Mgr. Michal Benovics, PhD.
Katedra zoológie, Prírodovedecká fakulta, Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave, Mlynská dolina B1, 842 15 Bratislava
Tel. +421-2-9014-9249; E-mail: benovics2uniba.sk; Miestnosť: B1-461
Oblasť výskumu:
Druhová diverzita, hostiteľská špecificita a fylogenéza helmintov obojživelníkov a rýb
Koevolučné vzťahy medzi parazitmi a ich hostiteľmi
Invázne cicavce a riziko spojené s ko-introdukovanými parazitmi so zoonotickým potenciálom
Faktory vplývajúce na populačnú štruktúru a genetickú diferenciáciu u parazitov
Súčasne riešené výskumné projekty:
VEGA 1/0583/22 2022-2025: Diverzita, fylogenéza a biogeografia helmintov parazitujúcich akvatické a semiakvatické studenokrvné stavovce
Pedagogická činnosť
Prednášky:
- Parazitológia
- Molekulárna ekológia
- Molekulárno-genetické metódy v zoologickom výskume
Najvýznamnejšie publikácie
Benovics M., Vukić J., Šanda R., Nejat F., Charmpila E.A., Buj I., Shumka S., Porcelloti S., Tarkan S.A., Aksu S., Emiroğlu O., Šimková A. (2023) Monogeneans and chubs: ancient host-parasite system under the looking glass. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 179: 107667. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2022.107667
Seidlová L., Benovics M., Šimková A. (2022) Gill monogeneans of neotropical cichlid fish: diversity, phylogenetic relationships, and host-parasite cophylogenetic associations. International Journal for Parasitology 52: 603–615. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2022.05.001
Benovics M., Mikulíček P., Žákovicová Z., Papežík P., Pantoja C. (2022) Hidden in plain sight: novel molecular data reveal unexpected genetic diversity among paramphistome parasites (Digenea: Paramphistomoidea) of European water frogs. Parasitology 149: 1425–1438. doi: 10.1017/S003118202200083X
Benovics M., Reslová N., Škorpíkova L., Seidlová L., Mikulka O. (2022) Helminth fauna of the Eurasian beaver in the Czech Republic with remarks on the genetic diversity of specialist Stichorchis subtriquetrus (Digenea: Cladorchiidae). Parasitology Research 121: 633–644. doi: 10.1007/s00436-021-07379-2
Benovics M., Nejat F., Abdoli A., Šimková A. (2021) Molecular and morphological phylogeny of host-specific Dactylogyrus parasites (Monogenea) sheds new light on the puzzling Middle Eastern origin of European and African lineages. Parasites & Vectors 14: 372. doi: 10.1186/s13071-021-04863-7
Benovics M., Gettová L., Šimková A. (2021) De novo developed microsatellite markers in gill parasites of the genus Dactylogyrus (Monogenea): Revealing the phylogeographical pattern of population structure in the generalist parasite Dactylogyrus vistulae. Ecology and Evolution 11: 16585–16599. doi: 10.1002/ece3.8230
Mikulíček P., Mešková M., Cyprich M., Jablonski D., Papežík P., Hamidi D., Akın Pekşen C., Vörös J., Herczeg D., Benovics M. (2021) Weak population-genetic structure of widely distributed nematode parasite of frogs in the western Palearctic. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 59: 1698–1702. doi: 10.1111/jzs.12575
Papežík P., Kubala P., Jablonski D., Doležálková-Kaštánková M., Choleva L., Benovics M., Mikulíček P. (2021) Morphological differentiation of endemic water frogs (Ranidae: Pelophylax) from the southwestern Balkans. Salamandra 57: 105–123.
Benovics M., Koubková B., Civáňová K., Rahmouni I., Čermáková K., Šimková A. (2021) Diversity and phylogeny of Paradiplozoon species (Monogenea: Diplozoidae) parasitising endemic cyprinoids in the peri-Mediterranean area, with a description of three new Paradiplozoon species. Parasitology Research 120: 481–496. doi: 10.1007/s00436-020-06982-z
Benovics M., Francová K., Volta P., Dlapka V., Šimková A. (2021) Helminth communities of endemic cyprinoids of the Apennine Peninsula, with remarks on ectoparasitic monogeneans, and a description of four new Dactylogyrus Diesing, 1858 species. Parasitology 148: 1003–1018. doi: 10.1017/S0031182021000615
Benovics M., Vukić J., Šanda R., Rahmouni I., Šimková A. (2020) Disentangling the evolutionary history of peri-Mediterranean cyprinids using host-specific gill monogeneans. International Journal for Parasitology 50: 969–984. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2020.05.007
Řehulková E., Benovics M., Šimková A. (2020) Uncovering the diversity of monogeneans (Platyhelminthes) on endemic cypriniform fishes of the Balkan Peninsula: new species of Dactylogyrus and comments on their phylogeny and host-parasite associations in a biogeographic context. Parasite 27: 66. doi: 10.1051/parasite/2020059
Jablonski D., Benovics M., Vorel J., Mohammed S.I., Afrasiab S.R. (2020) The first record of the genus Microgecko Nikolskii, 1907 for Iraq. Herpetozoa 33: 149-155. doi: 10.3897/herpetozoa.33.e52736
Benovics M., Desdevises Y., Šanda R., Vukić J., Scheifler M., Doadrio I., Sousa-Santos C., Šimková A. (2020) High diversity of fish ectoparasitic monogeneans (Dactylogyrus) in the Iberian Peninsula: a case of adaptive radiation? Parasitology 147: 418–430. doi: 10.1017/S0031182020000050
Benovics M., Desdevises Y., Šanda R., Vukić J., Šimková A. (2020) Cophylogenetic relationships between Dactylogyrus (Monogenea) ectoparasites and endemic cyprinoids of the north-eastern European peri-Mediterranean region. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 58: 1–21. doi: 10.1111/jzs.12341
Benovics M., Desdevises Y., Vukić J., Šanda R. Šimková A. (2018) The phylogenetic relationships and species richness of host-specific Dactylogyrus parasites shaped by the biogeography of Balkan cyprinids. Scientific Reports 8: 13006. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-31382-w
Roudnický P., Vorel J., Ilgová J., Benovics M., Norek A., Jedličková L., Mikeš L., Potěšil D., Zdráhal Z., Dvořák J., Gelnar M., Kašný M. (2018) Identification and partial characterization of a novel serpin from Eudiplozoon nipponicum (Monogenea, Polyopisthocotylea). Parasite 25: 61. doi: 10.1051/parasite/2018062
Benovics M., Kičinjaová M. L., Šimková A. (2017) The phylogenetic position of the enigmatic Balkan Aulopyge huegelii (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from the perspective of host-specific Dactylogyrus parasites (Monogenea), with a description of Dactylogyrus omenti n. sp. Parasites & Vectors 10: 547. doi: 10.1186/s13071-017-2491-z
Herczeg D., Vörös J., Christiansen D., Benovics M., Mikulíček P. (2017) Taxonomic composition and ploidy level among European water frogs (Anura: Ranidae: Pelophylax) in eastern Hungary. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 55: 129–137. doi: 10.1111/jzs.12158
Ilgová J., Jedličková L., Dvořáková H., Benovics M., Mikeš L., Janda L., Vorel J., Roudnický P., Potěšil D., Zdráhal Z., Gelnar M., Kašný M. (2017) A novel type I cystatin of parasite origin with atypical legumain-binding domain. Scientific Reports 7: 17526. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-17598-2
Šimková A., Benovics M., Rahmouni I., Vukić J. (2017) Host-specific Dactylogyrus parasites revealing new insights on the historical biogeography of Northwest African and Iberian cyprinid fish. Parasites & Vectors 10: 589. doi: 10.1186/s13071-017-2521-x