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Faculty of Mathematics and Natural SciencesInstitute of Zoology - AG Predel

Publications

  • 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 A, 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 231:32767  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2023.104312
     
  • Zúñiga-Reinoso A, 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 A, 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
     
  • Marciniak P, Pacholska-Bogalska J y Ragionieri L (2022) Neuropeptidomes of Tenebrio molitor L. and Zophobas atratus Fab. (Coleoptera, Polyphaga: Tenebrionidae).  J Proteome Res.  21, 10, 2247–2260. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jproteome.1c00694
     
  • Krämer J, Pommerening R y 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.
     
  • 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.
     
  • 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, 419.
  • 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.

  • 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. DOI: 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Ly A, Ragionieri L, Liessem S, Becker M, Deininger SO, Neupert S, Predel R (2019) Enhanced Coverage of Insect Neuropeptides in Tissue Sections by an Optimized Mass-Spectrometry-Imaging Protocol. Analytical Chemistry 91:1980-1988. DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.8b04304

  • Neupert S, Marciniak P, Köhler R, Nachman RJ, Suh CPC, Predel R (2018) Different processing of CAPA and pyrokinin precursors in the giant mealworm beetle Zophobas atratus (Tenebrionidae) and the boll weevil Anthonomus grandis grandis (Curculionidae). General and Comparative Endocrinology 258:53-59.

  • Wipfler B, Theska T, Predel R (2018) Mantophasmatodea from the Richtersveld in South Africa with description of two new genera and species. ZooKeys 746:137–160. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.746.14885

  • Diesner M, Neupert S (2018) Quantification of biogenic amines from individual GFP-labeled Drosophila cells by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry. Analytical Chemistry 90:8035-8043. DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.8b0096

  • Zúñiga-Reinoso A, Méndez MA (2018) Hidden and cryptic species reflect parallel and correlated evolution in the phylogeny of the genus Callyntra (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) of Central Chile. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 127:405-415. doi: doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2018.04.022

  • Alfaro FM, Muñoz-Ramírez CP, Zúñiga-Reinoso A, Trewick SA, Méndez  MA (2018) Phylogeography of the Chilean red cricket Cratomelus armatus (Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae) reveals high cryptic diversity in central Chile. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 123 (4): 712-727. doi: doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/bly01

  • Zúñiga-Reinoso A, Pinto P, Collado GA (2018) No more machismo in Callyntra (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae): Callyntra femina, a new species discovered based on female genitalia and genetic evidence. Zootaxa 4461 (3):429-437. doi: dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4464.3.8

  • Neupert S (2018) Single cell peptidomics: Approach for peptide identification by N-terminal peptide derivatization. In: Schrader M., Fricker L. (eds.) Peptidomics. Methods in Molecular Biology 1719. Humana Press, New York, NY

  • Pandit AA, Ragionieri L, Marleya R, Yeoha JGC, Inward DJG, Davies SA, Predel R, DJG Dow (2018) Coordinated RNA-Seq and peptidomics identify neuropeptides and G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs) in the large pine weevil Hylobius abietis, a major forestry pest. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 101:94-107 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibmb.2018.08.003

  • Liessem S, Ragionieri L, Neupert S, Büschges A, Predel R (2018) Transcriptomic and Neuropeptidomic Analysis of the Stick Insect, Carausius morosus. Journal of Proteome Research 17(6):2192-2204. doi: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.8b00155

  • Neupert S, Fusca D, Kloppenburg P, Predel R (2018) Analysis of single neurons by perforated patch clamp recordings and MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry. ACS Chemical Neuroscience 9:2089-2096. DOI: 10.1021/acschemneuro.8b00163.

  • Diesner M, Predel R, Neupert S (2018) Mapeo de neuropéptidos de células atenuadas del cerebro adulto de Drosophila . Revista de la Sociedad Estadounidense de Espectrometría de Masas 29:890–902. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13361-017-1870-1

  • Schaffrath S, Prendini L, Predel R (2018) Variación intraespecífica del veneno en especies de escorpiones del sur de África de los géneros Parabuthus , Uroplectes y Opistophthalmus (Scorpiones: Buthidae, Scorpionidae). Toxicon 144:83-90, doi: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2018.02.004 144:83-90.

  • Predel R, Neupert S, Derst C, Reinhardt K, Wegener C (2018) Neuropeptidómica de la chinche Cimex lectularius . Revista de investigación del proteoma 17(1):440–454. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.7b00630