Group' s Publications

Photos: Andriopoulos, Radea 

85. Karoumpali, M., Di Marco, M., Parmakelis, A., Stoumboudi, M., Sarropoulou, E., Kotsakiozi, P. 2025. Identifying possible hotspots of human pressure on European gastropods. In Press, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society.

84. Konstantopoulou, A., Meramveliotakis, E., Anastasiou, I., Trichas, A., Parmakelis, A. 2025. Beetle in the hay: Investigating the molecular phylogeny and geometric morphometrics of the genus Pedinus (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) in Greece. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 145: 1-15. Abstract.

83. Koutsoukos, E., Konstantopoulou, A., Parmakelis, A., Demetriou, J., Compton, S., Georgiadis, C., Constantinidis, T. 2025. The fellowship of the fig continues its journey: The fig wasps (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) associated with Ficus microcarpa in Greece. Neobiota, 98: 93-115. Abstract and full text.

82. Christopoulos, A.,  Papadaki, C., Genitsaris, S., Parmakelis, A., Pafilis, P. 2025. The invasion in the Greek islands continues: first record of the pond slider, Trachemys scripta scripta (Thunberg in Schoepff, 1792), from Andros Island, Cyclades, Aegean Sea. Herpetology Notes, 18: 17-20. Abstract and full text.

81. Pafilis, P., Constantinidis, T., Parmakelis, A., Anastasiou, I., Triantis, K. 2024. Wildlife in the ruins: biodiversity surveys in archaeological sites. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America Chicago, IL, January 4-7, 2024.

80. Lampri, P.N., Radea, C., Parmakelis, A. 2024. An expanded phylogeny of the genus Pseudamnicola (Gastropoda; Truncatelloidea; Hydrobiidae) across the Mediterranean Basin. Integrative Zoology. Abstract and full text. 

79. Tropea, G., Fet, V., Parmakelis, A., Stathi, I. 2024. Two new species of Euscorpius (Scorpiones, Euscorpiidae) from Bulgaria and Greece. Zoodiversity 58 (1): 1-18; https://ojs.akademperiodyka.org.ua/index.php/Zoodiversity/article/view/579/244. 

78. Triantafylloy, M., Pyrri, I., Parmakelis, A., Gonou-Zagou, Z. 2023. Are Tricholomopsis spp. common or rare? – new data from Greece. Mycotaxon 137 (4): 821-829; https://doi.org/10.5248/137.821. 

77. Reppa, A., Agori, A.F., Santikou, P., Parmakelis, A., Pafilis, P., Valakos, E.D., Sagonas, K. 2023. Small island effects on the thermal biology of the endemic Mediterranean lizard Podarcis gaigeae. Animals 13(18), 2965; https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13182965. 

76. Vourka,  A., Karaouzas, I., Parmakelis, A. 2023. River benthic macroinvertebrates and environmental DNA metabarcoding: a scoping review of eDNA sampling, extraction, amplification and sequencing methods. Biodiversity and Conservation. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-023-02710-y. Abstract and full text.

75. Tropea,  G., Fet, V., Parmakelis, A., Stathi, I. 2022. Two new species of Euscorpius (Scorpiones, Euscorpiidae) from Skyros and Andros Islands, Greece. Zoodiversity 56: 307-322, DOI: 10.15407/zoo2022.04.307. Abstract and full text.

74. Parmakelis, A., Dimitriadou, D., Gkigkiza, E., Karampatsou, L., Stathi, I., Fet, V., Yağmur, A.E., Kovařík, F. 2022. The evolutionary history of the relict scorpion family Iuridae of the eastern Mediterranean. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 177, 107622. Abstract and full text.

73. Dimitriou, A.C., Antoniou, A., Alexiou, I., Poulakakis, N., Parmakelis, A., Sfenthourakis, S. 2022.  Diversification within an oceanic Mediterranean island: insights from a terrestrial isopod. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 175, 107585. Abstract and full text.  

72. Tropea, G., Parmakelis, A. 2022. Reconsideration of some populations of Euscorpius concinnus complex (Scorpiones, Euscorpiidae). ZooKeys 1100: 117-164. Abstract and full text. 

71. Lampri, P.N., Bouranta, C., Radea, C., Parmakelis, A. 2021. Hidden diversity revealed in the freshwater snails, Bythinella and Pseudamnicola, in the Island of Crete. Integrative Zoology. Abstract and full text. 

70. Kougioumoutzis, K., Kotsakiozi, P., Stathi, E., Trigas, P. & Parmakelis, A. 2021. Conservation Genetics of Four Critically Endangered Greek Endemic Plants: A Preliminary Assessment. Diversity, 13, 152. Abstract and full text.

69. Goudeli, G., Parmakelis, A., Proios, K., Anastasiou, I., Radea, C., Pafilis, P., Triantis, K.A. 2021.  The land snails of Lichadonisia islets (Greece). Ecologica Montenegrina, 39: 59-68. Abstract and full text.

68. Radea, C., Lampri, PN.,  Bakolitsas, K., Parmakelis, A., 2021.  A new hydrobiid species (Caenogastropoda, Truncatelloidea) from insular Greece. Zoosystematics and Evolution, 97: 111–119. Abstract and full text.

67. Tropea, G., Fet, V., Parmakelis, A., Kotsakiozi, P., Stathi, I., Zafeiriou, S. 2020.  Euscorpius lesbiacus sp. n., a new species of scorpion from Lesvos Island, Greece (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae). Revista Iberica de Aracnologia, 37: 185-195. Abstract and full text.

66. Pyrri, I.,Tripyla, E., Zalachori, A., Chrysopoulou, M., Parmakelis, A., Kapsanaki-Gotsi, E., 2020. Fungal contaminants of indoor air in the National Library of Greece. Aerobiologia, DOI: 10.1007/s10453-020-09640-0.

65. Neubert, E., Seddon, J.M., Allen, D.J., Arrebola, J.R., Backeljau, T., Balashov, I., Bank, R.A., Cameron, R.A.D., de Frias Martins, A.M., De Mattia. W., Dedov. I., Duda. M., Falkner, G., Falkner, M., Feher, Z., Gargominy, O., Georgiev, D., Giusti, F., Gomez, M.B.J., Groh, K., Ibanez, M., Kappes, H., Manganelli, G., Martinez-Orti, A., Nardi, G., Neiber, M.T., Pall-Gergely, B., Parmakelis, A., Prie, V., Reischütz, A., Reischütz, P.L., Rowson, B., Ruetschi, J., Slapnik, R., Son, M., Stamol, V., Texeira, D., Triantis, K., Vardinoyannis, K., von Proschwitz, T., Walther, F., 2019. European Red List of terrestrial molluscs: snails, slugs, and semi-slugs. Report by IUCN. Available from here. 

64. Fet, E.V., Parmakelis, A., Stathi, I., Tropea, G., Kotsakiozi, P., Kardaki, L. & Nikolakakis, M., 2018. Fauna and zoogeography of scorpions in Greece. Biogeography and Biodiversity of the Aegean. In honour of Prof. Moysis Mylonas (ed. by S. Sfenthourakis, P. Pafilis, A. Parmakelis, N. Poulakakis and K. Triantis), p. 300. Broken Hill Publishers Ltd, Nicosia, Cyprus.

63. Poulakakis, N., Parmakelis, A., 2018. The Aegean Archipelago: from zoogeography to phylogeography. Biogeography and Biodiversity of the Aegean. In honour of Prof. Moysis Mylonas (ed. by S. Sfenthourakis, P. Pafilis, A. Parmakelis, N. Poulakakis and K. Triantis), p. 300. Broken Hill Publishers Ltd, Nicosia, Cyprus.

62. Vardinoyannis, K., Parmakelis, A., Triantis, K. & Giokas, S., 2018. Land Molluscs in Greece: The rich, unique, diverse and unprotected animal models. Biogeography and Biodiversity of the Aegean. In honour of Prof. Moysis Mylonas (ed. by S. Sfenthourakis, P. Pafilis, A. Parmakelis, N. Poulakakis and K. Triantis), p. 300. Broken Hill Publishers Ltd, Nicosia, Cyprus. 

61. Sfenthourakis, S., Pafilis, P., Parmakelis, A., Triantis, K. & Giokas, S., 2018. Biogeography and Biodiversity of the Aegean. In honour of Prof. Moysis Mylonas (ed. by S. Sfenthourakis, P. Pafilis, A. Parmakelis, N. Poulakakis and K. Triantis), p. 300. Broken Hill Publishers Ltd, Nicosia, Cyprus. 

60. Radea, C., Parmakelis, A., Demetropoulos, S., Vardinoyannis, K. 2017. A new Islamia species (Gastropoda: Hydrobiidae) from Cyprus. Folia Malacologica, doi.org/10.12657/folmal.025.022. Abstract and full text.

59. Parmakelis, A., Kotsakiozi, P., Kontos C.K, Adamopoulos, P.G., Scorilas, A., 2017. The transcriptome of a "sleeping" invader: de novo assembly and annotation of the transcriptome of aestivating Cornu aspersum. BMC Genomics, 18:491. Abstract and full text.

58.  Borda-de-Água, L., Whittaker, R.J., Cardoso, P., Rigal, F., Santos, A.M.C., Amorim, I.R., Parmakelis, A., Triantis, K.A., Pereira, H.M., Borges, P.A.V., 2017. Dispersal ability determines the scaling properties of species abundance: a case study using arthropods from the Azores. Scientific Reports, 7: 3899. DOI:10.1038/s41598-017-04126-5. Abstract.

57.  Thanou, E., Kornilios, P., Poursanidis, D., Parmakelis, A., Arnedo, M., Chatzaki, M. 2017. Exploring the role of within-island ecogeographical factors: insights from the genetic diversity of Cretan trap-door spiders (Cyrtocarenum cunicularium, Ctenizidae, Araneae). Invertebrate Systematics, 31: 506-517. Abstract. 

56. Tropea, G., Fet, V., Parmakelis, A., Kotsakiozi, P., Stathi, I. 2017. Redescription of Euscorpius tauricus (C.L. Koch, 1837), with the description of two new related species from Greece (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae). Ecological Montenegrina, 7: 614-638. Abstract and full text.  

55. Borges, P.A.V., Gaspar, C., Crespo, L., Rigal, F., Cardoso, P., Pereira, F., Rego, C., Amorim, I.R., Melo, C., Aguiar, C., André, G., Mendonça, E., Ribeiro, S.P., Hortal, J., Santos, A.M., Barcelos, L., Enghoff, H., Mahnert, V., Pita, M.T., Ribes, J., Baz, A., Sousa, A.B., Vieira, V., Wunderlich, J., Parmakelis, A., Whittaker, R.A., Quartau, J.A., Serrano, A.R.M. & Triantis, K.A. 2016. New records and detailed distribution and abundance of selected arthropod species collected between 1999 and 2011 in Azorean native forests. Biodiversity Data Journal 4: e10948. Abstract and full text.

54. Radea, C., Parmakelis, A., Giokas, S. 2016. Myrtoessa hyas, a new valvatiform genus and a new species of the Hydrobiidae (Caenogastropoda, Truncatelloidea) from Greece. Zookeys, 640: 1-18. Abstract and full text.

53. Lamprinou, V., Christodoulou, M., Hernandez-Marine, M., Parmakelis, A., Economou-Amilli, E. 2016. Spelaeonaias gen. nov., a new true-branched cyanobacterium from Cave Vlychada (Diros, Peloponnese, Greece). Phytotaxa, 282: 171-185. Abstract.

52. Chantzistrountsiou, X., Tzovenis, I., Parmakelis, A., Economou-Amilli, E. 2016. Characterization of Tetraselmis verrucosa f. rubens (Chlorodendrophyceae) strains from coastal lagoons of Western Greece using a multivariate approach. Phytotaxa, 278: 225-240. Abstract.

51. Tropea, G., Yağmur, E.A., Parmakelis, A., Kunt, K.B. 2016. Another new species of Euscorpius Thorell, 1876 from the Taurus Mountains in Antalya Province, southern Turkey (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae). Euscorpius, 231: 1-15. Full text download (PDF).

50. Kotsakiozi, P., Parmakelis, A., Konstantakis, A., Valakos, E.D. 2016. Climatic conditions driving the changes in the biochemical composition in land snails: insights from the endangered Codringtonia (Gastropoda, Pulmonata). The Biologia, 71: 903–916. Abstract.

49. Tropea, G., Yağmur, E.A., Karampatsou, L., Parmakelis, A., Yeşilyurt, F. 2016. A new species of Euscorpius Thorell, 1876 from Mount Honaz in southwestern Turkey (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae). Euscorpius, 222: 1-14. Full text download (PDF).

48. Triantis K.A., Rigal F., Parent C.E., Cameron R.A.D., Lenzner B., Parmakelis A., Yeung N.W., Alonso M.R., Ibáñez M., de Frias Martins A.M., Teixeira D.N.F., Griffiths O.L., Yanes Y., Hayes K.A.,  Preece R.C., Cowie R.H. 2016. Discordance between morphological and taxonomic diversity: land snails of oceanic archipelagos. Journal of Biogeography, 43: 2050-2061. Abstract.

47. Kornilios P., Thanou E., Kapli P., Parmakelis A., Chatzaki M. 2016. Peeking through the trapdoor: historical biogeography of the Aegean endemic spider Cyrtocarenum Ausserer, 1871 with an estimation of mtDNA substitution rates for Mygalomorphae. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 98: 300-313. Abstract.

46. Parmakelis A., Rigal F., Mourikis T., Balanika K., Terzopoulou S., Rego C., Amorim I.R., Crespo L., Pereira F., Triantis K.A., Whittaker R.J., Borges P.A.V. 2015. Comparative phylogeography of endemic Azorean arthropods. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 15: 250. Abstract and full text.

45. Tropea G., Fet V., Parmakelis A., Kotsakiozi P., Stathi I. 2015. A new species of Euscorpius from Bulgaria and Greece (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae). Euscorpius, 207: 1-15. Full text download (PDF).

44. Radea C., Parmakelis A., Velentzas A.D., Triantis K.A. 2015. Systematics of Pseudamnicola (Gastropoda: Hydrobiidae): description of two new species from insular Greece and re-description of P. pieperi Schuett, 1980. Journal of Molluscan Studies, 82: 67-79. Abstract.

43. Tropea G., Fet V., Parmakelis A., Kotsakiozi P., Stathi I. 2015. A new species of Euscorpius (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae) from southern Bulgaria. Arachnologische Mitteilungen, 49: 10-20. Abstract and full text.

42. Christodoulou M., Meletiou-Christou M-S., Parmakelis A., Economou-Amilli A., & Pantazidou A. 2015. Further findings from Daveli Cave (Attica, Greece) enhancing the establishment of the genus Oculatella (Pseudanabaenaceae, Cyanobacteria). Phytotaxa, 202: 169–184. Abstract.

41. Tropea G., Fet V., Parmakelis A., Kotsakiozi P., Stathi I. 2014. Three new species of Euscorpius (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae) from Greece. Euscorpius, 190: 1−22. Full text download (PDF).

40. Fet V., Soleglad M.E., Parmakelis A., Kotsakiozi P. & Stathi I. 2014. Two new species of Euscorpius from Euboea Island, Greece (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae). Arthropoda Selecta, 23: 111-126. Full text download (PDF).

39. Kotsakiozi, P., Parmakelis, A., Aggeli, I.K., Gaitanaki, C., Giokas, S., Valakos, E.D. 2014. Water balance and expression of heat-shock proteins 70 in Codringtonia species, a study within a phylogenetic framework. Journal of Molluscan Studies. doi: 10.1093/mollus/eyu042. Abstract. 

38. Sagonas, K., Poulakakis, N., Lymberakis, P., Parmakelis, A., Pafilis, P., Valakos, E.D. 2014. Molecular systematics and historical biogeography of the green lizards (Lacerta) in Greece: insights from mitochondrial and nuclear DNA. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 76: 144-154. Abstract.

37. Tropea, G., Parmakelis, A., Sziszkosz, N., Balanika, K., Bouderka, A. 2014. A new species of Euscorpius Thorell, 1876 from Naples Province, Italy (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae). Euscorpius, 182: 1-12. Full text download (PDF).

36. Tropea, G., Fet, V., Parmakelis, A., Kotsakiozi, P., Stathi, I. 2013. A new species of Euscorpius Thorell, 1876 from Peloponnese, Greece (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae). Euscorpius, 169: 1−11. Full text download (PDF).

35. Radea, C., Parmakelis, A., Papadogiannis, V., Charou, D., Triantis, K. 2013. The hydrobioid freshwater gastropods (Caenogastropoda: Rissooidea) of Greece: new records, taxonomic re-assessments using DNA sequence data and an update of the IUCN Red List Categories. ZooKeys, 350: 1-20. Abstract and full text.

34. Fet, V., Soleglad, M.E., Parmakelis, A., Kotsakiozi, P., Stathi, I. 2013. A new species of Euscorpius from Tinos Island, Greece (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae). Revista Iberica de Aracnologia, 23: 3-10. Full text download (PDF).

33. Fet, V., Soleglad, M.E., Parmakelis, A., Kotsakiozi, P., Stathi, I. 2013. Three more species of Euscorpius confirmed for Greece (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae). Euscorpius, 165: 1-27. Full text download (PDF).

32. Fehér, Z., Parmakelis, A., Koutalianou, M., Mourikis, T., Erőss, Z.P., Krízsic, V. 2013. A contribution to the phylogeny of Albanian Agathylla (Gastropoda, Clausiliidae): insights using morphological data and three mitochondrial markers. Journal of Molluscan Studies, doi: 10.1093/mollus/eyt039. Abstract.

31. Parmakelis, A., Kotsakiozi, P., Stathi, I., Poulikarakou, S., Fet, V. 2013. Hidden diversity of Euscorpius (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae) in Greece revealed by multilocus species-delimitation approaches. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 110: 728-748. Abstract.

30. Kotsakiozi, P., Rigal, F., Valakos, E.D. and Parmakelis, A. 2013. Disentangling the effects of intraspecies variability, phylogeny, space, and climate on the evolution of shell morphology in endemic Greek land snails of the genus Codringtonia. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 110: 796-813. Abstract.

29. Pаrmakelis, A., Kotsakiozi, P., Tropea, G., Yağmur, E.A., Stathi, I., Feт, V., Soleglad, M.E. 2013. DNA markers confirm presence of Euscorpius avcii Tropea et al., 2012 (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae) on Samos Island, Greece. Euscorpius, 161: 1-6. Full text download (PDF).

28. Parmakelis, A., Balanika, K., Terzopoulou, S., Rigal, F., Beasley, R.R., Jones, K.L., Lance, S.L., Whittaker, R.J., Triantis, K.A., Borges, P.A.V. 2013. Development of 28 polymorphic microsatellite markers for the endemic Azorean spider Sancus acoreensis (Araneae, Tetragnathidae). Conservation Genetics Resources, 5: 1133–1134. Abstract.

27. Parmakelis, A., Kotsakiozi, P., Rand, D. 2013. Animal mitochondria, positive selection and cyto-nuclear coevolution: insights from pulmonates. PLoS ONE 8(4): e61970. Abstract and full text.

26. Radea, C., Parmakelis, A., Mourikis, T., Triantis, K. 2013. Isimerope, a new genus of Hydrobiidae (Caenogastropoda, Hydrobiidae) from Greece. Journal of Molluscan Studies, 79: 168-176. Abstract.

25. Habel, J.C., Husemann, M., Schmitt, T., Zachos, F.E., Honnen, A-C., Petersen, B., Parmakelis, A., Stathi, I. 2012. Microallopatry caused strong diversification in Buthus scorpions (Scorpiones: Buthidae) in the Atlas Mountains (NW Africa). PLoS ONE 7(2): e29403. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0029403. Abstract and full text.

24. Simaiakis, S., Dimopoulou, A., Mitrakos, A., Mylonas, M., Parmakelis, A. 2012. The evolutionary history of the Mediterranean centipede Scolopendra cingulata (Latreille, 1829) (Chilopoda: Scolopendridae), across the Aegean archipelago. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 105: 507–521. Abstract.

23. Kotsakiozi, P., Parmakelis, A., Giokas, S., Papanikolaou, I., Valakos, E.D. 2012. Mitochondrial phylogeny and biogeographic history of the Greek endemic land-snail genus Codringtonia Kobelt 1898 (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Helicidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 62: 681-692. Abstract.

22. Louvrou, I., Danielidis, D.B., Parmakelis, A., Economou-Amilli, A., 2011. Proposal to conserve the name Detonia Freng. (Bacillariophyceae) against Detonia Sacc. (Ascomycetes). Taxon, 60: 1768-1769. Abstract. 

21. Chiari, Y., Dion, K., Colborn, J., Parmakelis, A., Powell, J.R. 2010. On the possible role of tRNA base modifications in the evolution of codon usage: Queuosine and Drosophila. Journal of Molecular Evolution. DOI 10.1007/s00239-010-9329-z. Abstract.

20. Parmakelis, A., Moustaka, M., Poulakakis, N., Louis, C., Slotman, M.A., Marshall, J.C., Awono-Ambene, P.H., Antonio-Nkondjio, C., Simard, F., Caccone, A., Powell, J.R. 2010. Anopheles Immune genes and amino acid sites evolving under the effect of positive selection. PLoS ONE, 5(1): e8885. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008885. Abstract and full text.

19. Triantis, K.A., Parmakelis, A., Cameron, R.A.D. 2009. Understanding fragmentation: snails show the way. Journal of Biogeography, DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2009.02211.x. Abstract.

18. Poulakakis, N., Antoniou, A., Mantziou, G., Parmakelis, A., Skartsi, T., Vasilakis, D., Elorriaga, J., De la Puentes, J., Gavashelishvili, A., Ghasabyan, M., Katzner, T., McGrady, M., Batbayar, N., Fuller, M., Natsagdorj, T. 2008. Population structure, diversity, and phylogeography in the near-threatened Eurasian black vultures Aegypius monachus (Falconiformes; Accipitridae) in Europe: insights from microsatellite and mitochondrial DNA variation. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 95: 859-872. Abstract.

17. Kyriazi, P., Poulakakis, N., Parmakelis, A., Crochet, P., Moravec, J., Rastegar-Pouyani, N., Tsigenopoulos, C., Magoulas, A., Mylonas, M., Lymberakis, P. 2008. Mitochondrial DNA reveals the genealogical history of the Snake-eyed lizards (Ophisops elegans and O. occidentalis) (Sauria: Lacertidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 49: 795-805. Abstract.

16. Kapli, P., Lymberakis, P., Poulakakis, N., Mantziou, G., Parmakelis, A., Mylonas, M. 2008. Molecular phylogeny of three Mesalina species (M. guttulata, M. brevirostris and M. bahaeldini) from North Africa and the Middle East: another case of paraphyly? Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 49: 102-110. Abstract.

15. Abila, P.P., Slotman, M.A., Parmakelis, A., Dion, K.B., Robinson A.S., Muwanika, V.B., Enyaru, J.C.K., Lokedi, L.M., Aksoy, S., Caccone, A. 2008. High levels of genetic differentiation between Ugandan Glossina fuscipes fuscipes populations separated by lake Kyoga. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 2(5): e242. Abstract and full text.

14. Parmakelis, A., Slotman, M.A. Marshall, J., Awono-Ambene, P., Antonio-Nkondjo, C., Simard, F., Caccone, A., Powell, J.R. 2008. The molecular evolution of four anti-malarial immune genes in the Anopheles gambiae species complex. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 8: 79. Abstract and full text.

13. Parmakelis, A., Klossa-Kilia, E., Kilias, G., Triantis, K.A., Sfenthourakis, S. 2008. Increased molecular divergence of two endemic Trachelipus (Isopoda, Oniscidea) species from Greece reveals patterns not congruent with current taxonomy. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 95: 361-370. Abstract.

12. Parmakelis, A., Russello, M.A., Caccone, A., Brisola Marcondes, C., Costa, J., Forattini, O.P., Mureb-Sallum, M.A., Wilkerson, R.C., Powell, J.R. 2008. Historical analysis of a near disaster: Anopheles gambiae in Brazil. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 78: 176-178. Abstract.

11. Slotman, M.A., Parmakelis, A., Marshall, J., Awono-Ambene, P., Antonio-Nkondjo, C., Simard, F., Caccone, A., Powell, J.R. 2007. Patterns of selection in anti-malarial immune genes in malaria vectors: Evidence for adaptive evolution in LRIM1 in Anopheles arabiensis. PLoS One, 2: e793. Abstract and full text.

10. Poulakakis, N., Parmakelis, A., Lymberakis, P., Mylonas, M., Zouros, E., Reese, D.S., Glaberman, S., Caccone, A. 2007. It remains a mammoth DNA fragment. A reply to Binladen et al. and Orlando et al. Biology Letters(doi:10.1098/rsbl.2006.0555). Abstract.

09. Klossa-Kilia, E., Kilias, G., Sfenthourakis, S., Tryfonopoulos, G., Koukou, K. and Parmakelis, A. 2006. Molecular phylogeny of the Greek populations of the genus Ligidium (Isopoda, Oniscidea) using three mtDNA gene segments. Zoologica Scripta (doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2006.00243.x). Abstract.

08. Parmakelis, A., Stathi, I., Chatzaki, M., Simaiakis, S., Spanos, L., Louis, C., and Mylonas, M. 2006. Evolution of Mesobuthus gibbosus (Brullé, 1832) (Scorpiones, Buthidae) in the north-eastern Mediterranean region. Molecular Ecology, 15: 2883–2894. Abstract.

07. Poulakakis, N., Parmakelis, A., Lymberakis, P., Glaberman, S., Mylonas, M., Zouros, E., and Caccone, A. 2006. Ancient DNA forces reconsideration of Mediterranean pygmy elephants. Biology Letters (doi:10.1098/rsbl.2006.0467). Abstract.

06. Parmakelis, A., Stathi, I., Spanos, L., Louis, C., and Mylonas, M. 2006. Phylogeography of Iurus dufoureius (Brullé, 1832) (Scorpiones, Iuridae). Journal of Biogeography, 33: 251-260. Abstract.

05. Parmakelis, A., Pfenninger, M., Spanos, L., Papagiannakis, G., Louis, C., and Mylonas, M. 2005. Inference of a radiation in Mastus (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Enidae) on the island of Crete. Evolution, 59: 991-1005.Abstract.

04. Parmakelis, A., Mylonas, M. 2004: Dispersal and population structure of two sympatric species of the Mediterranean land snail genus Mastus (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Buliminidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 83: 131-144. Abstract.

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