Krämer J, Lüddecke T, Harms D, Hurka S, Predel R (2025) Toxins under a Rock: Proteo-transcriptomic analysis reveals the venom composition of the Pseudoscorpion Ammogarypus lawrencei (Pseudoscorpiones: Garypidae). Toxicon 263: 108417. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.toxicon.2025.108417

Pinto P, Zúñiga-Reinoso Á (2025) Description of adult and larva of Diastoleus alveolaris (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae), a new species from the Coastal Cordillera of the Atacama Desert. Zootaxa  5633 (3): 593–600. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5633.3.12

Erkoc Z, Schiffmann S, Ulshöfer T, Henke M, Marner, Krämer J, Predel R, Schäberle TF, Hurka S, Dersch L, Vilcinskas V, Fürst R, Lüddecke T (2024) Determining the pharmacological potential and biological role of linear pseudoscorpion toxins via functional profiling. iScience 27: 110209. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2024.110209

Krämer J, Hölker P, Predel R (2024) How to Overcome a Snail? Identification of Putative Neurotoxins of Snail-Feeding Firefly Larvae (Coleoptera: Lampyridae, Lampyris noctiluca). Toxins 16 (6): 272. https://doi.org/10.3390/toxins16060272

Zúñiga-Reinoso Á, Mardones D, Stella-Mbulu R, Dunai TJ, Predel R (2023) Spatio-temporal diversification pattern of Brinckia (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) in the Namib coastal belt. Global and Planetary Change 23: 32767. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2023.104312

Zúñiga-Reinoso Á, Mardones D, Ritter B, Flores GE, Giraldo-Mendoza AE, Predel R (2023) Impact of geoclimatic events on the diversification of newly defined Megelenophorini (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) in South America. Global and Planetary Change 228: 104212. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2023.104212

Nitsche F, Carduck S, von Ameln J, Mach N, Dorador C, Predel R, Rueckert S, Arndt H (2023) Gregarines from darkling beetles of the Atacama Desert, Atacamagregarina paposa gen. et sp. nov. from Scotobius and Xiphocephalus ovatus sp. nov. from Psectrascelis (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae). European Journal of Protistology 90: 126008. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejop.2023.126008

Ragionieri L, Zúñiga-Reinoso Á, Bläser M, Predel R (2023) Phylogenomics of darkling beetles (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) from the Atacama Desert. PeerJ 11: e14848. http://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14848

Krämer J, Pommerening R, Predel, R (2022) Equipped for Sexual Stings? Male-Specific Venom Peptides in Euscorpius italicus. International Journal of Molecular Science 23: 11020. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms231911020

Anguita-Salinas S, Barahona-Segovia RM, Poulin E, Zúñiga-Reinoso Á (2022) Genetic-morphological uncoupling and crypsis in Ectinogonia (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) suggest a complex evolutionary history in these polymorphic jewel beetles from Chile. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 137(4): 613-625. https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blac075

Sáez PA, Zúñiga-Reinoso Á, Fibla P, Cruz-Jofré F, Aguilar C, Aparicio J, Cusie JC, Otálora K, Méndez MA (2022) Phylogeny of Telmatobius marmoratus complex (Anura, Telmatobiidae) reveals high cryptic diversity in the Andean Altiplano. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 176: 107594. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S105579032200207X

Villablanca-Miranda V, Villablanca J, Zúñiga-Reinoso Á (2022) Psectrascelis senex sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae), a new species from the southern Atacama Desert, Chile. Zootaxa 5174 (3): 285-293. https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.5174.3.6

Campos-Soto R, Rodríguez-Valenzuela E, Díaz-Campusano G, Boric-Bargetto D, Zúñiga-Reinoso Á, Cianferoni F, Torres-Pérez F (2022) Testing Phylogeographic Hypotheses in Mepraia (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) Suggests a Complex Spatio-Temporal Colonization in the Coastal Atacama Desert. Insects 13(5): 419. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects13050419

Pinto P, Larrea-Meza S, Zúñiga-Reinoso Á (2022). A New Species of Diastoleus Solier (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) from the Hyperarid Andes of the Atacama Desert of Chile. Annales Zoologici 72: 91-96. https://doi.org/10.3161/00034541ANZ2022.72.1.006

Krämer J, Lüddecke T, Marner M, Maiworm E, Eichberg J, Hardes K, Schäberle TF, Vilcinskas A, Predel R (2022) Antimicrobial, insecticidal and cytotoxic activity of linear venom peptides from the Pseudoscorpion Chelifer cancroides. Toxins 14: 58. https://doi.org/10.3390/toxins14010058

Blenau W, Bremer AS, Schwietz Y, Friedrich D, Ragionieri, L, Predel R, Balfanz S, Baumann A (2022) PaOctβ2R: Identification and functional characterization of an octopamine receptor activating adenylyl cyclase activity in the American cockroach Periplaneta americana. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 23: 1677. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms23031677

Ragionieri L, Verdonck R, Verlinden H, Marchal E, Vanden Broeck J, Predel R (2022) Schistocerca neuropeptides – An update. Journal of Insect Physiology 136:104326. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinsphys.2021.104326

Boric-Bargetto D, Zúñiga-Reinoso Á, Inostroza-Michel O, Rodríguez-Serrano E, González-Acuña D,  Palma RE, Hernández CE (2021) A comprehensive overview of the genetic diversity in Thylamys elegans (Didelphimorphia: Didelphidae): establishing the phylogeographic determinants. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 94: 5.  https://doi.org/10.1186/s40693-021-00103-5

Diesner M, Bläser M, Eckardt S, Iliffe TM, Boelen Theile E, Predel R (2021) Expression pattern of CAPA/pyrokinin neuropeptide genes in Remipedia and silverfish: Rapid differentiation after gene duplication in early Hexapoda, followed by strong conservation of newly established features in insects. Peptides 144: 170610. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.peptides.2021.170610

Krämer J, Peigneur S, Tytgat J, Jenner RA, van Toor R, Predel R (2021)  A Pseudoscorpion’s Promising Pinch: The venom of Chelifer cancroides contains a rich source of novel compounds.  Toxicon 201: 92-104. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.toxicon.2021.08.012

Liessem S, Kowatschew D, Dippel S, Blanke A, Korsching S, Guschlbauer C, Hooper SL, Predel R, Büschges A (2021) Neuromodulation can be simple: Myoinhibitory peptide, contained in dedicated regulatory pathways, is the only neurally-mediated peptide modulator of stick insect leg muscle. Journal of Neuroscience 41 (13): 2911-2929. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0188-20.2021

Habenstein J, Schmitt F, Liessem S, Ly A, Trede D, Wegener C, Predel R, Rössler W, Neupert S (2021) Transcriptomic, peptidomic and mass spectrometry imaging analysis of the brain in the ant Cataglyphis nodus.  Journal of Neurochemistry 158:391-412. https://doi.org/10.1111/jnc.15346

Zúñiga-Reinoso A, Ritter B, Predel R (2021) The colonization of the Puna and Atacama Biogeographic Province by sister clades of Psectrascelis (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae): Synchronous expansion without spatial overlap. Journal of Biogeography 48: 1930-1940. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.14123

Guerrero M, Vidal P, Zúñiga-Reinoso A (2021) Integrative taxonomy reveals a new genus from Central Chile and suggests a systematic rearrangement in Stenochiinae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 194: 960–972. https://doi-org.eres.qnl.qa/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab026

Barahona-Segovia R, Zúñiga-Reinoso A (2021) An overview of Neotropical arthropods conservation efforts using risk assessment lists. Journal of Insect Conservation 25: 361-376. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10841-021-00306-x

Larrea-Meza S, Pinto P, Collado GA, Zúñiga-Reinoso A (2020)  A new species of Psectrascelis (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Pimeliinae) from the coastal dunes of the Atacama Desert, Chile. Zootaxa 4845 (1): 109-118. https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4845.1.8

Flores G, Predel R, Zúñiga-Reinoso A (2021) Phylogenetic re-evaluation of Discopleurus (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Pimeliinae) and the description of a new species from the hyperarid Atacama Desert. Zoologischer Anzeiger 290: 71-78. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcz.2020.11.006

Bläser M, Predel R (2020) Evolution of Neuropeptide Precursors in Polyneoptera (Insecta). Frontiers Endocrinology 11: 197. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2020.00197

Bläser M, Misof B, Predel R (2020) The power of neuropeptide precursor sequences to reveal phylogenetic relationships in insects: A case study on Blattodea. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 143: 106686. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2019.106686

Ragionieri L, Predel R (2020) The neuropeptidome of Carabus (Coleoptera, Adephaga: Carabidae). Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 118: 103309. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibmb.2019.103309

Anguita-Salinas S, Barahona-Segovia R, Poulin E, Zúñiga-Reinoso A (2019) Taxonomic and systematic implications of the revision of the phylogenetic relations in the genus Ectinogonia Spinola 1837 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) of Central Chile. Zootaxa 4603(1): 159-171 https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4603.1.8

Krämer J, Pohl H, Predel R (2019) Venom collection and analysis in the pseudoscorpion Chelifer cancroides (Pseudoscorpiones: Cheliferidae). Toxicon 162: 15-23. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.toxicon.2019.02.009

Zúñiga-Reinoso A, Pinto P, Predel R (2019) A new a species of Gyriosomus Guérinmeneville, 1834 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) from the Chilean Atacama Desert. Annales Zoologici 69(1): 105-112. doi: 10.3161/00034541ANZ2019.69.1.0xx

Zúñiga-Reinoso A, Predel R (2019) Past climatic changes and their effects on the phylogenetic pattern of the Gondwanan relict Maindronia (Insecta: Zygentoma) in the Chilean Atacama Desert. Global and Planetary Change 182: 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2019.10300