy L. , Pasquet, Rémy S., Poelman, Erik H. , Raguso, Robert A., Ruther, Joachim , Schiestl, Florian P. , Schmitt, Thomas, Tholl, Dorothea, Unsicker, Sybille B., Verhulst, Niels, Visser, Marcel E. , Weldegergis, Berhane T. and Köllner, Tobias G. (2017) Covariation and phenotypic integration in chemical communication displays: biosynthetic constraints and eco-evolutionary implications. New Phytologist 220 (3), pp. 739-749. Fulltext not available.

Malcicka, Miriama , Ruther, Joachim and Ellers, Jacintha (2017) De novo Synthesis of Linoleic Acid in Multiple Collembola Species. Journal of Chemical Ecology 43 (9), pp. 911-919. Fulltext not available.

Mair, Magdalena M., Kmezic, Violeta, Huber, Stephanie, Pannebakker, Bart A. and Ruther, Joachim (2017) The chemical basis of mate recognition in two parasitoid wasp species of the genus Nasonia. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 164 (1), pp. 1-15. Fulltext not available.

Ruther, Joachim, Hagström, Asa K., Brandstetter, Birgit, Hofferberth, John, Bruckmann, Astrid, Semmelmann, Florian, Fink, Michaela, Lowack, Helena, Laberer, Sabine, Niehuis, Oliver, Deutzmann, Rainer, Löfstedt, Christer and Sterner, Reinhard (2016) Epimerisation of chiral hydroxylactones by short-chain dehydrogenases/reductases accounts for sex pheromone evolution in Nasonia. Scientific Reports 6 (34697), pp. 1-13.

Obermayr, Ulla (2016) Development and Evaluation of Push-Pull Strategies in Mosquito Control. PhD, Universität Regensburg.

Brandstetter, Birgit and Ruther, Joachim (2016) An insect with a delta-12 desaturase, the jewel wasp Nasonia vitripennis, benefits from nutritional supply with linoleic acid. The Science of Nature 103 (5-6). Fulltext not available.

Stökl, Johannes and Herzner, Gudrun (2016) Morphology and ultrastructure of the allomone and sex-pheromone producing mandibular gland of the parasitoid wasp Leptopilina heterotoma (Hymenoptera: Figitidae). Arthropod Structure & Development 45 (4), pp. 333-340. Fulltext not available.

von Hoermann, Christian, Ruther, Joachim and Ayasse, Manfred (2016) Volatile Organic Compounds of Decaying Piglet Cadavers Perceived by Nicrophorus vespilloides. Journal of Chemical Ecology 42 (8), pp. 756-767. Fulltext not available.

Stökl, Johannes, Machacek, Zora and Ruther, Joachim (2015) Behavioural flexibility of the chemical defence in the parasitoid wasp Leptopilina heterotoma. The Science of Nature 102 (11-12). Fulltext not available.

Dickens, Joseph Clifton, Obermayr, Ulla, Ruther, Joachim , Bernier, Ulrich R., Rose, Andreas and Geier, Martin (2015) Evaluation of a Push-Pull Approach for Aedes aegypti (L.) Using a Novel Dispensing System for Spatial Repellents in the Laboratory and in a Semi-Field Environment. PLOS ONE 10 (6), e0129878. Fulltext not available.

Sperling, Sergej, Kühbandner, Stephan, Engel, Katharina C., Steiger, Sandra, Stökl, Johannes and Ruther, Joachim (2015) Size Exclusion High Performance Liquid Chromatography: Re-Discovery of a Rapid and Versatile Method for Clean-Up and Fractionation in Chemical Ecology. Journal of Chemical Ecology 41 (6), pp. 574-583. Fulltext not available.

Kühbandner, Stephan and Ruther, Joachim (2015) Solid Phase Micro-extraction (SPME) with In Situ Transesterification: An Easy Method for the Detection of Non-volatile Fatty Acid Derivatives on the Insect Cuticle. Journal of Chemical Ecology 41 (6), pp. 584-592. Fulltext not available.

Ruther, Joachim, McCaw, Jennifer, Böcher, Lisa, Pothmann, Daniela and Putz, Irina (2014) Pheromone Diversification and Age-Dependent Behavioural Plasticity Decrease Interspecific Mating Costs in Nasonia. PLoS One 9 (2), e89214.

Ruther, Joachim and Hammerl, Theresa (2014) An Oral Male Courtship Pheromone Terminates the Response of Nasonia vitripennis Females to the Male-Produced Sex Attractant. Journal of Chemical Ecology 40 (1), pp. 56-62. Fulltext not available.

Stökl, Johannes, Dandekar, Anna-Teresa and Ruther, Joachim (2014) High Chemical Diversity in a Wasp Pheromone: a Blend of Methyl 6-Methylsalicylate, Fatty Alcohol Acetates and Cuticular Hydrocarbons Releases Courtship Behavior in the Drosophila Parasitoid Asobara tabida. Journal of Chemical Ecology 40 (2), pp. 159-168. Fulltext not available.

Blaul, Birgit, Steinbauer, Robert, Merkl, Philipp , Merkl, Rainer , Tschochner, Herbert and Ruther, Joachim (2014) Oleic acid is a precursor of linoleic acid and the male sex pheromone in Nasonia vitripennis. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 51, pp. 33-40. Fulltext not available.

Herzner, Gudrun, Schlecht, Anja, Dollhofer, Veronika, Parzefall, Christopher, Harrar, Klaus, Kreuzer, Andreas, Pilsl, Ludwig and Ruther, Joachim (2013) Larvae of the parasitoid wasp Ampulex compressa sanitize their host, the American cockroach, with a blend of antimicrobials. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 110 (4), pp. 1369-1374. Fulltext not available.

Weiss, Ingmar, Rössler, Thomas, Hofferberth, John, Brummer, Michael, Ruther, Joachim and Stökl, Johannes (2013) A nonspecific defensive compound evolves into a competition avoidance cue and a female sex pheromone. Nature Communications 4 (1). Fulltext not available.

Niehuis, Oliver, Buellesbach, Jan, Gibson, Joshua D., Pothmann, Daniela, Hanner, Christian, Mutti, Navdeep S., Judson, Andrea K., Gadau, Jürgen, Ruther, Joachim and Schmitt, Thomas (2013) Behavioural and genetic analyses of Nasonia shed light on the evolution of sex pheromones. Nature 494 (7437), pp. 345-348. Fulltext not available.

Kühbandner, Stephan, Bello, J. E., Mori, Kenji and Ruther, Joachim (2013) Elucidating Structure-Bioactivity Relationships of Methyl-branched Alkanes in the Contact Sex Pheromone of the Parasitic Wasp Lariophagus distinguendus. Insects 4, pp. 743-760.

Blaul, Birgit and Ruther, Joachim (2012) Body size influences male pheromone signals but not the outcome of mating contests in Nasonia vitripennis. Animal Behaviour 84 (6), pp. 1557-1563. Fulltext not available.

Kühbandner, Stephan, Hacker, K., Niedermayer, S., Steidle, J. L. M. and Ruther, Joachim (2012) Composition of cuticular lipids in the pteromalid wasp Lariophagus distinguendus is host dependent. Bulletin of Entomological Research 102, pp. 610-617.

Will, Stefanie, Delabie, Jacques H.C. , Heinze, Jürgen, Ruther, Joachim and Oettler, Jan (2012) Cuticular lipid profiles of fertile and non-fertile Cardiocondyla ant queens. Journal of Insect Physiology 58 (9), pp. 1245-1249. Fulltext not available.

Kühbandner, Stephan, Sperling, Sergej, Mori, Kenji and Ruther, Joachim (2012) Deciphering the signature of cuticular lipids with contact sex pheromone function in a parasitic wasp. Journal of Experimental Biology 215 (14), pp. 2471-2478. Fulltext not available.

Obermayr, U., Ruther, J., Bernier, U., Rose, A. and Geier, M. (2012) Laboratory Evaluation Techniques to Investigate the Spatial Potential of Repellents for Push and Pull Mosquito Control Systems. Journal of Medical Entomology 49 (6), pp. 1387-1397. Fulltext not available.

Stökl, Johannes, Hofferberth, John, Pritschet, Maria, Brummer, Michael and Ruther, Joachim (2012) Stereoselective Chemical Defense in the Drosophila Parasitoid Leptopilina heterotoma is Mediated by (−)-Iridomyrmecin and (+)-Isoiridomyrmecin. Journal of Chemical Ecology 38 (4), pp. 331-339. Fulltext not available.

von Hoermann, Christian, Ruther, Joachim and Ayasse, Manfred (2012) The attraction of virgin female hide beetles (Dermestes maculatus) to cadavers by a combination of decomposition odour and male sex pheromones. Frontiers in Zoology 9 (1), p. 18. Fulltext not available.

Kasper, Julia, Mumm, Roland and Ruther, Joachim (2012) The composition of carcass volatile profiles in relation to storage time and climate conditions. Forensic Science International 223 (1-3), pp. 64-71. Fulltext not available.

Blaul, Birgit and Ruther, Joachim (2011) How parasitoid females produce sexy sons: a causal link between oviposition preference, dietary lipids and mate choice in Nasonia. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 278 (1722), pp. 3286-3293. Fulltext not available.

Ayasse, Manfred, Stökl, Johannes and Francke, Wittko (2011) Chemical ecology and pollinator-driven speciation in sexually deceptive orchids. Phytochemistry 72 (13), pp. 1667-1677. Fulltext not available.

Ruther, Joachim, Döring, Mathias and Steiner, Sven (2011) Cuticular hydrocarbons as contact sex pheromone in the parasitoid Dibrachys cavus. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 140 (1), pp. 59-68. Fulltext not available.

Ruther, Joachim, Thal, Kathleen and Steiner, Sven (2011) Pheromone Communication in Nasonia vitripennis: Abdominal Sex Attractant Mediates Site Fidelity of Releasing Males. Journal of Chemical Ecology 37 (2), pp. 161-165. Fulltext not available.

Stökl, Johannes, Brodmann, Jennifer, Dafni, Amots, Ayasse, Manfred and Hansson, Bill S. (2011) Smells like aphids: orchid flowers mimic aphid alarm pheromones to attract hoverflies for pollination. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 278 (1709), pp. 1216-1222. Fulltext not available.

Herzner, Gudrun, Ruther, Joachim, Goller, Stephan, Schulz, Stefan , Goettler, Wolfgang and Strohm, Erhard (2011) Structure, chemical composition and putative function of the postpharyngeal gland of the emerald cockroach wasp, Ampulex compressa (Hymenoptera, Ampulicidae). Zoology 114 (1), pp. 36-45. Fulltext not available.

von Hoermann, C., Ruther, J., Reibe, S., Madea, B. and Ayasse, M. (2011) The importance of carcass volatiles as attractants for the hide beetle Dermestes maculatus (De Geer). Forensic Science International 212 (1-3), pp. 173-179. Fulltext not available.

Ruther, Joachim, Thal, Kathleen, Blaul, Birgit and Steiner, Sven (2010) Behavioural switch in the sex pheromone response of Nasonia vitripennis females is linked to receptivity signalling. Animal Behaviour 80 (6), pp. 1035-1040. Fulltext not available.