in press:
De-Kayne R, Schley R, Barth JMI, Campillo LC, Chaparro-Pedraza C, Joshi J, Salzburger W, Van Bocxlaer B, Cotoras DD, Fruciano C, Geneva AJ, Gillespie, R, Heras J, Koblmüller S, Matthews B, Onstein RE, Seehausen O, Singh P, Svensson EI, Salazar-Valenzuela D, Vanhove MPM, Wogan GOU, Yamaguchi R, Yoder AD, Cerca J. Why do some lineages radiate while others do not? Perspectives for future research on adaptive radiations. Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology, in press.
Vanhove MPM, Kmentová N, Faes C, Fernandes JMO, Hahn C, Hens N, Pariselle A, Koblmüller S. Understanding the influence of host radiation on symbiont speciation through parasites of species flocks. Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology, in press.
2024
Englmaier GK, Blažek R, Zimmermann H, Polačik M, Bartáková V, Žak J; Mulokozi DP, Katongo C, Büscher HH, Mabo L, Koblmüller S, Palandačić A, Reichard M. 2024. Revised taxonomy of Synodontis catfishes (Siluriformes: Mochokidae) from the Lake Tanganyika basin reveals lower species diversity than expected. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 202, zlae1030.
Friedrich T, Schmutz S, Unfer G, Haidvogl G, Koblmüller S. 2024. Gewässer im Ausnahmezustand – das leise Verschwinden der Süßwasserfische in Österreich. Acta ZooBot Austria 160, 19-36.
Schmutz S, Auer S, Auer S, Csar D, Daill D, Englisch C, Friedrich T, Graf W, Griebler C, Gumpinger C, Haidvogel G, Koblmüller S, Komposch C, Leitner P, Pall K, Pichler-Scheder C, Schmidt-Klober A, Schuster A, Unfer G, Zittra C, Hein T. 2024. Gewässer im Ausnahmezustand - Artensterben unter der Wasseroberfläche. Acta ZooBot Austria 160, 7-17.
Behrens KA, Koblmüller S, Kocher TD. 2024. Genome assemblies for Chromidotilapia guntheri (Teleostei: Cichlidae) identify a novel candidate gene for vertebrate sex determination, RIN3. Frontiers in Genetics 25, 1447628.
Behrens KA, Koblmüller S, Kocher TD. 2024. Diversity of sex chromosomes in vertebrates: Six novel sex chromosomes in basal haplochromines (Teleostei: Cichlidae). Genome Biology and Evolution 16, evae152.
Koblmüller S, Resl P, Klar N, Bauer H, Zangl L, Hahn C. 2024. DNA barcoding for species identification of moss-dwelling invertebrates: Performance of nanopore sequencing and coverage in reference database. Diversity 16, 196.
Huber E, Bodner M, Borovsky R. Brugger-Schiefermüller E, Burgsteiner R, Eckelt A, Gergely DM, Glatzhofer E, Gunczy J, Gratzer T, Greilberger A, Heimburg H, Kargl V, Kerschbaumsteiner H, Koblmüller S, Kogler M, Kohler F, Kraker F, Kunz G, Lind E, Linzbauer D, Messner S, Niedringhaus R, Oswald T, Öttl M, Paill W, Ploner S, Polt T, Rösel M, Schattanek-Wiesmair B, Schattanek-Wiesmair P, Schäffer S, Schoder S, Schütz A, Sonnleitner M, Stahrmüller M, Strohriegl K, Szucsich N, Uschnig S, Volkmer J, Zechmeister T, Zweidick O. 2024. Bericht über das neunte ÖEG-Insektencamp: Artenvielfalt von steilen Magerwiesen bis zu schneebedeckten Blockschutthalden (Naturpark Weißbach, Salzburg). Entomologica Austriaca 31, 83-155.
Schattanek-Wiesmair B, Huemer P, Wieser C, Stark W, Hausmann A, Koblmüller S, Sefc KM. 2024. A DNA barcode library of Austrian Geometridae (Lepidoptera) reveals high potential for DNA-based species identification. PLoS One 19, e0298025.
Behrens KA, Zimmermann H, Blažek R, Reichard M, Koblmüller S, Kocher TD. 2024. Turnover of sex chromosomes in the Lake Tanganyika cichlid tribe Tropheini (Teleostei: Cichlidae). Scientific Reports 14, 2471.
2023
Kniha E, Dvořák V, Koblmüller S, Prudhomme J, Ivović J, Hoxha I, Oerther S, Heitmann A, Lühken R, Bañuls A-L, Sereno D, Michelutti A, Toniolo F, Alarcón-Elbal PM, Bravo-Barriga D, González MA, Lucientes J, Colella V, Otranto D, Bezarra Santos M, Kunz G, Obwaller AG, Depaquit J, Alić A, Erisoz Kasap O, Alten B, Omeragic J, Volf P, Walochnik J, Sebestyén V, Trájer AJ. 2023. Reconstructing the post-glacial spread of the sand fly Phlebotomus mascittii Grassi, 1908 (Diptera: Psychodidae) in Europe. Communications Biology 6, 1244.
Reichard M, Koblmüller S, Blažek R, Zimmermann H, Katongo C, Bryjová A, Bryja J. 2023. Lack of host specialization despite selective host use in brood parasitic cuckoo catfish. Molecular Ecology, 32, 6070-6082.
Koblmüller S. 2023. DNA barcodes for evolution and biodiversity. Diversity 15, 1003. - Editorial article
Wagner M, Benac Č, Pamić M, Bračun S, Ladner M, Plakolm P, Koblmüller S, Svardal H, Brandl S. 2023. Microhabitat partitioning between sympatric intertidal fish species highlights the importance of sediment composition in gravel beach conservation. Ecology and Evolution 13, e10307.
Leeming SJ, Hahn C, Koblmüller S, McAllister CT, Vanhove MPM, Kmentová N. 2023. Amended diagnosis, mitochondrial genome, and phylogenetic position of Sphyranura euryceae (Neodermata, Monogenea, Polystomatidae), a parasite of the Oklahoma salamander. Parasite 30, 27.
Sittenthaler M, Fischer I, Chovanec A, Koblmüller S, Macek O, Sattmann H, Szucsich N, Zangl L, Haring E. 2023. Correction: DNA barcoding of exuviae for species identification of Central European damselflies and dragonflies (Insecta: Odonata). Journal of Insect Conservation 27, 451-453.
Sittenthaler M, Fischer I, Chovanec A, Koblmüller S, Macek O, Sattmann H, Szucsich N, Zangl L, Haring E. 2023. DNA barcoding of exuviae for species identification of Central European damselflies and dragonflies (Insecta: Odonata). Journal of Insect Conservation 27, 435-450.
Koblmüller S, Albertson RC, Genner MJ, Takahashi T, Sefc KM. 2023. Preface: Advances in cichlid research V: behavior, ecology, and evolutionary biology. Hydrobiologia 850, 2139-2147. - Editorial article
Lamboj A, Koblmüller S. 2023. Molecular phylogeny and taxonomic revision of the cichlid genus Hemichromis (Teleostei, Cichliformes, Cichlidae), with description of a new genus and revalidation of H. angolensis. Hydrobiologia 850, 2177-2198.
Huber E, Aurenhammer S, Bauer H, Borovsky R, Borovsky V, Degasperi G, Denner M, Friedlmayer J, Frieß T, Fröhlich D, Gergely DM, Glatzhofer E, Gorfer B, Gunczy J, Gunczy LW, Heimburg H, Ivenz D, Koblmüller S, Kogler M, Komposch C, Kraker F, Klug M, Kunz G, Messner S, Moser A, Niedringhaus R, Lorber L, Oswald M, Oswald T, Paill W, Ploner S, Schattanek-Wiesmair B, Schattanek-Wiesmair P, Schoder S, Schönpflug V, Schütz A, Sonnleitner M, Staudinger V, Strohriegl K, Szucsich N, Trattnik E, Volkmer J, Witzmann M, Zechmeister T, Zweidick O. 2023. Bericht über das achte ÖEG-Insektencamp: Die verborgenen Schätze der Weinviertler Klippenzone (Naturpark Leiser Berge, Niederösterreich). Entomologica Austriaca 30, 155-246.
2022
Fröhlich D, Zangl L, Raspotnig G, Koblmüller S. 2022. Sex- and size-dependent variation in wing morphology in the cuckoo wasp Trichrysis cyanea (Chrysididae, Hymenoptera). European Journal of Entomology 119, 413-420.
Behrens KA, Koblmüller S, Kocher TD. 2022. Sex chromosomes in the tribe Cyprichromini (Teleostei: Cichlidae) of Lake Tanganyika. Scientific Reports 12, 17998.
Cruz-Laufer AJ, Pariselle A, Jorissen MWP, Muterezi Bukinga F, Al Assadi A, Van Steenberge M, Koblmüller S, Sturmbauer C, Smeets K, Huyse T, Artois T, Vanhove MPM. 2022. Somewhere I belong: phylogeny and morphological evolution in a species-rich lineage of ectoparasitic flatworms infecting cichlid fishes. Cladistics 38, 465-512.
Cruz-Laufer A, Artois T, Koblmüller S, Pariselle A, Smeets K, Van Steenberge M, Vanhove MPM. 2022. Explosive networking: the role of adaptive host radiations and ecological opportunity in a species-rich host-parasite assembly. Ecology Letters 25, 1795-1812.
Singh P, Irisarri I, Torres Dowdall J, Thallinger GG, Moriarty Lemmon E, Lemmon A, Koblmüller S, Meyer A, Sturmbauer C. 2022. Phylogenomics of trophically diverse cichlids disentangles processes driving adaptive radiation and repeated trophic transitions. Ecology and Evolution 12, e9077.
Zangl L, Schäffer S, Daill D, Friedrich T, Gessl W, Mladinić M, Sturmbauer C, Wanzenböck J, Weiss SJ, Koblmüller S. 2022. A comprehensive DNA barcode inventory of Austria's fish species. PLoS One 17, e0268694.
Sonnleitner ST, Sonnleitner S, Hinterbichler E, Halbfurter H, Kopecky DBC, Koblmüller S, Sturmbauer C, Posch W, Walder G. 2022. The mutational dynamics of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in serial passages in vitro. Virologica Sinica 37, 198-207.
Sonnleitner ST, Prelog M, Sonnleitner S, Hinterbichler E, Halbfurter H, Kopecky DBC, Almanazar G, Koblmüller S, Sturmbauer C, Feist L, Horres R, Posch W, Walder G. 2022. Cumulative SARS-CoV-2 mutations and corresponding changes in immunity in an immunocompromised patient indicate viral evolution within the host. Nature Communications 13, 2560.
Sonnleitner S, Prelog M, Rodgarkia-Dara C, Gietl S, Schönegger C, Koblmüller S, Sturmbauer C, Posch W, Almanazar G, Jury H, Loney T, Tichy A, Nowotny N, Walder G. 2022. Maintenance of neutralizing antibodies over ten months in convalescent SARS-CoV-2 afflicted patients. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases 69, 1596-1605.
Kocher TD, Behrens KA, Conte MA, Aibara M, Mrosso HDJ, Green ECJ, Kidd MR, Nikaido M, Koblmüller S. 2022. New sex chromosomes in Lake Victoria cichlid fishes (Cichlidae: Haplochromini). Genes 13, 804.
Rahmouni C, Vanhove MPM, Koblmüller S, Šimková A. 2022. Molecular phylogeny and speciation patterns in host specific monogeneans (Cichlidogyrus, Dactylogyridae) parasitizing cichlid fishes (Cichliformes, Cichlidae) in Lake Tanganyika. International Journal for Parasitology 52, 359-375.
Huber E, Aurenhammer S, Bauer H, Borovsky R, Christof K, Degasperi G, Eckelt A, Friess T, Fröhlich D, Gartler L, Glatzhofer E, Gorfer B, Gunczy J, Gunczy LW, Heimburg H, Kirchmair G, Koblmüller S, Komposch C, Kunz G, Messner S, Milek C, Oswald T, Paill W, Papenberg E, Rauch A, Schattanek P, Staudinger V, Strohriegl K, Tarog A, Trattnik E, Volkmer J, Weihs A, Wiesmair B, Witzmann M, Zweidick O. 2022. Bericht über das siebte ÖEG-Insektencamp: Die bunte Biodiversität des Nationalparks Thayatal (Niederösterreich). Entomologica Austriaca 29, 87–181.
Sonnleitner M, Schoder S, Macek O, Leeb C, Bräuchler C, Haring E, Dötterl S, Eckelt A, Fauster R, Glatzhofer E, Graf W, Gros P, Heimburg H, Heiss E, Hinterstoisser W, Kirchweger S, Koblmüller S, Komposch C, Link A, Rabl D, Rupp T, Schlager M, Streinzer M, Strutzberg H, Timaeus L, Wagner HC, Wiesmair B, Zimmermann D, Szucsich NU. 2022. Beitrag der ABOL-BioBlitze zur österreichischen Biodiversitäts-Erfassung: DNA-Barcodes aus 2019 und 2020. Acta ZooBot Austria 158, 81-96.
Fröhlich D, Zangl L, Raspotnig G, Koblmüller S. 2022. Inter- and intrasexual variation in cuticular hydrocarbons in Trichrysis cyanea (Linnaeus, 1758) (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae). Insects 13, 159.
2021
Bračun S, Wagner M, Koblmüller S. 2021. Spatio-temporal occurrence patterns of epibiota along the leaves of the seagrass Cymodocea nodosa in the Northern Adriatic Sea. Marine Biology Research 17, 592-602.
Kmentová N, Hahn C, Koblmüller S, Zimmermann H, Vorel J, Artois T, Gelnar M, Vanhove MPM. 2021. Contrasting host-parasite population structure and role of host specificity: morphology and mitogenomics of a parasitic flatworm on pelagic deepwater cichlid fishes from Lake Tanganyika. Biology 10, 797.
Wagner M, Zogaris S, Berrebi P, Freyhof J, Koblmüller S, Magnan P, Laporte M. 2021. Diversity and biogeography of Mediterranean freshwater blennies (Blenniidae, Salaria). Diversity and Distributions 27, 1832-1847.
Koblmüller S, Albertson RC, Genner MJ, Sefc KM, Takahashi T. 2021. Preface: Advances in cichlid research IV: behavior, ecology, and evolutionary biology. Hydrobiologia 848, 3605–3612. - Editorial article
Pfingstl T, Lienhard A, Baumann J, Kobmüller S. 2021. A taxonomist's nightmare - cryptic diversity in Caribbean intertidal arthropods (Arachnida, Acari, Oribatida). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 163, 107240.
Gohla J, Bračun S, Gretschel G, Koblmüller S, Wagner M, Pacher C. 2021. Potassium Carbonate (K2CO3) – A cheap, non-toxic and high-density floating solution for microplastic isolation from beach sediments. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 170, 112618.
Zangl L, Glatzhofer E, Schmid R, Randolf S, Koblmüller S. 2021. DNA barcoding of Austrian snow scorpionflies (Mecoptera, Boreidae) reveals potential cryptic diversity in Boreus westwoodi. PeerJ 9, e11424.
Geiger M, Koblmüller S, Assandri G, Chovanec A, Ekrem T, Fischer I, Galimberti A, Grabowski M, Haring E, Hausmann A, Hendrich L, Koch S, Mamos T, Rothe U, Rulik B, Rewicz T, Sittenthaler M, Stur E, Tończyk G, Zangl L, Moriniere J. 2021. Coverage and quality of DNA barcode references for Central and Northern European Odonata. PeerJ 9, e11192.
Sonnleitner ST, Dorighi J, Jansen, Bianca B, Schönegger C, Gietl S, Koblmüller S, Sturmbauer C, Posch W, Walder G. 2021. An in vitro model for assessment of SARS-CoV-2 infectivity by defining the correlation between virus isolation and quantitative PCR value: isolation success of SARS-CoV-2 from oropharyngeal swabs correlates negatively with Cq value. Virology Journal 18, 71.
Koblmüller S, Schöggl CA, Lorber CJ, Van Steenberge M, Kmentová N, Vanhove MPM, Zangl L. 2021. African lates perches (Teleostei, Latidae, Lates): paraphyly of Nile perch and recent colonization of Lake Tanganyika. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 160, 107141.
Fischer C, Koblmüller S, Börger C, Michelitsch G, Trajanoski S, Schlötterer C, Guelly C, Thallinger GG, Sturmbauer C. 2021. Genome sequences of Tropheus moorii and Petrochromis trewavasae, two eco-morphologically divergent cichlid fishes endemic to Lake Tanganyika. Scientific Reports 11, 4309.
Paill W, Koblmüller S, Frieß T, Gereben-Krenn B-A, Mairhuber C, Raupach MJ, Zangl L. 2021. Relicts from glacial times: The ground beetle Pterostichus adstrictus Eschscholtz, 1823 (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in the Austrian Alps. Insects 12, 84.
Wagner M, Kovačić M, Koblmüller S. 2021. Unravelling the taxonomy of an interstitial fish radiation: Three new species of Gouania (Teleostei: Gobiesocidae) from the Mediterranean Sea and redescriptions of G. willdenowi and G. pigra. Journal of Fish Biology 98, 64-88.
2020
Haring E, Fischer I, Sittenthaler M, Wolf P, Chovanec A, Koblmüller S, Sattmann H, Beqiraj S, Pešić V, Zangl L. 2020. Intraspecific genetic diversity in selected widespread dragonfly species (Insecta: Odonata). Acta ZooBot Austria 157, 243-260.
Sefc KM, Wagner M, Zangl L, Weiß S, Steinwender B, Arminger P, Weinmaier T, Balkic N, Kohler T, Inthal S, Kovačić M, Zogaris S, Hahn C, Koblmüller S. 2020. Phylogeographic structure and population connectivity of a small benthic fish (Tripterygion tripteronotum) in the Adriatic Sea. Journal of Biogeography 47, 2502–2517.
Zangl L, Oberreiter H, Huss H, Stabentheiner E, Sturmbauer C, Kobmüller S. 2020. Discriminating larvae of two syntopic Cychramus species (Coleoptera, Nitidulidae) by means of bar-HRM analysis. Molecular Biology Reports 47, 8251-8257.
Kmentová N, Koblmüller S, Van Steenberge M, Artois T, Muterezi Bukinga F, Mulimbwa N'Sibula T, Muzumani Risasi D, Masilya Mulungula P, Gelnar M, Vanhove MPM. 2020. Failure to diverge in African Great Lakes: the case of Dolicirroplectanum lacustre comb. nov. (Monogenea, Diplectanidae) infecting latid hosts. Journal of Great Lakes Research 46, 1113-1130.
Schäffer S, Koblmüller S. 2020. Unexpected diversity in the host-generalist oribatid mite Paraleius leontonychus (Oribatida, Scheloribatidae) phoretic on Palearctic bark beetles. PeerJ 8, e9710.
Van Steenberge MW, Vanhove MPM, Chocha Manda A, Larmuseau MHD, Swart BL, Khang’Mate F, Arndt A, Hellemans B, Van Houdt J, Micha J-C, Koblmüller S, Roodt-Wilding R, Volckaert FAM. 2020. Unravelling the evolution of Africa's drainage basins through a widespread freshwater fish, the African sharptooth catfish Clarias gariepinus. Journal of Biogeography 47, 1739-1754.
Bose A, Zimmermann H, Winkler G, Kaufmann A, Strohmeier T, Koblmüller S, Sefc KM. 2020. Congruent geographic variation in saccular otolith shape across multiple species of African cichlids. Scientific Reports 10, 12820.
Bračun S, Wagner M, Sefc KM, Koblmüller S. 2020. Seasonal growth patterns of Cymodocea nodosa and diversity of its epibiota in the northern Adriatic Sea. Annales, Series Historia Naturalis 30, 69-84.
Schäffer S, Koblmüller S, Krisper G. 2020. Revisiting the evolution of arboreal life in oribatid mites. Diversity 12, 255.
Takahashi T, Koblmüller S. 2020. Brood parasitism of an open-water spawning cichlid by the cuckoo catfish. Journal of Fish Biology 96, 1538-1542.
Kmentová N, Koblmüller S, Van Steenberge M, Raeymaekers JAM, Artois T, De Keyzer ELR, Milec L, Muterezi Bukinga F, Mulimbwa N'sibula T, Masilya Mulungula P, Ntakimazi G, Volckaert FAM, Gelnar M, Vanhove MPM. 2020. Weak population structure and demographic expansion of the monogenean parasite Kapentagyrus spp. infecting clupeid fishes of Lake Tanganyika. International Journal for Parasitology 50, 471-486.
Zangl L, Jung M, Gessl W, Koblmüller S, Ratschan C. 2020. Oriental or not: First record of an alien weatherfish (Misgurnus) species in Austria verified by molecular data. BioInvasions Records 9, 375-383.
Kmentová N, Bray RA, Koblmüller S, Artois T, De Keyzer ELR, Gelnar M, Vanhove MPM, Georgieva S. 2020. Uncharted digenean diversity in Lake Tanganyika: cryptogonimids (Digenea: Cryptogonimidae) infecting endemic lates perches (Actinopterygii: Latidae). Parasites & Vectors 13, 221.
Zangl L, Daill D, Schweiger S, Gassner G, Koblmüller S. 2020. A reference DNA barcode library for Austrian amphibians and reptiles. PLoS One 15, e0229353.
Pfingstl T, Wagner M, Hiruta S, Koblmüller S, Hagino W, Shimano S. 2020. Author Correction: Phylogeographic patterns of intertidal arthropods (Acari, Oribatida) from southern Japanese islands reflect paleoclimatic events. Scientific Reports 10, 4370.
Zangl L, Daill D, Gessl W, Friedrich T, Koblmüller S. 2020. Austrian gudgeons of the genus Gobio (Teleostei: Gobionidae): a mixture of divergent lineages. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 58, 327-340.
2019
Pfingstl T, Wagner M, Hiruta S, Koblmüller S, Hagino W, Shimano S. 2019. Phylogeographic patterns of intertidal arthropods (Acari, Oribatida) from southern Japanese islands reflect paleoclimatic events. Scientific Reports 9, 19042.
Taborsky M, Koblmüller S, Sefc KM, McGee M, Kohda M, Awata S, Hori M, Frommen JG. 2019. Insufficient data render comparative analyses of the evolution of cooperative breeding mere speculation: A reply to Dey et al.. Ethology 125, 851-854.
Schäffer S, Kerschbaumer M, Koblmüller S. 2019. Corrigendum to “Multiple new species: Cryptic diversity in the widespread mite species Cymbaeremaeus cymba (Oribatida, Cymbaeremaeidae)” [Mol. Phylogent. Evol. 135 (2019) 185–192]. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 139, 106548.
Wagner M, Bračun S, Skofitsch G, Kovačić M, Zogaris S, Iglésias SP, Sefc KM, Koblmüller S. 2019. Diversification in gravel beaches: a radiation of interstitial clingfish (Gouania, Gobiesocidae) in the Mediterranean Sea. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 139, 106525.
Schäffer S, Kerschbaumer M, Koblmüller S. 2019. Multiple new species: Cryptic diversity in the widespread mite species Cymbaeremaeus cymba (Oribatida, Cymbaeremaeidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 135, 185-192.
Zangl L, Kunz G, Berg C, Koblmüller S. 2019. First records of the parthenogenetic Surinam cockroach Pycnoscelus surinamensis (Insecta: Blattodea: Blaberidae) for Central Europe. Journal of Applied Entomology 143, 308-313.
Koblmüller S, Zangl L, Börger C, Daill D, Vanhove MPM, Sturmbauer C, Sefc KM. 2019. Only true pelagics mix: Comparative phylogeography of deepwater bathybatine cichlids from Lake Tanganyika. Hydrobiologia 832, 93-103.
Koblmüller S, Albertson RC, Genner MJ, Sefc KM, Takahashi T. 2019. Preface: Advances in cichlid research III: behavior, ecology, and evolutionary biology. Hydrobiologia 832, 1-8. - Editorial article
2018
Van Steenberge MW, Raeymaekers JAM, Hablützel PI, Vanhove MPM, Koblmüller S, Snoeks J. 2018. Delineating species along shifting shorelines: Tropheus (Teleostei, Cichlidae) from the southern subbasin of Lake Tanganyika. Frontiers in Zoology 15, 42.
Tanaka H, Frommen JG, Koblmüller S, Sefc KM, McGee M, Kohda M, Awata S, Hori M, Taborsky M. 2018. Evolutionary transitions to cooperative societies in fishes revisited. Ethology 124, 777-789.
Kmentová N, Van Steenberge M, Raeymaekers JAM, Koblmüller S, Hablützel PI, Muterezi Bukinga F, Mulimbwa N´sibula T, Masilya Mulungula P, Nzigidahera B, Ntakimazi G, Gelnar M, Vanhove MPM. 2018. Monogenean parasites of sardines in Lake Tanganyika: diversity, origin and intra-specific variability. Contributions to Zoology 87, 105-132.
Irisarri I, Singh P, Koblmüller S, Torres-Dowdall J, Henning F, Franchini P, Fischer C, Lemmon AR, Moriarty Lemmon E, Thallinger GG, Sturmbauer C, Meyer A. 2018. Phylogenomics uncovers early hybridization and adaptive loci shaping the radiation of Lake Tanganyika cichlid fishes. Nature Communications 9, 3159.
Gammerdinger WJ, Conte MA, Sandkam BA, Ziegelbecker A, Koblmüller S, Kocher TD. 2018. Novel sex chromosomes in three cichlid fishes from Lake Tanganyika. Journal of Heredity 109, 489-500.
Schäffer S, Koblmüller S, Klymiuk I, Thallinger GG. 2018. The mitochondrial genome of the oribatid mite Paraleius leontonychus: new insights into tRNA evolution and phylogenetic relationships in acariform mites. Scientific Reports 8, 7558.
Friedrich T, Wiesner C, Zangl L, Daill L, Freyhof J, Koblmüller S. 2018. Romanogobio skywalkeri, a new gudgeon (Teleostei: Gobionidae) from the upper Mur River, Austria. Zootaxa 4403, 336-350.
2017
Wagner M, Bračun S, Kovačič M, Iglesias SP, Sellos DY, Zogaris S, Koblmüller S. 2017. Lepadogaster purpurea (Pisces: Gobiesocidae) from the eastern Mediterranean Sea: significantly extended distribution range. Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria 47, 417-421.
Hendricks SA, Koblmüller S, Harrigan RJ, Leonard JA, Schweizer, RM, vonHoldt BM, Kays R, Wayne RK. 2017. Defense of an expanded historical range for the Mexican wolf: a comment on Heffelfinger et al.. Journal of Wildlife Management 81, 1331-1333.
Sefc KM, Mattersdorfer K, Ziegelbecker A, Neuhüttler N, Steiner O, Goessler W, Koblmüller S. 2017. Shifting barriers and phenotypic diversification by hybridization. Ecology Letters 20, 651-662.
Schäffer S, Zachos FE, Koblmüller S. 2017. Opening the treasure chest: a DNA-barcoding primer set for most higher taxa of Central European birds and mammals from museum collections. PLoS One 12, e0174449.
Sefc KM, Mattersdorfer K, Hermann CM, Koblmüller S. 2017. Past lake shore dynamics explain present pattern of unidirectional introgression across a habitat barrier. Hydrobiologia 791, 69-82.
Sturmbauer C, Börger C, Van Steenberge M, Koblmüller S. 2017. A separate lowstand lake at the northern edge of Lake Tanganyika? Evidence from phylogeographic patterns in the cichlid genus Tropheus. Hydrobiologia 791, 51-68.
Koblmüller S, Nevado B, Makasa L, Van Steenberge M, Vanhove MPM, Verheyen E, Sturmbauer C, Sefc KM. 2017. Phylogeny and phylogeography of Altolamprologus: ancient introgression and recent divergence in a rock-dwelling Lake Tanganyika cichlid genus. Hydrobiologia 791, 35-50.
Koblmüller S, Albertson RC, Genner MJ, Sefc KM, Takahashi T. 2017. Preface: Advances in cichlid research II: behavior, ecology, and evolutionary biology. Hydrobiologia 791, 1-6. - Editorial article
Sungani H, Ngatunga BP, Koblmüller S, Mäkinen T, Skelton PH, Genner MJ. 2017. Multiple colonisations of the Lake Malawi catchment by the genus Opsaridium (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 107, 256-265.
2016
Kmentová N, Gelnar M, Mendlová M, Van Steenberge M, Koblmüller S, Vanhove MPM. 2016. Reduced host-specificity in a parasite infecting non-littoral Lake Tanganyika cichlids evidenced by intraspecific morphological and genetic diversity. Scientific Reports 6, 39605.
Abila R, Akol P, Albertson C, Antunes D, Banda T, Bills R, Bulirani A, Chocha Manda A, Cohen AS, Cunha-Saraiva F, Derycke S, Donohue I, Du M, Dudu AM, Egger B, Fritzsche K, Frommen J, Gante HF, Hata H, Irvine K, Isumbisho Mwapu P, Janssens de Bisthoven L, Jungwirth A, Kaleme P, Katongo C, Kéver L, Koblmüller S, Konings A, Lamboj A, Lemmel-Schaedelin F, Machado Schiaffino G, Martens K, Masilya Mulungula P, Meyer A, More HL, Musilova Z, Muterezi Bukinga F, Muzumani DR, Ntakimazi G, Okello W, Phiri H, Pialek L, Plisnier PD, Raeymaekers J, Rajkov J, Rican O, Roberts R, Salzburger W, Schoen I, Sefc KM, Singh P, Skelton P, Schneider K, Snoeks J, Sturmbauer C, Svardal H, Svensson O, Torres-Dowdall J, Turner GF, Tyers A, Van Rijssel JC, Van Steenberge M, Vanhove M, Verheyen E, Weber AT, Weyl O, Ziegelbecker A, Zimmermann H. 2016. Oil extraction imperils Africa’s Great Lakes. Science 354, 651-652.
Koblmüller S, Vilà C, Lorente-Galdos B, Dabad M, Ramirez O, Marques-Bonet T, Wayne RK, Leonard JA. 2016. Whole mitochondrial genomes illuminate ancient intercontinental dispersals of grey wolves (Canis lupus). Journal of Biogeography 43, 1728-1738.
Kmentová N, Gelnar M, Koblmüller S, Vanhove MPM. 2016. Deepwater parasite diversity in Lake Tanganyika: description of two monogenean species from benthopelagic cichlid fishes. Parasites & Vectors 9, 426.
Schneider K, Koblmüller S, Sefc KM. 2016. HExT, a software supporting tree-based screens for hybrid taxa in multi-locus datasets, and an evaluation of the homoplasy excess test. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 7, 358-368.
Sefc KM, Koblmüller S. 2016. Ancient hybrid origin of the eastern wolf not yet off the table: a comment on Rutledge et al. (2015). Biology Letters 12, 20150834.
Kmentová N, Gelnar M, Koblmüller S, Vanhove MPM. 2016. First insights into the diversity of gill monogeneans of 'Gnathochromis' and Limnochromis (Teleostei, Cichlidae) in Burundi: do the parasites mirror host ecology and phylogenetic history? PeerJ 4, e1629.
Anderson C, Werdenig A, Koblmüller S, Sefc KM. 2016. Same school, different conduct: Rates of multiple paternity vary within a mixed-species breeding school of semi-pelagic cichlid fish (Cyprichromis spp.). Ecology and Evolution 6, 37-45.
2015
Koblmüller S, Zachos F. 2015. Biodiversity in the public eye: DNA-barcoding of Austrian vertebrates - problems & challenges. Acta ZooBot Austria 152, 167-172. [in German]
Koblmüller S, Steinwender B, Weiß S, Sefc KM. 2015. Gene flow, population growth and a novel substitution rate estimate in a subtidal rock specialist, the black-faced blenny Tripterygion delaisi (Perciformes, Blennioidei, Tripterygiidae) from the Adriatic Sea. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 53, 291-299.
Vanhove MPM, Pariselle A, Van Steenberge M, Raeymaekers JAM, Hablützel PI, Gillardin C, Hellemans B, Breman F, Koblmüller S, Sturmbauer C, Snoeks J, Volckaert FAM, Huyse T. 2015. Hidden biodiversity in an ancient lake: phylogenetic congruence between Lake Tanganyika tropheine cichlids and their monogenean flatworm parasites. Scientific Reports 5, 13669.
Hartbauer M, Gepp J, Hinteregger K, Koblmüller S. 2015. Diversity of wing patterns and abdomen-generated substrate sounds in three European scorpionfly species. Insect Science 22, 521-531.
Sefc KM, Hermann CM, Steinwender B, Brindl H, Zimmermann H, Mattersdorfer K, Postl L, Makasa L, Sturmbauer C, Koblmüller S. 2015. Asymmetric dominance and asymmetric mate choice oppose premating isolation after allopatric divergence. Ecology and Evolution 5, 1549-1562.
Raspotnig G, Bodner M, Schäffer S, Koblmüller S, Schönhofer A, Karaman I. 2015. Chemosystematics in the Opiliones (Arachnida): A comment on the evolutionary history of alkyl-phenols and benzoquinones in the scent gland secretions of the Laniatores. Cladistics 31, 202-209.
Egger B, Kläfiger Y, Indermaur A, Koblmüller S, Theis A, Egger S, Näf T, Van Steenberge M, Sturmbauer C, Katongo C, Salzburger W. 2015. Phylogeographic and phenotypic assessment of a basal haplochromine cichlid fish from Lake Chila, Zambia. Hydrobiologia 748, 171-184.
Koblmüller S, Odhiambo EA, Sinyinza D, Sturmbauer C, Sefc KM. 2015. Big fish, little divergence: phylogeography of Lake Tanganyika’s giant cichlid, Boulengerochromis microlepis. Hydrobiologia 748, 29-38.
Koblmüller S, Albertson RC, Genner MJ, Sefc KM, Takahashi T. 2015. Preface: Advances in cichlid research: behavior, ecology, and evolutionary biology. Hydrobiologia 748, 1-5. - Editorial article
2014
Takahashi T, Koblmüller S. 2014. A new species of Petrochromis (Perciformes: Cichlidae) from Lake Tanganyika. Ichthyological Research 61, 252-264.
Kirchberger PC, Sefc KM, Sturmbauer C, Koblmüller S. 2014. Outgroup effects on root position and tree topology in the AFLP phylogeny of a rapidly radiating lineage of cichlid fish. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 70, 57-62.
2013
Fischer C, Koblmüller S, Gülly C, Schlötterer C, Sturmbauer C, Thallinger GG. 2013. Complete mitochondrial DNA sequences of the threadfin cichlid (Petrochromis trewavasae) and the blunthead cichlid (Tropheus moorii) and patterns of mitochondrial genome evolution in cichlid fishes. PLoS One 8, e67048.
Zoppoth P, Koblmüller S, Sefc KM. 2013. Male courtship preferences demonstrate discrimination against allopatric colour morphs in a cichlid fish. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 25, 577-586.
2012
Koblmüller S, Wayne RK, Leonard JA. 2012. Impact of Quaternary climatic changes and interspecific competition on the demographic history of a highly mobile generalist carnivore, the coyote. Biology Letters 8, 644-647.
Mattersdorfer K, Koblmüller S, Sefc KM. 2012. AFLP genome scans suggest selection on color patterning in allopatric color morphs of a cichlid fish. Molecular Ecology 21, 3531-3544.
Koblmüller S, Katongo C, Phiri H, Sturmbauer C. 2012. Past connection of the upper reaches of a Lake Tanganyika tributary with the upper Congo drainage suggested by genetic data of riverine cichlid fishes. African Zoology 47, 182-186.
Kirchberger PC, Sefc KM, Sturmbauer C, Koblmüller S. 2012. Evolutionary history of Lake Tanganyika's predatory deepwater cichlids. International Journal of Evolutionary Biology 2012, 716209.
Koblmüller S, Albertson RC, Genner MJ, Sefc KM, Takahashi T. 2012. Cichlid evolution: lessons in diversification 2012. International Journal of Evolutionary Biology 2012, 349485. - Editorial article
Sefc KM, Hermann CM, Taborsky B, Koblmüller S. 2012. Brood mixing and reduced polyandry in a maternally mouthbrooding cichlid with elevated among-breeder relatedness. Molecular Ecology 21, 2805-2815.
Kidd MR, Duftner N, Koblmüller S, Sturmbauer C, Hofmann, HA. 2012. Repeated parallel evolution of parental care strategies within Xenotilapia, a genus of cichlid fishes from Lake Tanganyika. PLoS One 7, e31236.
Steinwender B, Koblmüller S, Sefc KM. 2012. Concordant female mate preferences in the cichlid fish Tropheus moorii. Hydrobiologia 682, 121-130.
2011
Hermann CM, Sefc KM, Koblmüller S. 2011. Ancient origin and recent divergence of a haplochromine cichlid lineage from isolated water bodies in the East African Rift System. Journal of Fish Biology 79, 1356-1369.
Koblmüller S, Salzburger W, Obermüller B, Eigner E, Sturmbauer C, Sefc KM. 2011. Separated by sand, fused by dropping water: habitat barriers and fluctuating water levels steer the evolution of rock-dwelling cichlid populations in Lake Tanganyika. Molecular Ecology 20, 2272-2290.
Takahashi T, Koblmüller S. 2011. The adaptive radiation of cichlid fish in Lake Tanganyika: a morphological perspective. International Journal of Evolutionary Biology 2011, 620754.
Koblmüller S, Albertson RC, Genner MJ, Sefc KM, Takahashi T. 2011. Cichlid evolution: lessons in diversification. International Journal of Evolutionary Biology 2011, 847969. - Editorial article pdf
2010
Sturmbauer C, Salzburger W, Duftner N, Schelly R, Koblmüller S. 2010. Evolutionary history of the Lake Tanganyika cichlid tribe Lamprologini (Teleostei: Perciformes) derived from mitochondrial and nuclear DNA data. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 57, 266-284.
Schäffer S, Koblmüller S, Pfingstl T, Sturmbauer C, Krisper G. 2010. Ancestral state reconstruction reveals multiple independent evolution of diagnostic morphological characters in the "Higher Oribatida" (Acari), conflicting with current classification schemes. BMC Evolutionary Biology 10, 246.
Hellig CJ, Kerschbaumer M, Sefc KM, Koblmüller S. 2010. Allometric shape change of the lower pharyngeal jaw correlates with a dietary shift to piscivory in a cichlid fish. Naturwissenschaften 97, 663-672.
Schäffer S, Pfingstl T, Koblmüller S, Winkler KA, Sturmbauer C, Krisper G. 2010. Phylogenetic analysis of European Scutovertex mites (Acari, Oribatida, Scutoverticidae) reveals paraphyly and cryptic diversity: A molecular genetic and morphological approach. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 55, 677-688.
Schäffer S, Koblmüller S, Pfingstl T, Sturmbauer C, Krisper G. 2010. Contrasting mitochondrial DNA diversity estimates in Austrian Scutovertex minutus and S. sculptus (Acari, Oribatida, Brachypylina, Scutoverticidae). Pedobiologia, 53, 203-211.
Koblmüller S, Egger B, Sturmbauer C, Sefc KM. 2010. Rapid radiation, ancient incomplete lineage sorting and ancient hybridization in the endemic Lake Tanganyika cichlid tribe Tropheini. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 55, 318-334.
2009
Koblmüller S, Nord M, Wayne RK, Leonard JA. 2009. More is better. Molecular Ecology 18, 4994-4996.
Nevado B, Koblmüller S, Sturmbauer C, Snoeks J, Usano-Alemany J, Verheyen E. 2009. Complete mtDNA replacement in a Lake Tanganyika cichlid fish. Molecular Ecology 18, 4240-4255.
Sefc KM, Hermann CM, Koblmüller S. 2009. Mating system variability in a mouthbrooding cichlid fish from a tropical lake. Molecular Ecology 18, 3508-3517.
Koblmüller S, Nord M, Wayne RK, Leonard JA. 2009. Origin and status of the Great Lakes wolf. Molecular Ecology 18, 2313-2326.
Koblmüller S, Duftner N, Sefc KM, Aigner U, Rogetzer M, Sturmbauer C. 2009. Phylogeographic structure and gene flow in the scale-eating cichlid Perissodus microlepis (Teleostei, Perciformes, Cichlidae) in southern Lake Tanganyika. Zoologica Scripta 38, 257-268.
Herler J, Koblmüller S, Sturmbauer C. 2009. Phylogenetic relationships of coral-associated gobies (Teleostei, Gobiidae) from the Red Sea based on mitochondrial DNA data. Marine Biology 156, 725-739.
Sefc KM, Koblmüller S. 2009. Assessing parent numbers from offspring genotypes: the importance of marker polymorphism. Journal of Heredity 100, 197-205.
2008
Koblmüller S, Schliewen UK, Duftner N, Sefc KM, Katongo C, Sturmbauer C. 2008. Age and spread of the haplochromine cichlid fishes in Africa. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 49, 153-169.
Sturmbauer C, Fuchs C, Harb G, Damm E, Duftner N, Maderbacher M, Koch M, Koblmüller S. 2008. Abundance, distribution and territory areas of rock-dwelling Lake Tanganyika cichlid fish species. Hydrobiologia 615, 57-68.
Sturmbauer C, Hahn C, Koblmüller S, Postl L, Sinyinza D, Sefc KM. 2008. Variation of territory size and defense behavior in breeding pairs of the endemic Lake Tanganyika cichlid fish Variabilichromis moorii. Hydrobiologia 615, 49-56.
Koblmüller S, Sefc KM, Sturmbauer C. 2008. The Lake Tanganyika cichlid species assemblage: recent advances in molecular phylogenetics. Hydrobiologia 615, 5-20.
Sefc KM, Mattersdorfer K, Sturmbauer C, Koblmüller S. 2008. High frequency of multiple paternity in broods of a socially monogamous cichlid fish with biparental nest defense. Molecular Ecology 17, 2531-2543.
Koblmüller S, Sefc KM, Duftner N, Katongo C, Tomljanovic T, Sturmbauer C. 2008. A single mitochondrial haplotype and nuclear genetic differentiation in sympatric colour morphs of a riverine cichlid fish. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 21, 362-367.
2007
Duftner N, Sefc KM, Koblmüller S, Salzburger W, Taborsky M, Sturmbauer C. 2007. Parallel evolution of facial stripe patterns in the Neolamprologus brichardi/pulcher species complex endemic to Lake Tanganyika. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 45, 706-715.
Katongo C, Koblmüller S, Duftner N, Mumba L, Sturmbauer C. 2007. Evolutionary history and biogeographic affinities of the serranochromine cichlids in Zambian rivers. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 45, 326-338.
Koblmüller S, Egger B, Sturmbauer C, Sefc KM. 2007. Evolutionary history of Lake Tanganyika's scale-eating cichlid fishes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 44, 1295-1305.
Egger B, Koblmüller S, Sturmbauer C, Sefc KM. 2007. Nuclear and mitochondrial data reveal different evolutionary processes in the Lake Tanganyika cichlid genus Tropheus. BMC Evolutionary Biology 7, 137.
Koblmüller S, Sefc KM, Duftner N, Warum M, Sturmbauer C. 2007. Genetic population structure as indirect measure of dispersal ability in a Lake Tanganyika cichlid. Genetica 130, 121-131.
Koblmüller S, Duftner N, Sefc KM, Aibara M, Stipacek M, Blanc M, Egger B, Sturmbauer C. 2007. Reticulate phylogeny of gastropod-shell-breeding cichlids from Lake Tanganyika – the result of repeated introgressive hybridization. BMC Evolutionary Biology 7, 7.
Koch M, Koblmüller S, Sefc KM, Duftner N, Katongo C, Sturmbauer C. 2007. Evolutionary history of the endemic Lake Tanganyika cichlid fish Tylochromis polylepis: a recent intruder to a mature adaptive radiation. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 45, 64-71.
2006
Duftner N, Sefc KM, Koblmüller S, Nevado B, Verheyen E, Phiri H, Sturmbauer C. 2006. Distinct population structure in a phenotypically homogeneous rock-dwelling cichlid fish from Lake Tanganyika. Molecular Ecology 15, 2381-2396.
Koblmüller S, Sturmbauer C, Verheyen E, Meyer A, Salzburger W. 2006. Mitochondrial phylogeny and phylogeography of East African squeaker catfishes (Siluriformes: Synodontis). BMC Evolutionary Biology 6, 49.
Schelly R, Salzburger W, Koblmüller S, Duftner N, Sturmbauer C. 2006. Phylogenetic relationships of the lamprologine cichlid genus Lepidiolamprologus (Teleostei: Perciformes) based on mitochondrial and nuclear sequences, suggesting introgressive hybridization. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 38, 426-438.
2005
Sturmbauer C, Koblmüller S, Sefc KM, Duftner N. 2005. Phylogeographic history of the genus Tropheus, a lineage of rock-dwelling cichlid fishes endemic to Lake Tanganyika. Hydrobiologia 542, 335-366.
Katongo C, Koblmüller S, Duftner N, Makasa L, Sturmbauer C. 2005. Phylogeography and speciation in the Pseudocrenilabrus philander species complex in Zambian rivers. Hydrobiologia 542, 221-233.
Duftner N, Koblmüller S, Weiss S, Medgyesy N, Sturmbauer C. 2005. The impact of stocking on the genetic structure of European grayling (Thymallus thymallus, Salmonidae) in two alpine rivers. Hydrobiologia 542, 121-129.
Sugawara T, Terai Y, Imai H, Turner G, Koblmüller S, Sturmbauer C, Shichida Y, Okada N. 2005. Parallelism of amino acid changes at the RH1 affecting spectral sensitivity among deep-water cichlids from Lakes Tanganyika and Malawi. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 102, 5448-5453.
Koblmüller S, Duftner N, Katongo C, Phiri H, Sturmbauer C. 2005. Ancient divergence in bathypelagic Lake Tanganyika deepwater cichlids: Mitochondrial phylogeny of the tribe Bathybatini. Journal of Molecular Evolution 60, 297-314.
Duftner N, Koblmüller S, Sturmbauer C. 2005. Evolutionary relationships of the Limnochromini, a tribe of benthic deepwater cichlid fish endemic to Lake Tanganyika, East Africa. Journal of Molecular Evolution 60, 277-289.
2004
Koblmüller S, Salzburger W, Sturmbauer C. 2004. Evolutionary relationships in the sand-dwelling cichlid lineage of Lake Tanganyika suggest multiple colonization of rocky habitats and convergent origin of biparental mouthbrooding. Journal of Molecular Evolution 58, 79-96.
2003
Koblmüller S, Duftner N, Sturmbauer C, Sammer H, Gantner N, Kopp R, Voigt S, Stadlbauer B, Brandstätter A, Hanel R. 2003. Vergleichende Betrachtung von Ernährungsmorphologie und Nahrungsspezifität ausgewählter mediterraner Lippfischarten (Perciformes, Labridae). Berichte des naturwissenschaftlich-medizinischen Vereins Innsbruck 90, 219-230.