Acta entomologica serbica, 2010, 15(2): 273-279 UDC 59:929 Брајковић М. 012 Брајковић М. In memoriam PROFESSOR DR. MILOJE BRAJKOVIĆ (1949 – 2010) Professor Dr. Miloje Brajković was born on 21st February 1949 in the village of Tovrljani near Prokuplje (south Serbia) and died on Easter Sunday, 4th April, 2010 in Belgrade. Miloje attended primary and secondary school in Prokuplje and after graduation came to Belgrade in 1967, where he undertook Biology studies at the School of Pedagogy.. Over the period 1969-1972 he continued his Biology studies at the Faculty of Science, University of Belgrade. From 1972 to 1980 he was Curator at The Belgrade Natural History Museum, where he developed expertise in transaction management related to collection and the curation of collections. In 1980, Miloje was elected as junior assistant at the Department of Morphology, Systematics and Phylogeny of Animals in the Faculty of Biology and started his University career. In 1982 after two years participating in practical teaching at the Faculty of Biology, Miloje defended his master's thesis entitled: “Resistance to low temperatures during ontogenesis of some butterfly species (Lepidoptera, 274 Ž. TOMANOVIĆ Insecta)“. In 1984, he was elected research assistant. In 1986 he defended his PhD thesis entitled “Comparative – morphology of mouth and genital structures of Braconidae (Hymenoptera) and their importance in taxonomy and phylogeny“ under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Miloje Krunić (Faculty of Biology, Belgrade) and Prof. Dr. Konstantin Vasić (Faculty of Forestry). The main part of his PhD thesis Miloje completed at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, USA, where he spent seven months during 1985 doing postdoctoral research. In 1988, Miloje was elected Assistant Professor in the Biology group. He became Associate Professor in 1995 and kept this title til 2003, when he was awarded the highest University title - Full Professor. During his University career he taught the following courses with great success: “Comparative morphology and systematics of invertebrates“, “Evolutionary morphology“, “Entomology“, “Biology of selected insect taxa“, etc. He published 9 textbooks and 2 monographs in entomology and invertebrate systematics and morphology, which represent a fascinating opus and contribution to students' education. From 2001 til 2004, Miloje served as president of the Entomological Society of Serbia and from 1996 was a member of the Editorial board of Acta Entomologica Serbica. During this period he succesfully organized two entomological symposiums with international participation. He was also active in the Serbian Plant Protection Society. The main part of his scientific job was involved in biodiversity, faunistics, morphology and taxonomy of braconid wasps, as well as application of solitary bees in pollination services. Miloje was the first researcher from Serbia to investigate braconid fauna in Serbia and other parts of former Yugoslavia. He built the base for further research into this very important and diverse insect group. He published over 100 scientific papers in national and international journals, and contributions from national and international meetings. Miloje was supervisor of over 20 master and PhD theses. He always encouraged young colleagues in their job and was always willing and available to help others. His most remarkable feature was his great generosity in sharing his time and knowledge with colleagues and students. Miloje will be remembered for his devoted and enthusiastic service to the Entomological Society of Serbia and the Faculty of Biology. I thank him for all he did to promote Entomology in Serbia among students and young scientists at the Department of Morphology, Systematics and Phylogenetics of Animals. Selected scientific publications BRAJKOVIĆ , M., 1986. Comparative-morphological study on the ovipositor of some species of Bracon F. genus (Braconidae: Hymenoptera) and its importance for the taxonomy of this genus. Bulletin of Natural History Museum in Belgrade, B(41): 115-121. [in Serbian, with English s.] BRAJKOVIĆ , M., 1987. New species of genus Orgilus Haliday (Braconidae: Hymenoptera) in Yugoslavia. Biosistematika, 13(2): 145-149. BRAJKOVIĆ , M.M., 1988/89. Knowledge of the Braconidae (Hymenoptera) fauna in Yugoslavia. Bulletin of Natural History Museum in Belgrade, B(43/44): 127-138. [in Serbian, with English s.] BRAJKOVIĆ , M.M., 1989. Parasitic wasps (Braconidae, Hymenoptera). Monograph. Naučna knjiga, Beograd, 1-75 + 99. [in Serbian] BRAJKOVIĆ , M.M., 1991. Base for the aphidiids fauna of Yugoslavia (Aphidiiade: Hymenoptera). Bulletin of Natural History Museum in Belgrade, B(46): 157-162. [in Serbian, with English s.] BRAJKOVIĆ , M.M., ĆURČIĆ , S.B. & MIHAJLOVA B., 2004. On some ground beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae) from the Republic of Macedonia. Archives of Biological Sciences, Belgrade, 56(1-2): 25P-26P. In memoriam Professor Dr. Miloje Brajković 275 BRAJKOVIĆ , M., ĆURČIĆ , S.B. & NIKOLIĆ , Z., 2006. Neurocrassus serbicus sp. n. (Braconidae, Doryctinae), a new braconid wasp from Serbia. Biologia, Bratislava, 61(2): 133-137. BRAJKOVIĆ , M., KRUNIĆ , M. & TOMANOVIĆ , Ž., 1991. A Contribution to the braconid Fauna (Braconidae: Hymenoptera) of Yugoslavia. In : Hawksworth, D.L. (ed.): Proceedings of the Fourth European Congress of Entomology and the XIII Internationale Symposium für Entomofaunistik Mitteleuropas, Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest, Vol. 2: 424-428. BRAJKOVIĆ , M., KRUNIĆ , M. & TOMANOVIĆ , Ž., 1992. Contribution to the knowledge of Braconids fauna (Braconidae: Hymenoptera) of Yugoslavia (I). Bulletin of Natural History Museum in Belgrade, B 47: 187-191. [in Serbian, with English s.] BRAJKOVIĆ , M., KRUNIĆ , M. & TOMANOVIĆ , Ž., 1994. Research of braconids (Braconidae: Hymenoptera) of Deliblatska peščara. In : Marinković, P. (ed.): Proceedings of Deliblatski pesak, Srbijašume, 6: 197-502. [in Serbian] BRAJKOVIĆ , M., KRUNIĆ , M. & TOMANOVIĆ , Ž., 1994. Zoogeographic characteristics of braconid fauna (Braconidae: Hymenoptera) of Yugoslavia. Bios, 2: 223-224. BRAJKOVIĆ M., KRUNIĆ , M. & TOMANOVIĆ , Ž., 1995-98. Some evolution aspects of labial palps in Braconidae (Hymenoptera). Bulletin Natural History Museum in Belgrade, B(49-50): 220-228. BRAJKOVIĆ , M., KRUNIĆ , M., TOMANOVIĆ , Ž. & STANISAVLJEVIĆ , LJ., 1999/2000. Morphological adaptation of the ovipozitor of Braconid wasps (Braconidae, Hymenoptera) associated to biological characteristics of their host. Acta entomologica serbica, 4(1/2): 107-125. BRAJKOVIĆ , M., KRUNIĆ , M., TOMANOVIĆ , Ž., STANISAVLJEVIĆ , LJ. & MILORADOVIĆ , Z., 1999. The Braconidae (Hymenoptera) of Mt. Durmitor in Yugoslavia. Contributions to the Zoogeography and Ecology of the Eastern Mediterranean Region, Vol. 1: 277-282. BRAJKOVIĆ, M., NIKOLIĆ , Z. & ĆURČIĆ , S., 2004. Contribution to the knowledge of the entomofauna of Mt. Durmitor (Northern Montenegro): braconid wasps of the subfamily Opiinae (Braconidae, Hymenoptera). Natura Montenegrina, 3: 75-81. BRAJKOVIĆ , M., NIKOLIĆ , Z. & ĆURČIĆ , S., 2005. Contribution to knowledge of the entomofauna of Mt. Durmitor (Northern Montenegro): braconid wasps of the subfamily Opiinae (Braconidae, Hymenoptera). Archives of Biological Sciences, Belgrade, 57(2): 151-155. BRAJKOVIĆ , M., NIKOLIĆ , Z., ĆURČIĆ , S. B., ŽIVIĆ , I. & STOJANOVIĆ , D., 2010. Morphological changes of the ovipositor in species of Cheloninae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) in the course of adaptation to egg-larval parasitism. Archives of Biological Sciences, Belgrade, 62(2): 469-477. BRAJKOVIĆ , M., STANISAVLJEVIĆ, LJ., NIKOLIĆ , Z., ĆURČIĆ , S.B., ŽIVIĆ , I. & STOJANOVIĆ , D., 2010. Male genitalia of the species of the subfamily Agathidinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), their importance in taxonomy. Archives of Biological Sciences, Belgrade, 62(2): 455-467. ĆURČIĆ , S.B. & BRAJKOVIĆ , M.M., 2002. Magdelainella bozidarcurcici n. sp. (Coleoptera, Cholevidae), a new endemic beetle from Southwest Serbia. Archives of Biological Sciences, Belgrade, 54(3-4): 97-100. ĆURČIĆ , S.B. & BRAJKOVIĆ , M.M., 2002. Pholeuonopsis cvijici , a new troglobitic bathysciine beetle from West Serbia (Coleoptera, Cholevidae). Archives of Biological Sciences, Belgrade, 54(1-2): 43-48. ĆURČIĆ , S.B. & BRAJKOVIĆ , M.M., 2003. Curcicia , a new genus of endemic ground beetles (Trechini, Carabidae, Coleoptera) based on Duvalius bolei Pretner. Archives of Biological Sciences, Belgrade, 55(3-4): 27P-28P. ĆURČIĆ , S.B., BRAJKOVIĆ , M.M. & ĆURČIĆ , B.P.M., 2003. Javorella suvodolensis , a new species of endogean ground beetles (Trechini, Carabidae, Coleoptera) from Southwest Serbia. Archives of Biological Sciences, Belgrade, 55(3-4): 113-116. ĆURČIĆ , S.B., BRAJKOVIĆ , M.M. & ĆURČIĆ , B.P.M., 2006. On some malformations in the Carabidae (Coleoptera, Insecta) of Serbia. Periodicum biologorum, 108(2): 203-211. ĆURČIĆ , S.B., BRAJKOVIĆ , M.M. & ĆURČIĆ , B.P.M., 2007. The Carabids of Serbia. Institute of Zoology, Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, Committee for Karst and Speleology, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Department of Conservation Biology, Vegetation- and Landscape Ecology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Vienna & UNESCO MAB Committee of Serbia, Belgrade-Vienna, 1083 pp. 276 Ž. TOMANOVIĆ ĆURČIĆ , S.B., BRAJKOVIĆ , M.M., ĆURČIĆ , B.P.M. & ĆURČIĆ , N.B., 2006. A new cave-dwelling and endemic species of the genus Pholeuonopsis (Coleoptera, Leiodidae) from Serbia. Biologia, Bratislava, 61(5): 497-501. ĆURČIĆ , S. B., BRAJKOVIĆ , M. M., ĆURČIĆ , B.P.M.