Stoyan Beshkov

(Associate Professor Dr)

phone: (+359 2) 987 36 80; (+359 2) 988 51 15 (ext. 678); e-mail:

Born: 31 August 1962, Sofia.
Education: Department of Ecology and Nature Protection at the Sofia University ‘St. Kliment Ohridski’ (1987); biologist (1987—2001), PhD (2001), Associate Professor (since 2003).
Speciality: ecology, entomology.

Invertebrates Department

Research interests

Faunistics, taxonomy and systematics of Balkan’s Noctuidae

Zoogeography of West Palaearctic Noctuidae

Troglophilous Lepidoptera

Macrolepidoptera of the Balkan Peninsula

Protection of the natural habitats of butterflies and moths

NATURA 2000 Network

Leafmining moths of the Balkan Peninsula as co-worker with Prof. Jaroslaw Buszko (Torun, Poland)

Field research

Macrolepidoptera of Bulgaria — since 1984

Eastern Rhodopi, SE Bulgaria — 1989—2001

Several (more than 18) years field research in Kresna Gorge, SW Bulgaria

‘Steneto’ National Park, Central Stara Planina Mts, BG — 1986—1993

Besaparskite Ridove Hills; Black Sea Coast; W Stara Planina Mts, etc. — since 1984

Lepidoptera of Turkey — 8 collecting trips since 1991

Lepidoptera of Macedonia and Greece — several trips since 1992

Macrolepidoptera of Albania — 6 trips since 1992

Macrolepidoptera of West Palaearctic — since 1991

Macrolepidoptera of Parco Nazionale d’Abruzzo — 2001

Macrolepidoptera of Montenegro — several trips in 2001, 2002, 2004

Macrolepidoptera of Tunisia — trip in 2006

Projects

Prime Butterfly Areas in Bulgaria, BBI Matra Project, Coordinator for Bulgaria 2005—2007

Favourable Conservation Status for NATURA 2000 species, BBI Matra Project (Coordinator for Invertebrates, 2006—2007)

Expert on Biodiversity (Lepidoptera) and involved in the Action Plans for several parks and many protected areas in Bulgaria

Membership

SEL — Societas Europaea Lepidopterologica

Forum Herbulot

Butterfly Conservation Europe

Member and constitutor of several NGO-s for nature protection; Member of editorial board of two foreign journals

Selected publications

Beshkov, S., 2006. Nola ronkayorum sp. n., a new species from Bulgaria and Turkey (Lepidoptera: Nolidae). — Phegea 34 (1): 17—32. [PDF]

Beshkov, S., 2009. First locality of Euchalcia chlorocharis (Dufay, 1961) in Albania and first reports for Hadena tephroleuca (Boisduval, 1833), Proxenus hospes (Freyer, 1831), Amphipoea oculea (L., 1761) and Agrotis syricola Corti & Draudt, 1933 in the Republic of Macedonia (Lep.: Noctuidae). — Entomologist’s Rec. J. Var. 121 (4): 159—163. [PDF]

Beshkov, S., 2009. Short contribution on the macrolepidoptera fauna of the Republic of Montenegro (Crna Gora, Balkan Peninsula) (Lep.: Geometridae, Noctuidae) with a report of two new genera and four new species for the country. — Entomologist’s Rec. J. Var. 121 (6): 298—301. [PDF]

Beshkov, S., 2009. Two new Macrolepidoptera genera and fifteen new Macrolepidoptera species for the Republic of Montenegro (Crna Gora, Balkan Peninsula), collected in Durmitor National Park, Tara Canyon (Lep.: Geometridae, Noctuidae). — Entomologist’s Rec. J. Var. 121 (5): 243—248. [PDF]

Beshkov, S., 2010. Contribution on the Bulgarian Macrolepidoptera fauna (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Noctuidae). — Entomologist’s Rec. J. Var. 122 (4): 175—181. [PDF]

Beshkov, S. & Langourov, M., 2004. Butterflies and Moths (Insecta: Lepidoptera) of the Bulgarian part of Eastern Rhodopes, pp. 525—676. — In: Beron P., Popov A. (eds). Biodiversity of Bulgaria. 2. Biodiversity of Eastern Rhodopes (Bulgaria and Greece). Pensoft & Nat. Mus. Natur. Hist., Sofia. [PDF]

Beshkov, S. & Plant, C. W., 2009. Hypena lividalis (Hb.) (Lep.: Noctuidae) confirmed for the Bulgarian fauna. — Entomologist’s Rec. J. Var. 121: 119—122. [PDF]

Beshkov, S. & Radev, R., 2010. Xestia trifida (Fischer von Waldheim, 1820) (Lep.: Noctuidae): first report for Bulgaria, with some additional faunistic records. — Entomologist’s Rec. J. Var. 122 (5): 224—228. [PDF]

Beshkov, S. & Slivov, A., 2006. On the presence of Valerietta niphopasta and Valerietta hreblayi nom. nov. in Europe and of Chersotis andereggii on the Balkan Peninsula (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). — Phegea 34 (3): 85—97. [PDF]

Beshkov, S. & Wegner, H., 2004. Macrolepidoptera of the Greek part of the Eastern Rhodopes, pp. 677—722. — In: Beron P., Popov A. (eds). Biodiversity of Bulgaria. 2. Biodiversity of Eastern Rhodopes (Bulgaria and Greece). Nat. Mus. Natur. Hist., Sofia. [PDF]

Beshkov, S. & Zlatkov, B., 2009. Odontognophos dumetata (Lepidoptera: Geometridae), a new genus and a new species for the Bulgarian fauna. — Phegea 37 (3): 107—110. [PDF]

Abadjiev, S. & Beshkov, S., 2000. On the identity of taxa of the genus Boloria (Smoljana) rhodopensis (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae, Heliconiinae). — Phegea 28 (1): 19—24. [PDF]

Abadjiev, S. & Beshkov, S., 2003. More about Euphydryas maturna in Bulgaria (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae, Nymphalinae). — Phegea 31 (1): 33—37. [PDF]

Buzsko, J. & Beshkov, S., 2004. A preliminary survey of leafmining moths (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Microlepidoptera) of the Bulgarian part of Eastern Rhodopes, pp. 723—733. — In: Beron P., Popov A. (eds). Biodiversity of Bulgaria. 2. Biodiversity of Eastern Rhodopes (Bulgaria and Greece). Pensoft & Nat. Mus. Natur. Hist., Sofia. [PDF]

Gashtarov, V. & Beshkov, S., 2010. Lindenia tetraphylla (Vander Linden, 1825) (Odonata, Gomphidae) a new genus and species for the Bulgarian fauna. — Entomologist’s Rec. J. Var. 122 (6): 272—274. [PDF]

Plant, C. W. & Beshkov, S., 2009. Emmelina argoteles (Meyrick) (Lep.: Pterophoridae) recorded in Greece — new country, new habitat and new season. — Entomologist’s Rec. J. Var. 121 (1): 44—45. [PDF]

Zlatkov, B. & Beshkov, S., 2008. New and Rare Macrolepidoptera (Insecta: Lepidoptera) from Bulgaria. — Acta zool. bulg., Suppl. 2: 325—330. [PDF]

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