Publications

Original Papers & Book Chapters

2025

[131] Sch?fer N., Saxinger N., Braumandl K. & Ruther J. (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 51:14 (Open Access)

2024

[130] Ruther, J., Hoheneder, J. & Koschany, V. (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, 104179 (Open Access).

[129] Sch?fer, N., Ratschmann, G. & Ruther, J. (2024) Effects of sub-nanogram doses of acetamiprid, dimethoate, flupyradifurone and sulfoxaflor on courtship, mating and olfactory host finding of the parasitic wasp Lariophagus distinguendus (F?rster). Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata doi: 10.1111/eea.13444 (Open Access)


[128] Steurer, M., Ruther, J. & Pokorny, T. (2024) Behavioural consequences of intraspecific variability in a mate recognition signal. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 291, 20232518.

2023

[127] Ruther, J. (2023) Pheromones in the Nasonia group: behaviour and biochemistry. Atti Accademia Nazionale Italiana di Entomologia, 71: 79-82
https://www.accademiaentomologia.it/atti-e-rendiconti/

[126] Ruther, J., Schmitt, T. & St?kl, J. (2023) Editorial: Recent advances in the chemical ecology of parasitic Hymenoptera. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 11. doi:10.3389/fevo.2023.1310233 (Open Access)

[125] Sch?fer, N., Ackermann, J., Hoheneder, J., Hofferberth, J. & Ruther, J. (2023), Sublethal effects of four insecticides targeting cholinergic neurons on partner and host finding in the parasitic wasp Nasonia vitripennis. Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry, 42, 2400-2411, DOI: 10.1002/etc.5721 (Open Access)

[124] Csata, E., Casacci, L.P., Ruther, J., Bernadou, A., Heinze, J., & Markó, B. (2023). Non-lethal fungal infection could reduce aggression towards strangers in ants. Communications Biology 6, 183 (Open Access)

[123] Pokorny, T., and Ruther, J. (2023). Cuticular hydrocarbon polymorphism in a parasitoid wasp. J. Chem. Ecol., 49: 36-45 doi: 10.1007/s10886-022-01401-2 (Open Access)

2022

[122] Kurtanovic, A., Hofferberth, J., & Ruther, J. (2022) Male sex pheromone in the parasitoid wasp Nasonia longicornis: Chemical and behavioral analyses. Front. Ecol. Evol. 10, 1076398 (Open Access)

[121] Multerer, M.-T., Wendler, M. & Ruther, J. (2022). The biological significance of lipogenesis in Nasonia vitripennis. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 289, 20220208.
?
[120] Pokorny, T., Bogenberger, K. & Ruther, J. (2022) Cumulative effects of sex pheromone components in mate recognition of Muscidifurax raptorellus. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 170: 319-326, doi: 10.1111/eea.13149

[119] ?Wang, Y., Sun, W., Fleischmann, S., Millar, J., Ruther, J. & Verhulst, E.C. (2022) Silencing Doublesex expression triggers three-level pheromonal feminization in Nasonia males. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 289, 20212002.

2021

[118] Broschwitz, B., Prager, L., Pokorny, T., & Ruther, J. De novo biosynthesis of linoleic acid is widespread in parasitic wasps. Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology, e21788. (OPEN ACCESS)

[117] Ruther, J., Prager, L., & Pokorny, T. (2021). Parasitic wasps do not lack lipogenesis. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 288, 20210548

[116] Jungwirth, S., Ruther, J., & Pokorny, T. (2021). Similar is not the same – mate recognition in a parasitoid wasp. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 9: 646667.
(OPEN ACCESS,)

[115] Jatsch, A.-S., Ruther, J., (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, e0245698 (Open Access).

2020

[114] Ruther, J., Bruckmann, A., and Hofferberth, J. (2020) Pheromone biosynthesis in Nasonia. In: G. Blomquist & R. Vogt (Eds.) Insect Pheromone Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 2 nd Edition, Elsevier Science, p. 237-268.

[113] Würf, J., Pokorny, T., Wittbrodt, J., Millar, J.G., and Ruther, J. (2020). Cuticular hydrocarbons as contact sex pheromone in the parasitoid wasp Urolepis rufipes. Front. Ecol. Evol. 8: 180, doi: 10.3389/fevo.