Dr Vladimir A. Žikić

Redovni profesor
Departman za biologiju i ekologiju

  • Lazarević, M., Stanković, S. S., van Achterberg, C., Marczak, D., Modic, Š., Ilić Milošević, M., Trajković, A., & Žikić, V. (2023). Morphological and genetic variability of Cotesia tibialis species complex (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Microgastrinae). Zoologischer Anzeiger, 302 (November 2022), 58–66. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcz.2022.10.007
  • Boukouvala, M. C., Kavallieratos, N. G., Žikić, V., Stanković, S. S., Ilić Milošević, M., Skourti, A., & Lazarević, M. (2023). Sub-Lethal Effects of Pirimiphos-Methyl Are Expressed to Different Levels in Wings of Three Stored-Product Coleopterans: A Geometric Morphometrics Investigation. Insects, 14(5). https://doi.org/10.3390/insects14050430
  • Trajković, A. D., Lazarević, M. J., Stanković, S. S., Popović, M. A., Ilić Milošević, M., & Žikić, V. A. (2023). Standard descriptive matrices in the identification of ex-ophytophagous caterpillars. Archives of Biological Sciences, 75(1), 89–102. https://doi.org/10.2298/ABS230116008T
  • Byk, A., Bidas, M., Gazurek, T., Kwiatkowski, A., Marczak, D., Minkina, Ł., Mroczyński, R., Pepłowska-Marczak, D., Stanković, S. S., Žikić, V., & Tylkowski, S. (2023). New Data on the Occurrence of Scarabaeoid Beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) in Serbia. Diversity, 15(2). https://doi.org/10.3390/d15020264
  • Trajković, A., & Žikić, V. (2023). Stuck in the Caterpillars’ Web: A Half-Century of Biocontrol Research and Application on Gregarious Lepidopteran Pests in Europe. Sustainability (Switzerland), 15(4). https://doi.org/10.3390/su15042881
  • Đurđević, A., Medeiros, A., Žikić, V., Milosavljević, A., Savić-Zdravković, D., Lazarević, M., & Milošević, D. (2023). Mandibular shape as a proxy for the identification of functional feeding traits of midge larvae (Diptera: Chironomidae). Ecological Indicators, 147(January). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2023.109908
  • Mitrovski-Bogdanović, A., Mitrović, M., Milošević, M. I., Žikić, V., Jamhour, A., Ivanović, A., & Tomanović, Ž. (2021). Molecular and morphological variation among the European species of the genus Aphidius Nees (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae). Organisms Diversity and Evolution, 421–436. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13127-021-00489-w
  • Lazarević, M., Stanković, S. S., Petrović, A., Ilić Milošević, M., Tomanović, Ž., Ivanović, A., & Žikić, V. (2020). Comparative morphometric analysis of petioles and forewings of the European Binodoxys Mackauer species (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae). Zoologischer Anzeiger, 284, 7–15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcz.2019.10.003
  • Tomanovi‡, Ž., Petrovi‡, A., Koci‡, K., Čkrki‡, J., & Žiki‡, V. (2020). Two new morphologically interesting species of the genus Ephedrus Haliday (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Aphidiinae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 77, 167–174. https://doi.org/10.3897/JHR.77.52121
  • Dimkić, I., Stanković, S., Kabić, J., Stupar, M., Nenadić, M., Ljaljević-Grbić, M., Žikić, V., Vujisić, L., Tešević, V., Vesović, N., Pantelić, D., Savić-Šević, S., Vukojević, J., & Ćurčić, S. (2020). Bat guano-dwelling microbes and antimicrobial properties of the pygidial gland secretion of a troglophilic ground beetle against them. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 104(9), 4109–4126. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00253-020-10498-y
  • Cvetković, V. J., Jovanović, B., Lazarević, M., Jovanović, N., Savić-Zdravković, D., Mitrović, T., & Žikić, V. (2020). Changes in the wing shape and size in Drosophila melanogaster treated with food grade titanium dioxide nanoparticles (E171) – A multigenerational study. Chemosphere, 261. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.127787
  • Milošević, M. M. I., Petrović-Obradović, O. T., Stanković, S. S., Lazarević, M. J., Trajković, A. D., Tomanović, Ž. M., & Žikić, V. A. (2020). Estimation of the competitiveness of ephedrus plagiator in relation to other parasitoids from the subfamily aphidiinae. Archives of Biological Sciences, 72(1), 53–61. https://doi.org/10.2298/ABS190923066I
  • Kavallieratos, N. G., Stanković, S. S., Schwarz, M., Alissandrakis, E., Athanassiou, C. G., Floros, G. D., & Žikić, V. (2019). A survey of parasitoids from Greece with new associations. ZooKeys, 2019(817), 25–40. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.817.30119
  • Lazarević, M., Kavallieratos, N. G., Nika, E. P., Boukouvala, M. C., Skourti, A., Žikić, V., & Papanikolaou, N. E. (2019). Does the exposure of parental female adults of the invasive Trogoderma granarium Everts to pirimiphos-methyl on concrete affect the morphology of their adult progeny? A geometric morphometric approach. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 26(34), 35061–35070. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-019-06120-y
  • Mitrovic, M., Starý, P., Jakovljevic, M., Petrovic, A., Žikic, V., Pérez Hidalgo, N., & Tomanovic, Ž. (2019). Integrative taxonomy of root aphid parasitoids from the genus paralipsis (hymenoptera, braconidae, aphidiinae) with description of new species. ZooKeys, 2019(831), 49–69. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.831.31808
  • Alissandrakis, E., Psirofonia, P., Kavallieratos, N. G., Stanković, S. S., & Žikić, V. (2018). Parasitic wasps related to prays oleae (Bernard, 1788) (lepidoptera, praydidae) in olive orchards in greece. ZooKeys, 2018(773), 143–154. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.773.25402
  • Stanković, S. S., Žikić, V., Milošević, M. I., Ritt, R., & Tschorsnig, H. P. (2018). Tachinid fauna of Serbia and Montenegro updated with new findings (Diptera: Tachinidae). Journal of the Entomological Research Society, 20(3), 53–66.
  • Žikić, V., Lotfalizadeh, H., Schwarz, M., Stanković, S. S., Lazarević, M., Kos, K., Rakhshani, E., & Tschorsnig, H. P. (2018). Parasitoids of European species of the genus Yponomeuta Latreille 1796 (Lepidoptera: Yponomeutidae): new findings with an updated checklist. Phytoparasitica, 46(5), 617–626. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12600-018-0703-5
  • Dmitrovic, S., Prekajski, M., Jokic, B., Brankovic, G., Zarubica, A., Zikic, V., & Matovic, B. (2018). Spider silk as a template for obtaining magnesium oxide and magnesium hydroxide fibers. Hemijska Industrija, 72(1), 23–28. https://doi.org/10.2298/hemind170404018d
  • Žikić, V., Stanković, S. S., Tschorsnig, H. P., León, Y. M., & De Freina, J. J. (2018). Parasitoids of Heterogynis Rambur (Lepidoptera: Zygaenoidea, Heterogynidae). Archives of Biological Sciences, 70(4), 749–755. https://doi.org/10.2298/ABS180709039Z
  • Tomanović, Ž., Mitrović, M., Petrović, A., Kavallieratos, N. G., Zikić, V., Ivanović, A., Rakhshani, E., Stary, P., & Vorburger, C. (2018). Revision of the European Lysiphlebus species (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) on the basis of COI and 28SD2 molecular markers and morphology. Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny, 76(2), 179–213. https://plantarum.izbis.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/519
  • Kavran, M., Cupina, A. I., Zgomba, M., & Petric, D. (2018). Комплекси браконидних оса (Hymenoptera,Ichneumonoidea, Braconidae) у Србији и њихов значај у биолошкој контроли. Eколошки и Економски Значај Фауне Србије : Зборник Радова Са Научног Скупа 17. Новембар 2016., 171, 302–312. https://dais.sanu.ac.rs/handle/123456789/10700
  • Žikić, V., Stanković, S. S., Kavallieratos, N. G., Athanassiou, C., Georgiou, P., Tschorsnig, H. P., & van Achterberg, C. (2017). Parasitoids associated with Lymantria dispar (Lepidoptera: Erebidae) and Malacosoma neustria (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae) in Greece and comparative analysis of their parasitoid spectrums in Europe. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 270, 166–175. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcz.2017.10.006
  • Open Journal Systems. (n.d.). Retrieved October 20, 2022, from https://www.rcia.uc.cl/index.php/ijanr
  • Yang, F., Xu, L., Wu, Y. K., Wang, Q., Yao, Z. W., Žikić, V., Tomanović, Ž., Ferrer-Suay, M., Selfa, J., Pujade-Villar, J., Traugott, M., Desneux, N., Lu, Y. H., & Guo, Y. Y. (2017). Species composition and seasonal dynamics of aphid parasitoids and hyperparasitoids in wheat fields in northern China. Scientific Reports, 7(1), 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-14441-6
  • Žikić, V., Lazarević, M., & Milošević, D. (2017). Host range patterning of parasitoid wasps Aphidiinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). Zoologischer Anzeiger, 268, 75–83. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcz.2016.10.001
  • Villegas, C. M., Žikić, V., Stanković, S. S., Ortiz-Martínez, S. A., Peñalver-Cruz, A., & Lavandero, B. (2017). Morphological variation of Aphidius ervi Haliday (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) associated with different aphid hosts. PeerJ, 2017(7), e3559. https://doi.org/10.7717/PEERJ.3559/SUPP-2
  • Mitrovic, M., Starý, P., Jakovljevic, M., Petrovic, A., Žikic, V., Pérez Hidalgo, N., & Tomanovic, Ž. (2019). Integrative taxonomy of root aphid parasitoids from the genus Paralipsis (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Aphidiinae) with description of new species. ZooKeys 831: 49-69, 831(831), 49–69. https://doi.org/10.3897/ZOOKEYS.831.31808
  • Parreño, M. A., Ivanovic, A., Petrovic, A., Zikic, V., Tomanovic, Z., & Vorburger, C. (2017). Wing shape as a taxonomic trait: Separating genetic variation from host-induced plasticity in aphid parasitoids. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 180(2), 288–297. https://doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12490
  • Žikić, V., Stanković, S. S., Petrović, A., Ilić Milošević, M., Tomanović, Ž., Klingenberg, C. P., & Ivanović, A. (2017). Evolutionary relationships of wing venation and wing size and shape in Aphidiinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). Organisms Diversity and Evolution, 17(3), 607–617. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13127-017-0338-2
  • Petrović, A., Kocić, K., Kos, K., Plećaš, M., Žikić, V., Kavallieratos, N. G., & Tomanović, Ž. (2016). High genetic diversity and a new cryptic species within the Ephedrus persicae species group (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae). Biologia (Poland), 71(12), 1386–1394. https://doi.org/10.1515/biolog-2016-0165
  • Krizmanić, I., Urošević, A., Simović, A., Krstić, M., Jović, D., Ajtić, R., Andelković, M., Slijepčević, M., Dordević, S., Golubović, A., Žikić, V., & Džukić, G. (2015). Updated distribution of the European pond turtle Emys orbicularis (Linnaeus, 1758) and its conservation issues in Serbia. Archives of Biological Sciences, 67(3), 1043–1053. https://doi.org/10.2298/ABS150210067K
  • First Records of Parasitoids of the Orders Hymenoptera (Ichneumonidae and Pteromalidae) and Diptera (Tachinidae) from Heterogynis sondereggeri de Freina, 2015 (Lepidoptera: Heterogynidae) | Request PDF. (n.d.). Retrieved October 20, 2022, from https://www.researchgate.net/publication/283861774_First_Records_of_Parasitoids_of_the_Orders_Hymenoptera_Ichneumonidae_and_Pteromalidae_and_Diptera_Tachinidae_from_Heterogynis_sondereggeri_de_Freina_2012_Lepidoptera_Heterogynidae
  • Petrović, A., Mitrović, M., Ivanović, A., Žikić, V., Kavallieratos, N. G., Starý, P., Bogdanović, A. M., Tomanović, Ž., & Vorburger, C. (2015). Genetic and morphological variation in sexual and asexual parasitoids of the genus Lysiphlebus - An apparent link between wing shape and reproductive mode. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 15(1), 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-015-0293-5
  • Stanković, S. S., Petrović, A., Ilić Milošević, M., Starý, P., Kavalljeratos, N. G., Žikić, V., & Tomanović, Ž. (2015). Morphological and molecular characterization of common European species of Adialytus (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) based on the mtCOI barcoding gene and geometric morphometrics of forewings. European Journal of Entomology, 112(1), 165–174. https://doi.org/10.14411/EJE.2015.007
  • Milošević, M. I., Petrović, A., Stanković, S. S., Čkrkić, J., Starý, P., Žikić, V., & Tomanović, Ž. (2015). Taxonomic Position and Phylogenetic Relationships of the Genera and Species Euaphidius and Remaudierea (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) Analyzed Using Molecular Markers and Geometric Morphometrics. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 108(3), 435–445. https://doi.org/10.1093/AESA/SAV018
  • (PDF) First detection of Lysiphlebus testaceipes (Cresson) (Hymenoptera: Aphidiinae) in Serbia: An introduced species invading Europe? (n.d.)(2015) Retrieved October 20, 2022, from https://www.researchgate.net/publication/271138427_First_detection_of_Lysiphlebus_testaceipes_Cresson_Hymenoptera_Aphidiinae_in_Serbia_An_introduced_species_invading_Europe
  • Khajeh, N., Rakhshani, E., Peris-Felipo, F. J., & Žikić, V. (2014). Contributions to the Opiinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) of Eastern Iran with updated checklist of Iranian species. Zootaxa, 3784(2), 131–147–131–147. https://doi.org/10.11646/ZOOTAXA.3784.2.3
  • Starý, P., Rakhshani, E., Žikić, V., Kavallieratos, N. G., Lavandero, B., & Tomanović, Ž. (2014). Altitudinal zonation of aphid parasitoids (hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) in the neotropical region. Entomological News, 124(2), 86–97. https://doi.org/10.3157/021.124.0203
  • Žikić, V., Van Achterberg, C., STANKOVIć, S. S., DUBAIć, J. B., & ĆETKOVIć, A. (2014).

    Review of the Gasteruptiidae (Hymenoptera: Evanioidea) from the territory of the former Yugoslavia, with three newly reported species

    . Zootaxa, 3793(5), 573–586–573–586. https://doi.org/10.11646/ZOOTAXA.3793.5.5
  • Milenković, M., Žikić, V., Stanković, S. S., & Marić, S. (2014). First study of the guppy fish (poecilia reticulata peters,) occurring in natural thermal waters of serbia. Journal of Applied Ichthyology, 30(1), 160–163. https://doi.org/10.1111/jai.12218
  • Žikić, V., Lotfalizadeh, H., Sadeghi, S., Petrović, A., Janković, M., & Tomanović. (2014). New record and new associations of two leaf miner parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Microgastrinae) from Iran. Archives of Biological Sciences, 66(4), 1591–1594. https://doi.org/10.2298/ABS1404591Z
  • Bjelanović, K., Živić, I., Petrović, A., Djordjević, J., Marković, Z., & Žikić, V. (2014). Agriotypus armatus Curtis, 1832, a parasitoid of Silo pallipes Fabricius, 1781: The first record for the Balkan Peninsula. Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems, 414, 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2014016
  • Mitrovski-Bogdanović, A., Tomanović, Ž., Mitrović, M., Petrović, A., Ivanović, A., Žikić, V., Starý, P., & Vorburger, C. (2014). The Praon dorsale-yomenae s.str. complex (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Aphidiinae): Species discrimination using geometric morphometrics and molecular markers with description of a new species. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 253(4), 270–282. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcz.2014.02.001
  • Starý, P., Kavallieratos, N. G., Petrović, A., Žikić, V., Rakhshani, E., Tomanović, S., Tomanović, Ž., & Havelka, J. (2014). Interference of field evidence, morphology, and dna analyses of three related lysiphlebus aphid parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae). Journal of Insect Science, 14, 1–6. https://doi.org/10.1093/jisesa/ieu033
  • Petrović, A., Mitrović, M., Starý, P., Petrović-Obradović, O., Žikić, V., Tomanović, Ž., & Vorburger, C. (2013). Lysiphlebus orientalis (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), a new invasive aphid parasitoid in Europe-evidence from molecular markers. Bulletin of Entomological Research, 103(4), 451–457. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007485313000035
  • Žikić, V., Stanković, S. S., Petrović, A., Ilić-milošević, M., & Van Achterberg, K. (2013). Parasitoid complex of Zygaena filipendulae l. (Lepidoptera: Zygaenidae). Archives of Biological Sciences, 65(3), 1027–1036. https://doi.org/10.2298/ABS1303027Z
  • Tomanović, Ž., Kos, K., Petrović, A., Starý, P., Kavallieratos, N. G., Žikić, V., Jakše, J., Trdan, S., & Ivanović, A. (2013). The relationship between molecular variation and variation in the wing shape of three aphid parasitoid species: Aphidius uzbekistanicus Luzhetzki, Aphidius rhopalosiphi De Stefani Perez and Aphidius avenaphis (Fitch) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae). Zoologischer Anzeiger, 252(1), 41–47. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcz.2012.03.003
  • Mitrovski-Bogdanović, A., Petrović, A., Mitrović, M., Ivanović, A., Žikić, V., Starý, P., Vorburger, C., & Tomanović, Ž. (2013). Identification of two cryptic species within the praon abjectum group (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) using molecular markers and geometric morphometrics. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 106(2), 170–180. https://doi.org/10.1603/AN12100
  • Živić, I., Bjelanović, K., Simić, V., Živić, M., Žikić, V., & Marković, Z. (2013). New Records of Thremma anomalum (Trichoptera: Uenoidae) from Southeastern Europe with Notes on its Ecology. Https://Doi.Org/10.3157/021.123.0307, 123(3), 206–219. https://doi.org/10.3157/021.123.0307
  • Chaubet, B., Derocles, S. A. P., Hullé, M., Le Ralec, A., Outreman, Y., Simon, J. C., & Tomanović, Ž. (2013). Two new species of aphid parasitoids (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Aphidiinae) from the high arctic (Spitsbergen, Svalbard). Zoologischer Anzeiger, 252(1), 34–40. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcz.2012.03.001
  • (PDF) Review of interactions between host plants, aphids, primary parasitoids and hyperparasitoids in vegetable and cereal ecosystems in Slovenia. (2012). https://www.researchgate.net/publication/264786072_Review_of_interactions_between_host_plants_aphids_primary_parasitoids_and_hyperparasitoids_in_vegetable_and_cereal_ecosystems_in_Slovenia
  • Žikić, V., van Achterberg, C., Stanković, S. S., & Ilić, M. (2011). The male genitalia in the subfamily Agathidinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae): Morphological information of species on generic level. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 250(3), 246–257. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcz.2011.04.006
  • Žikić, V., Tomanović, Ž., Kavallieratos, N. G., Starý, P., & Ivanović, A. (2010). Does allometry account for shape variability in ephedrus persicae froggatt (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) parasitic wasps? Organisms Diversity and Evolution, 10(5), 373–380. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13127-010-0032-0
  • Petrovic, A., Zikic, V., Kavallieratos, N. G., & Stary, P. (2010). Aphidius geranii. February.
  • Kavallieratos, N. G., Tomanović, Ž., Starý, P., Žikić, V., & Petrović-Obradović, O. (2010). Parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) Attacking aphids feeding on solanaceae and cucurbitaceae crops in Southeastern Europe: Aphidiine-aphid-plant associations and key. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 103(2), 153–164. https://doi.org/10.1603/AN09004
  • Ẑikić, V., Tomanović, Ž., Ivanović, A., Kavallieratos, N. G., Starý, P., Stanisavljević, L. Ž., & Rakhshani, E. (2009). Morphological characterization of Ephedrus persicae biotypes (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) in the Palaearctic. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 102(1), 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1603/008.102.0101
  • Bogdanović, A. M., Ivanović, A., Tomanović, Ž., Žikić, V., Starý, P., & Kavallieratos, N. G. (2009). Sexual dimorphism in ephedrus persicae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae): Intraspecific variation in size and shape. Canadian Entomologist, 141(6), 550–560. https://doi.org/10.4039/n09-029
  • Pdbiad, C. (2008). New records of Aphid Parasitoids ( Hymenoptera ,. 110(4), 335–338.
  • Tomanović, Ž., Rakhshani, E., Starý, P., Kavallieratos, N. G., Stanisavljević, L. Ž., Žikić, V., & Athanassiou, C. G. (2007). Phylogenetic relationships between the genera Aphidius and Lysaphidus (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) with description of Aphidius iranicus sp. nov. Https://Doi.Org/10.4039/N06-007, 139(3), 297–307. https://doi.org/10.4039/N06-007
  • Tomanović, Ž., Kavallieratos, N. G., Starý, P., Žikić, V., Tomić, V., & Lučić, L. (2007). Redescription of two species of Aphidiinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from high mountain areas of south-eastern Europe, with biological and biogeographical notes on co-occurring guild members. Entomologica Fennica, 18(1), 36–45. https://doi.org/10.33338/EF.84375
  • Kavallieratos, N. G., Tomanović, Ž., Sarlis, G. P., Vayias, B. J., Žikić, V., & Emmanouel, N. E. (2007). Aphids (Hemiptera: Aphidoidea) on cultivated and self-sown plants in Greece. Biologia, 62(3), 335–344. https://doi.org/10.2478/s11756-007-0056-x
  • Kavallieratos, N. G., Athanassiou, C. G., Tomanović, Ž., Sciarretta, A., Trematerra, P., & Žikić, V. (2005). Seasonal occurrence, distribution and sampling indices for Myzus persicae (Hemiptera: Aphidoidea) and its parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) on tobacco. European Journal of Entomology, 102(3), 459–468. https://doi.org/10.14411/eje.2005.066
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