**Featuring undergraduate and graduate student research from Reprolab.
Fuhrmann A^, Gold M, Azzari YBP, Zorilla MJ, Puniamoorthy N and Mathys A. 2026. Sugars influence substrate temperature and larval growth in black soldier fly bioconversion. Bioresource Technology Reports 102815. doi.org/10.1016/j.biteb.2026.102815
Lemke NB and Puniamoorthy N. 2026. Beyond the black box: reproductive strategies of the black soldier fly as a model for bridging evolutionary biology and applied entomology. Evolutionary Applications. 19(5): e70249. doi.org/10.1111/eva.70249
Silvaraju S, Loh RK, Kittelmann S and Puniamoorthy N. 2026. Genetic differentiation in domesticated black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) populations. BMC Biology 24(1):7 doi.org/10.1186/s12915-025-02480-9
Putri SA, Arrazi MZ, Unadirekkul P, Zhang Q, Kenéz A, Putra RE, Melani L, Puniamoorthy N and Abduh MY. 2026. Enzymatic hydrolysis of black soldier fly larvae oil enhances antimicrobial and antioxidant properties across different strains. Journal of Insects as Food and Feed doi.org/10.1163/23524588-bja10383
Tan CYY, Yan Y, Puniamoorthy N, Carrasco LR, Jaung W. 2026. Microplastic content and using food waste-fed insects in fish feed influence appeal of farmed fish. Royal Society Open Science 13(1): 211567 doi.org/10.1098/rsos.251567
Silvaraju S, Han ALC, Yong Jen T, Kittelmann S and Puniamoorthy N. 2026. Transgenerational dynamics of gut microbiota in black soldier fly larvae (Hermetia illucens) reared on a novel substrate. Microbiology Spectrum 14:e01903-25. doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.01903-25
Koh RE, Heng CW, Poh MC, Puniamoorthy N and Liu MH. 2026. Feasibility of soilless substrate systems supplemented with black soldier fly frass for sustainable mushroom cultivation. Journal of Environmental Management 405:129774, doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2026.129774
Zorrilla MJ, Fuhrmann A, Gligorescu A, Puniamoorthy N, Mathys A and Gold M. 2026. Oxygen: a driver of heat generation in black soldier fly bioconversion. Journal of Insects as Food and Feed doi.org/10.1163/23524588-bja10369
Lee N, Tan JW, Wang YB, Tan T and Puniamoorthy N. 2025. Continental divergence in male reproductive plasticity to thermal and resource stress in a widespread dung fly. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 13, 1711105. doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2025.1711105
Zhang QH, Ng KH, Chin WS, Tang YJ, Lin J and Puniamoorthy N. 2025. What you eat affects how you mate - sex-specific plasticity in black soldier fly reproduction driven by larval nutrition. Animal Behaviour, 227: 123299. doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2025.123299
Neo I, Loh RK, Cho TJY, Puniamoorthy N, Yeo DCJ and Tan MK. 2025. First DNA barcodes and morphometric analysis of Singaporean Tetrigidae (Orthoptera, Caelifera) support color variations as intraspecific polymorphism through integrative taxonomy. Zookeys. 1257:305-326. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1257.163020.
Tan CYY, Yan Y, Choo J, Cai X, Yusri H, Puniamoorthy N, Liu MH and Carrasco LR. 2025. Improving perceptions of cultivated meat and plant-based proteins in Singapore. Scientific Reports. 15:31552 doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-17395-2
Fuhrmann A, Gold M, Loh RK, Chu CX, Haberkorn I, Puniamoorthy N, and Mathys A. 2025. Physical properties of food waste influence the efficiency of black soldier fly larvae bioconversion via microbial activity. Journal of Environmental Management, 387, 125777.
Tan TRH, Toh YP, Lee NLY and Puniamoorthy N. 2025. Break a leg! Cross-continental plasticity in copulatory behaviour, pre- and post-limb loss, in a dung fly, Sepsis punctum (Diptera:Sepsidae). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology doi.org/10.1007/s00265-025-03573-9
Zhang Q and Puniamoorthy N. 2025. Impact of Rearing Substrates on Black Soldier Fly Growth and Fertility: A Semi-Industrial Scale Study to Optimize Egg Collection. Insects 16(2):142. doi.org/10.3390/insects16020142
Fuhrmann A, Gold M, Heckmann LL, Pedersen P, Shakhnovich K, Chu CX, Haberkorn I, Puniamoorthy N and Mathys A. 2025. Comprehensive industry-relevant black soldier fly bioconversion characterisation by a novel chamber system. Waste Management.193:409-18. doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2024.12.016
Ong XR, Tan B, Chang CH, Puniamoorthy N, and Slade EM. 2025. Identifying the Knowledge and Capacity Gaps in Southeast Asian Insect Conservation. Ecology Letters 28(1) e70038. doi.org/10.1111/ele.70038
Yap S, Toh KX, Puniamoorthy N. 2024. Male reproductive traits display increased phenotypic variation in response to resource quality and parental provisioning in a tropical rainforest dung beetle, Onthophagus c.f. babirussa Ecology and Evolution. 14.10 (2024): e70421. doi.org/10.1002/ece3.70421
Yeo H, Lin J, Yeoh TX and Puniamoorthy N. 2024. Resolution of cryptic mosquito species through wing morphometrics. Infection, Genetics and Evolution. 123:105647. doi.org/10.1016/j.meegid.2024.105647
Silvaraju S, Zhang Q, Kittlemann S and Puniamoorthy N. 2024. Genetics, age, and diet influence gut bacterial
communities and performance of black soldier fly larvae (Hermetia illucens). Animal Microbiome 6(1):56
doi.org/10.1186/s42523-024-00340-5
Lee NLY, Kuan PSY, Hua HQH, Puniamoorthy N. 2024. Experimental evolution under predation reduces body size in dung flies but courtship displays persist in males (Diptera: Sepsidae). Behavioural Processes. 220: 105073
doi.org/10.1016/j.beproc.2024.105073
Loh RK, Tan TRH, Yeo H, Yeoh TX, Lee TTM, Kutty SN and Puniamoorthy N. 2024. Metabarcoding mosquitoes: MinION sequencing of bulk samples gives accurate species profiles for vector surveillance (Culicidae). Frontiers in Tropical Diseases. 5:1223435. doi.org/10.3389/fitd.2024.1223435
Zhang Q, Lee NLY, Unadirekkul P and Puniamoorthy N. 2023. Starting with sustainability: utilizing food wastes as nursery feed for black soldier fly neonates. Waste and Biomass Valorization. doi.org/10.1007/s12649-023-02337-8
Zhang Q, Silvaraju S, Unadirekkul P, Lim NW, Heng CW, Liu MH and Puniamoorthy N. 2023. Laboratory‐adapted and wild‐type black soldier flies express differential plasticity in bioconversion and nutrition when reared on urban food‐waste streams. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture. doi.org/10.1002/jsfa.13039
Yeo H, Tan HZ, Tang Q, Tan TRH., Puniamoorthy N and Rheindt FE. 2023. Dense residential areas promote gene flow in dengue vector mosquito Aedes albopictus. iScience. 107577. doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2023.107577
Harjoko DN, Hua QQH, Toh EMC, Goh CYJ and Puniamoorthy N. 2023. A window into fly sex: mating increases female but reduces male longevity in black soldier flies. Animal Behaviour. doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2023.03.007
Walter, M, Puniamoorthy, N. 2022. Discovering novel reproductive genes in a non-model fly using de novo GridION transcriptomics. Frontiers in Genetics. 13. 1003771. doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2022.1003771
Toh KX, S Yap, TG Goh, Puniamoorthy N. 2022. Sexual size dimorphism and male reproductive traits vary across populations of a tropical rainforest dung beetle species (Onthophagus babirussa). Ecology and Evolution. 12, e9279. doi.org/10.1002/ece3.9279
Abdul Rahman IL, S Yap, TG Goh, KX Toh, QQH Yee and Puniamoorthy N. 2021. Vertical stratification of dung beetles in young secondary forests of Singapore. Biotropica. 53(6):1522–1534. doi.org/10.1111/btp.13000
Mrinalini, Koh CY and Puniamoorthy N. 2021. Rapid genomic evolution drives the diversification of reproductive genes in male dung beetles. Genome Biology and Evolution. 13 (8) evab172. doi: 10.1093/gbe/evab172
Yeo H, Yeoh TX, Ding H, Lee TTM, Puniamoorthy N. 2021. Morphology and mini-barcodes: The inclusion of larval sampling and NGS-based barcoding improves robustness of ecological analyses in mosquito communities. Journal of Applied Ecology. doi:10.1111/1365-2664.13966
Blanckenhorn WU, Baur J, Roy J, Puniamoorthy N, Busso JP, Schäfer MA and PT Rohner. 2021. Comparative sexual selection in field and laboratory in a guild of sepsid dung flies. Animal Behaviour. 175:219-230. doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2021.03.001
Devigili A, Fernlund Isaksson E, Puniamoorthy N and JL Fitzpatrick. 2021. Behavioral variation in the pygmy halfbeak Dermogenys collettei: comparing shoals with contrasting ecologies. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 9:607600.
doi: 10.3389/fevo.2021.607600
Ding H, Yeo H and Puniamoorthy N. 2020. Wolbachia infection in wild mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae): implications for transmission modes and host-endosymbiont associations in Singapore. Parasites & Vectors 13, 612.
Baur J, Roy J, Schäfer MA , Puniamoorthy N, Blanckenhorn WU and PT Rohner. 2019. Intraspecific mating system evolution and its effect on complex male secondary sexual traits: Does male–male competition increase selection on size or shape? Journal of Evolutionary Biology 33:297-308.
Lüpold S, Manier MK, Puniamoorthy N, Schoff C, Starmer WT, Lüpold SH, Belote JM and Pitnick S. 2016. How sexual selection can drive the evolution of costly sperm ornamentation. Nature 533: 535–538.
Rohner PT, Blanckenhorn WU and Puniamoorthy N. 2016. Sexual selection on male size drives the evolution of male-biased sexual size dimorphism via the prolongation of male development. Evolution 70: 1189–1199.
Puniamoorthy N. 2014. Behavioural barriers to reproduction may evolve faster than sexual morphology among populations of a dung fly (Sepsidae). Animal Behaviour 98: 139-148.
Blanckenhorn WU, Gautier R, Nick M, Puniamoorthy N and Schäfer MA. 2014. Stage- and sex-specific heat tolerance in the yellow dung fly Scathophaga stercoraria. Journal of Thermal Biology 46: 1-9.
Rohner P, Ang YC, Zhao L, Puniamoorthy N, Blanckenhorn WU and Meier R. 2014. Genetic data confirm the species status of Sepsis nigripes Meigen, 1826 (Diptera: Sepsidae) and adds one species to the Alpine fauna while questioning the synonymy of Sepsis helvetica Munari, 1985. Invertebrate Systematics 28: 555-563.
Puniamoorthy N, Schäfer MA, Römbke J, Meier R and Blanckenhorn WU. 2014. Ivermectin sensitivity is an ancient trait affecting all ecdysozoa but shows phylogenetic clustering among sepsid flies. Evolutionary Applications 7: 548–554.
Ang YC, Puniamoorthy J, Pont AC, Bartak M, Blanckenhorn WU, Eberhard WG, Puniamoorthy N, Silva V, Munari L and Meier R. 2013. A plea for digital reference collections and other science-based digitization initiatives in taxonomy: Sepsidnet as exemplar. Systematic Entomology 38: 637-644.
Martin OY, Puniamoorthy N, Gubler A, Wimmer C, Germann C and Bernasconi MV. 2013. Infections with the microbe Cardinium in the Dolichopodidae and other Empidoidea (Diptera). Journal of Insect Science 13:47.
Blanckenhorn WU, Puniamoorthy N, Scheffczyk A and Römbke J. 2013. Evaluation of eco-toxicological effects of the parasiticide moxidectin in comparison to ivermectin in 11 species of dung flies. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 89: 15-20.
Blanckenhorn WU, Puniamoorthy N, Schäfer MA, Scheffczyk A and Römbke J. 2013. Standardized laboratory tests with 21 species of temperate and tropical sepsid flies confirm their suitability as bioassays of pharmaceutical residues (Ivermectin) in cattle dung. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 89: 21-28.
Martin OY, Puniamoorthy N, Gubler A, Wimmer C and Bernasconi MV. Infections with Wolbachia, Spiroplasma, and Rickettsia in the Dolichopodidae and other Empidoidea. Infection, Genetics and Evolution, 13:317-330.
Puniamoorthy N, Blanckenhorn WU and Schäfer MA. 2012. Differential investment in pre- versus post-copulatory sexual selection reinforces a cross-continental reversal of sexual size dimorphism in Sepsis punctum (Diptera: Sepsidae). Journal of Evolutionary Biology 25: 2253–2263.
Puniamoorthy N, Schäfer MA and Blanckenhorn WU. 2012. Sexual selection accounts for the geographic reversal of sexual size dimorphism in the dung fly, Sepsis punctum. Evolution 66: 2117–2126.
Puniamoorthy, N., Kotrba, M. and R. Meier. 2010. Unlocking the ‘Black Box’: Female genitalia in Sepsidae (Diptera) evolves fast and is specific to most species. BMC Evolutionary Biology 10:275.
Römbke J, Floate KD, Jochmann R, Schäfer MA, Puniamoorthy N, Knäbe S, Lehmus J, Rosenkranz B, Scheffczyk A, Schmidt T, Sharples A and Blanckenhorn WU. 2009. Lethal and sublethal toxic effects of a test chemical (Ivermectin) on the yellow dung fly (Scathophage stercoraria) based on a standardized international ring test. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 28(10): 2117-2124.
Puniamoorthy N, Rifqi M, Tan D, Meier R. 2009. From Kissing to Belly Stridulation: Comparative Analysis Reveals Surprising Diversity, Rapid Evolution, and much Homoplasy in the Mating Behavior of 27 Species of Sepsid Flies (Diptera: Sepsidae). Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 22: 2146-2156.
Puniamoorthy N, Su KFY, Meier R. 2008. Bending for love: losses and gains of sexual dimorphisms are strictly correlated with changes in the mounting position of sepsid flies (Sepsidae: Diptera). BMC Evolutionary Biology 8:155.
Ang Y, Puniamoorthy N, Meier R. 2008. Secondarily reduced foreleg armature in Perochaeta dikowi sp.n. (Diptera: Cyclorrhapha: Sepsidae) due to a novel mounting technique. Systematic Entomology 33: 552-559.
Ingram KK, Laamanen T, Puniamoorthy N, Meier R. 2008. Lack of Morphological Coevolution Between Male Forelegs and Female Wings in Themira (Sepsidae: Diptera: Insecta). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 93: 227-238.
Puniamoorthy N, Jeevanandam J and Kutty S. 2008. Give south Indian authors their true names. Nature 452: 530.
PREPRINTS
Cher WY, Ding H and Puniamoorthy N. Rapid tissue-specific screening of Wolbachia, Cardinium and Rickettsia in Flies (Diptera: Sepsidae; Drosophilidae) preprint.
Fuhrmann A^, Gold M, Azzari YBP, Zorilla MJ, Puniamoorthy N and Mathys A. 2026. Sugars influence substrate temperature and larval growth in black soldier fly bioconversion. Bioresource Technology Reports 102815. doi.org/10.1016/j.biteb.2026.102815
Lemke NB and Puniamoorthy N. 2026. Beyond the black box: reproductive strategies of the black soldier fly as a model for bridging evolutionary biology and applied entomology. Evolutionary Applications. 19(5): e70249. doi.org/10.1111/eva.70249
Silvaraju S, Loh RK, Kittelmann S and Puniamoorthy N. 2026. Genetic differentiation in domesticated black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) populations. BMC Biology 24(1):7 doi.org/10.1186/s12915-025-02480-9
Putri SA, Arrazi MZ, Unadirekkul P, Zhang Q, Kenéz A, Putra RE, Melani L, Puniamoorthy N and Abduh MY. 2026. Enzymatic hydrolysis of black soldier fly larvae oil enhances antimicrobial and antioxidant properties across different strains. Journal of Insects as Food and Feed doi.org/10.1163/23524588-bja10383
Tan CYY, Yan Y, Puniamoorthy N, Carrasco LR, Jaung W. 2026. Microplastic content and using food waste-fed insects in fish feed influence appeal of farmed fish. Royal Society Open Science 13(1): 211567 doi.org/10.1098/rsos.251567
Silvaraju S, Han ALC, Yong Jen T, Kittelmann S and Puniamoorthy N. 2026. Transgenerational dynamics of gut microbiota in black soldier fly larvae (Hermetia illucens) reared on a novel substrate. Microbiology Spectrum 14:e01903-25. doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.01903-25
Koh RE, Heng CW, Poh MC, Puniamoorthy N and Liu MH. 2026. Feasibility of soilless substrate systems supplemented with black soldier fly frass for sustainable mushroom cultivation. Journal of Environmental Management 405:129774, doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2026.129774
Zorrilla MJ, Fuhrmann A, Gligorescu A, Puniamoorthy N, Mathys A and Gold M. 2026. Oxygen: a driver of heat generation in black soldier fly bioconversion. Journal of Insects as Food and Feed doi.org/10.1163/23524588-bja10369
Lee N, Tan JW, Wang YB, Tan T and Puniamoorthy N. 2025. Continental divergence in male reproductive plasticity to thermal and resource stress in a widespread dung fly. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 13, 1711105. doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2025.1711105
Zhang QH, Ng KH, Chin WS, Tang YJ, Lin J and Puniamoorthy N. 2025. What you eat affects how you mate - sex-specific plasticity in black soldier fly reproduction driven by larval nutrition. Animal Behaviour, 227: 123299. doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2025.123299
Neo I, Loh RK, Cho TJY, Puniamoorthy N, Yeo DCJ and Tan MK. 2025. First DNA barcodes and morphometric analysis of Singaporean Tetrigidae (Orthoptera, Caelifera) support color variations as intraspecific polymorphism through integrative taxonomy. Zookeys. 1257:305-326. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1257.163020.
Tan CYY, Yan Y, Choo J, Cai X, Yusri H, Puniamoorthy N, Liu MH and Carrasco LR. 2025. Improving perceptions of cultivated meat and plant-based proteins in Singapore. Scientific Reports. 15:31552 doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-17395-2
Fuhrmann A, Gold M, Loh RK, Chu CX, Haberkorn I, Puniamoorthy N, and Mathys A. 2025. Physical properties of food waste influence the efficiency of black soldier fly larvae bioconversion via microbial activity. Journal of Environmental Management, 387, 125777.
Tan TRH, Toh YP, Lee NLY and Puniamoorthy N. 2025. Break a leg! Cross-continental plasticity in copulatory behaviour, pre- and post-limb loss, in a dung fly, Sepsis punctum (Diptera:Sepsidae). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology doi.org/10.1007/s00265-025-03573-9
Zhang Q and Puniamoorthy N. 2025. Impact of Rearing Substrates on Black Soldier Fly Growth and Fertility: A Semi-Industrial Scale Study to Optimize Egg Collection. Insects 16(2):142. doi.org/10.3390/insects16020142
Fuhrmann A, Gold M, Heckmann LL, Pedersen P, Shakhnovich K, Chu CX, Haberkorn I, Puniamoorthy N and Mathys A. 2025. Comprehensive industry-relevant black soldier fly bioconversion characterisation by a novel chamber system. Waste Management.193:409-18. doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2024.12.016
Ong XR, Tan B, Chang CH, Puniamoorthy N, and Slade EM. 2025. Identifying the Knowledge and Capacity Gaps in Southeast Asian Insect Conservation. Ecology Letters 28(1) e70038. doi.org/10.1111/ele.70038
Yap S, Toh KX, Puniamoorthy N. 2024. Male reproductive traits display increased phenotypic variation in response to resource quality and parental provisioning in a tropical rainforest dung beetle, Onthophagus c.f. babirussa Ecology and Evolution. 14.10 (2024): e70421. doi.org/10.1002/ece3.70421
Yeo H, Lin J, Yeoh TX and Puniamoorthy N. 2024. Resolution of cryptic mosquito species through wing morphometrics. Infection, Genetics and Evolution. 123:105647. doi.org/10.1016/j.meegid.2024.105647
Silvaraju S, Zhang Q, Kittlemann S and Puniamoorthy N. 2024. Genetics, age, and diet influence gut bacterial
communities and performance of black soldier fly larvae (Hermetia illucens). Animal Microbiome 6(1):56
doi.org/10.1186/s42523-024-00340-5
Lee NLY, Kuan PSY, Hua HQH, Puniamoorthy N. 2024. Experimental evolution under predation reduces body size in dung flies but courtship displays persist in males (Diptera: Sepsidae). Behavioural Processes. 220: 105073
doi.org/10.1016/j.beproc.2024.105073
Loh RK, Tan TRH, Yeo H, Yeoh TX, Lee TTM, Kutty SN and Puniamoorthy N. 2024. Metabarcoding mosquitoes: MinION sequencing of bulk samples gives accurate species profiles for vector surveillance (Culicidae). Frontiers in Tropical Diseases. 5:1223435. doi.org/10.3389/fitd.2024.1223435
Zhang Q, Lee NLY, Unadirekkul P and Puniamoorthy N. 2023. Starting with sustainability: utilizing food wastes as nursery feed for black soldier fly neonates. Waste and Biomass Valorization. doi.org/10.1007/s12649-023-02337-8
Zhang Q, Silvaraju S, Unadirekkul P, Lim NW, Heng CW, Liu MH and Puniamoorthy N. 2023. Laboratory‐adapted and wild‐type black soldier flies express differential plasticity in bioconversion and nutrition when reared on urban food‐waste streams. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture. doi.org/10.1002/jsfa.13039
Yeo H, Tan HZ, Tang Q, Tan TRH., Puniamoorthy N and Rheindt FE. 2023. Dense residential areas promote gene flow in dengue vector mosquito Aedes albopictus. iScience. 107577. doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2023.107577
Harjoko DN, Hua QQH, Toh EMC, Goh CYJ and Puniamoorthy N. 2023. A window into fly sex: mating increases female but reduces male longevity in black soldier flies. Animal Behaviour. doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2023.03.007
Walter, M, Puniamoorthy, N. 2022. Discovering novel reproductive genes in a non-model fly using de novo GridION transcriptomics. Frontiers in Genetics. 13. 1003771. doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2022.1003771
Toh KX, S Yap, TG Goh, Puniamoorthy N. 2022. Sexual size dimorphism and male reproductive traits vary across populations of a tropical rainforest dung beetle species (Onthophagus babirussa). Ecology and Evolution. 12, e9279. doi.org/10.1002/ece3.9279
Abdul Rahman IL, S Yap, TG Goh, KX Toh, QQH Yee and Puniamoorthy N. 2021. Vertical stratification of dung beetles in young secondary forests of Singapore. Biotropica. 53(6):1522–1534. doi.org/10.1111/btp.13000
Mrinalini, Koh CY and Puniamoorthy N. 2021. Rapid genomic evolution drives the diversification of reproductive genes in male dung beetles. Genome Biology and Evolution. 13 (8) evab172. doi: 10.1093/gbe/evab172
Yeo H, Yeoh TX, Ding H, Lee TTM, Puniamoorthy N. 2021. Morphology and mini-barcodes: The inclusion of larval sampling and NGS-based barcoding improves robustness of ecological analyses in mosquito communities. Journal of Applied Ecology. doi:10.1111/1365-2664.13966
Blanckenhorn WU, Baur J, Roy J, Puniamoorthy N, Busso JP, Schäfer MA and PT Rohner. 2021. Comparative sexual selection in field and laboratory in a guild of sepsid dung flies. Animal Behaviour. 175:219-230. doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2021.03.001
Devigili A, Fernlund Isaksson E, Puniamoorthy N and JL Fitzpatrick. 2021. Behavioral variation in the pygmy halfbeak Dermogenys collettei: comparing shoals with contrasting ecologies. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 9:607600.
doi: 10.3389/fevo.2021.607600
Ding H, Yeo H and Puniamoorthy N. 2020. Wolbachia infection in wild mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae): implications for transmission modes and host-endosymbiont associations in Singapore. Parasites & Vectors 13, 612.
Baur J, Roy J, Schäfer MA , Puniamoorthy N, Blanckenhorn WU and PT Rohner. 2019. Intraspecific mating system evolution and its effect on complex male secondary sexual traits: Does male–male competition increase selection on size or shape? Journal of Evolutionary Biology 33:297-308.
Lüpold S, Manier MK, Puniamoorthy N, Schoff C, Starmer WT, Lüpold SH, Belote JM and Pitnick S. 2016. How sexual selection can drive the evolution of costly sperm ornamentation. Nature 533: 535–538.
Rohner PT, Blanckenhorn WU and Puniamoorthy N. 2016. Sexual selection on male size drives the evolution of male-biased sexual size dimorphism via the prolongation of male development. Evolution 70: 1189–1199.
Puniamoorthy N. 2014. Behavioural barriers to reproduction may evolve faster than sexual morphology among populations of a dung fly (Sepsidae). Animal Behaviour 98: 139-148.
Blanckenhorn WU, Gautier R, Nick M, Puniamoorthy N and Schäfer MA. 2014. Stage- and sex-specific heat tolerance in the yellow dung fly Scathophaga stercoraria. Journal of Thermal Biology 46: 1-9.
Rohner P, Ang YC, Zhao L, Puniamoorthy N, Blanckenhorn WU and Meier R. 2014. Genetic data confirm the species status of Sepsis nigripes Meigen, 1826 (Diptera: Sepsidae) and adds one species to the Alpine fauna while questioning the synonymy of Sepsis helvetica Munari, 1985. Invertebrate Systematics 28: 555-563.
Puniamoorthy N, Schäfer MA, Römbke J, Meier R and Blanckenhorn WU. 2014. Ivermectin sensitivity is an ancient trait affecting all ecdysozoa but shows phylogenetic clustering among sepsid flies. Evolutionary Applications 7: 548–554.
Ang YC, Puniamoorthy J, Pont AC, Bartak M, Blanckenhorn WU, Eberhard WG, Puniamoorthy N, Silva V, Munari L and Meier R. 2013. A plea for digital reference collections and other science-based digitization initiatives in taxonomy: Sepsidnet as exemplar. Systematic Entomology 38: 637-644.
Martin OY, Puniamoorthy N, Gubler A, Wimmer C, Germann C and Bernasconi MV. 2013. Infections with the microbe Cardinium in the Dolichopodidae and other Empidoidea (Diptera). Journal of Insect Science 13:47.
Blanckenhorn WU, Puniamoorthy N, Scheffczyk A and Römbke J. 2013. Evaluation of eco-toxicological effects of the parasiticide moxidectin in comparison to ivermectin in 11 species of dung flies. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 89: 15-20.
Blanckenhorn WU, Puniamoorthy N, Schäfer MA, Scheffczyk A and Römbke J. 2013. Standardized laboratory tests with 21 species of temperate and tropical sepsid flies confirm their suitability as bioassays of pharmaceutical residues (Ivermectin) in cattle dung. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 89: 21-28.
Martin OY, Puniamoorthy N, Gubler A, Wimmer C and Bernasconi MV. Infections with Wolbachia, Spiroplasma, and Rickettsia in the Dolichopodidae and other Empidoidea. Infection, Genetics and Evolution, 13:317-330.
Puniamoorthy N, Blanckenhorn WU and Schäfer MA. 2012. Differential investment in pre- versus post-copulatory sexual selection reinforces a cross-continental reversal of sexual size dimorphism in Sepsis punctum (Diptera: Sepsidae). Journal of Evolutionary Biology 25: 2253–2263.
Puniamoorthy N, Schäfer MA and Blanckenhorn WU. 2012. Sexual selection accounts for the geographic reversal of sexual size dimorphism in the dung fly, Sepsis punctum. Evolution 66: 2117–2126.
Puniamoorthy, N., Kotrba, M. and R. Meier. 2010. Unlocking the ‘Black Box’: Female genitalia in Sepsidae (Diptera) evolves fast and is specific to most species. BMC Evolutionary Biology 10:275.
Römbke J, Floate KD, Jochmann R, Schäfer MA, Puniamoorthy N, Knäbe S, Lehmus J, Rosenkranz B, Scheffczyk A, Schmidt T, Sharples A and Blanckenhorn WU. 2009. Lethal and sublethal toxic effects of a test chemical (Ivermectin) on the yellow dung fly (Scathophage stercoraria) based on a standardized international ring test. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 28(10): 2117-2124.
Puniamoorthy N, Rifqi M, Tan D, Meier R. 2009. From Kissing to Belly Stridulation: Comparative Analysis Reveals Surprising Diversity, Rapid Evolution, and much Homoplasy in the Mating Behavior of 27 Species of Sepsid Flies (Diptera: Sepsidae). Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 22: 2146-2156.
Puniamoorthy N, Su KFY, Meier R. 2008. Bending for love: losses and gains of sexual dimorphisms are strictly correlated with changes in the mounting position of sepsid flies (Sepsidae: Diptera). BMC Evolutionary Biology 8:155.
Ang Y, Puniamoorthy N, Meier R. 2008. Secondarily reduced foreleg armature in Perochaeta dikowi sp.n. (Diptera: Cyclorrhapha: Sepsidae) due to a novel mounting technique. Systematic Entomology 33: 552-559.
Ingram KK, Laamanen T, Puniamoorthy N, Meier R. 2008. Lack of Morphological Coevolution Between Male Forelegs and Female Wings in Themira (Sepsidae: Diptera: Insecta). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 93: 227-238.
Puniamoorthy N, Jeevanandam J and Kutty S. 2008. Give south Indian authors their true names. Nature 452: 530.
PREPRINTS
Cher WY, Ding H and Puniamoorthy N. Rapid tissue-specific screening of Wolbachia, Cardinium and Rickettsia in Flies (Diptera: Sepsidae; Drosophilidae) preprint.
