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

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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, Johannes & Herzner, Gudrun
  
• Interference of chemical defence and sexual communication can shape the evolution of chemical signals. Scientific Reports, Vol. 8. 2018, Article number: 321.
  Pfeiffer, Lisa; Ruther, Joachim; Hofferberth, John & Stökl, Johannes
  
• 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, Lea C.; Hofferberth, John; Ruther, Joachim & Stökl, Johannes
  
• 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, Lea C. & Stökl, Johannes
  
• Mate attraction, chemical defense, and competition avoidance in the parasitoid wasp Leptopilina pacifica. Chemoecology, Vol. 31. 2021, pp. 101–114.
  Böttinger, Lea C.; Hüftlein, Frederic & Stökl, Johannes