Rostislav Bekchiev

(Dr)

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Born: 10 March 1976.

Education

Master of Sciense in Ecology and Entomology — Sofia University ‘St. Kliment Ohridski’, Faculty of Biology, Department of Zoology and Anthropology, 2002. PhD student in Invertebrate zoology — Sofia University ‘St. Kliment Ohridski’, 2003—2007.

Invertebrates Department

Research interests

Taxonomy and faunistics of Pselaphinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Biomonitoring and Nature protection.

Current projects

‘Faunistic and ecological investigations of subfamily Pselaphinae (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) on Vitosha mountain’, 2004, Scientific research fund of Sofia University ‘St. Kliment Ohridski’, contract No 29/2004

‘Investigation and assessment of the biological diversity of the Mantaritsa and Kupena Reserves’ (Bulgarian Ministry of Education and Science), 2005-2008, No. VU-B-8/05.

‘First investigation of superficial subterranean environment (MSS) in Bulgaria: Comparative analysis of fauna in karstic and silicate regions based on selected groups of invertebrate animals’ (Bulgarian Ministry of Education and Science), 2008-2009, No B-1523/05.

‘Assessment of forest communities of conservation importance based on invertebrate indicator groups in the Belasitsa Mountain (Bulgaria and Republic of Macedonia)’ (Bulgarian Ministry of Education and Science), 2007-2009. Bulgarian Ministry of Education and Science, No BM06/07.

IUCN-International Union for Conservation of Nature: Red List of Saproxylic Beetles in Europe, 2008-2009 — for Bulgaria.

Investigation of model epigeobiont and geobiont animal groups as a potential for long-term monitoring and conservation of the biodiversity in Strandja Mountain (Bulgaria and Turkey) — Bulgarian Ministry of Education and Science, 2009 — 2011, No DVU01-116.

Publications

Shishiniova, M., R. Bekchiev, 2004. Research on the impact of autotransport pollution on the Carabidae life forms (Coleoptera, Carabidae). Ann. Univ. Sofia, Zool., v. 95, 4.

Bekchiev R., M. Shishiniova. 2007. A Contribution to the Pselaphinae Fauna (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) of the Vitosha Mountain. — Acta zoologica bulgarica, 59 (1): 33—39. [PDF]

Hlavac P., R. Bekchiev, J. Ruzicka, T. Lackner. 2007. Contribution to the knowledge of myrmecophilous beetles (Coleoptera) of Bulgaria. — Acta Soc. Zool. Bohem. 71: 131—136. [PDF]

Besuchet C., R. Bekchiev. 2007. Description d’un nouveau Batrisodes de la Bulgarie (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Pselaphinae). — Historia naturalis bulgarica, 18: 75—80. [PDF]

Bekchiev R., P. Hlavac, 2007. New species of the genus Dicentrius Reitter, 1882 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Pselaphinae) from the western Serbia. Advances in the studies of the biodiversity of the Balkan Peninsula, Papers dedicated to the memory of Guido Nonveiller pp. 241—243. [PDF]

Bekchiev R., 2008. Variability in the structure of the aedeagus of Dicentrius rousi Bes. 1999 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Pselaphinae). — Acta zoologica bulgarica, Suppl. 2: 25—28. [PDF]

Bekchiev R. 2008. The subfamily Pselaphinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) of Southwestern Bulgaria I. — Historia naturalis bulgarica, 19: 51—71. [PDF]

Bekchiev R. 2007. Faunistical research on Pselaphinae fauna (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) in several regions of South-West Bulgaria — PhD thesis (in Bulgarian). [PDF]

Gueorguiev, B., Bekchiev, R. 2009. A contribution to the coleopteran fauna of Bulgaria (Insecta: Coleoptera). — Acta zoologica bulgarica, 61 (1): 39—44. [PDF]

Bekchiev R. 2010. New data for Omoglymmius germari (Ganglbauer, 1892) (Rhysodidae: Coleoptera) in Bulgaria. — ZooNotes, 11: 1—3. [PDF]

Bekchiev R. 2010. Note on Pselaphinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) Fauna of Turkey (European part). — Acta entomologica slovenica, 18 (1): 47—52.

Guéorguiev, B, Bekchiev, R., Chehlarov, E., Hristovski, S., Prelik, D., Cvetkovska-Gorgievska, A. 2010. New Coleoptera (Insecta) Species from FYRepublic of Macedonia. — Acta zool. bulg., 62 (3): 363—365. [PDF]

Bekchiev, R., Zlatkov, B. 2010. On the distribution of Propomacrus bimucronatus (Pallas, 1781) (Col.: Euchiridae) in Bulgaria. — Entomologist’s Rec. J. Var., 122 (6): 274—276. [PDF]

Bekchiev, R. 2010. Description of the second species of the genus Taiwanophodes Hlavác, 2002 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae) from Vietnam. — Russian Entomol. J., 19 (3): 183—185.

— Submitted

Bekchiev R. A study of the Pselaphinae (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) in the Rhodopes Mountain (Bulgaria); in Biodiversity of Western Rhodopes (Bulgaria and Greece) II. Pensoft & Nat. Mus. Natur. Hist., Sofia.