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Invertebrates Department
Main activities
Research is carried out in the fields of taxonomy, faunistics, zoogeography, phylogeny, morphology and ecology of mites, pseudoscorpions, centipedes, millipedes and insects (Lepidoptera, Coleoptera, Neuroptera, Heteroptera and Orthoptera). The department is the main centre for the investigation of the cave fauna of Bulgaria and the world.Current projects
Catalogue of the Cave Fauna of Bulgaria
Studies of the Pseudoscorpions of the Rhodopes
Taxonomic Research on the Millipedes of the Order Callipodida of the World
Faunistics, Taxonomy and Zoogeography of the Beetles of the Family Carabidae of the Balkan Peninsula
Faunistic Investigations of the Butterflies and Moths (Macrolepidoptera) of the Balkan Peninsula
Zoogeographical Analysis of the Faunas of Neuroptera of the Balkan and the Apennine Peninsulas
Scientific Staff
Stoyan Beshkov — Assoc. Prof. Dr, head of department
Alexi Popov — Assoc. Prof. Dr
Pavel Stoev — Assoc. Prof. Dr
Borislav Guéorguiev — Assoc. Prof. Dr
Rostislav Bekchiev — Dr
Boyan Petrov — MSc, zoologist
Nikolay Simov — MSc, entomologist
Veselina Dragieva — technical assistant
Fani Bozarova — technical assistant