Evolution of Chemical Communication in Parasitic Wasps

• Applicant: Privatdozent Dr. Johannes Stökl
• Subject Area: Sensory and Behavioural Biology
• Term: from 2015 to 2018
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 282081341

• Final Report Year: 2021

Final Report Abstract

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Publications

• Morphology and ultrastructure of the allomone and sex-pheromone producing mandibular gland of the parasitoid wasp Leptopilina heterotoma (Hymenoptera: Figitidae). Arthropod Structure & Development, Vol. 45. 2016, Issue 4, pp. 333-340.
  Stökl J., Herzner G.
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asd.2016.06.003)
• Interference of chemical defence and sexual communication can shape the evolution of chemical signals. Scientific Reports, Vol. 8. 2018, Article number: 321.
  Pfeiffer L., Ruther J., Hofferberth J., Stökl J.
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-18376-w)
• Semiochemicals mediating defense, intraspecific competition, and mate finding in Leptopilina ryukyuensis and L. japonica (Hymenoptera: Figitidae), Parasitoids of Drosophila. Journal of Chemical Ecology, Vol. 45. 2019, pp. 241–252.
  Böttinger L.C., Hofferberth J., Ruther J., Stökl J.
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-019-01052-w)
• Dispersal from natal patch correlates with the volatility of female sex pheromones in parasitoid wasps. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, Vol. 8. 2020, 557527.
  Böttinger L.C., Stökl J.
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2020.557527)
• Mate attraction, chemical defense, and competition avoidance in the parasitoid wasp Leptopilina pacifica. Chemoecology, Vol. 31. 2021, pp. 101–114.
  Böttinger L.C., Hüftlein F., Stökl J.
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00049-020-00331-3)