Stoyan Lazarov

(Associate Professor Dr)

phone: (+359 2) 988 51 15 (ext. 723); e-mail:

Born: 24 August 1968, Panagyurishte.
Education: MSc (1994): Faculty of Biology, Sofia University [Spiders of Sashtinska Sredna Gora]; Dr (1999): Institute of Zoology at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences [thesis: Faunistic, zoogeographical and ecological research on spiders in Sashtinska Sredna Gora].

Participation in 27 scientific research expeditions studying the fauna of spiders in Bulgaria, Macedonia, Croatia, Montenegro, Greece, Turkey, Georgia.

Participant in over 40 movies with animals (‘Mystery of the seas’, ‘Killer Rats’, ‘Back Way’, ‘Conan’, ‘Mosquito’, ‘Mega Smake’, ‘Limo’, ‘Shepherd’), ‘Perlovska River — the river of life’, ‘Mission London’, ‘Love net’, ‘Good bay mama’ and in many videos and commercials.

Invertebrates Department

Research interests

Zoology, arachnology, araneofauna, zoogeography, biospeleology, biodiversity, conservation problems of Invertebrates, management plans for national parks.

Current projects

Faunistic and ecological studies on two different anthropogenically influenced areas (2000—2003)

Study on the biodiversity of model groups of animals in communities of Quercus coccifera L., the anthropogenic impact assessment and proposing protection measures (2001—2003)

Cataloguing, evaluation and monitoring of spiders (Araneae) of Macedonia (2002—2009)

Origin and formation of spiders of the families Leptonetidae and Nesticidae in Mediterranean Area — University of Barcelona (2006—2007)

First study of underground surface environment in Bulgaria: A comparative analysis of fauna in the limestone and silicate areas based on selected groups of invertebrates (2006—2009)

About spiders and humans — European Youth in Action Programme (2008—2009)

Membership

ESA (European Society of Arachnology), ISA (International Society of Arachnology)

Selected publications

Lazarov, S. 1998. A contribution to the study of the spiders (Araneae) in Sushtinska Sredna Gora Mountain, Bulgaria. — Hist. nat. bulg., 9: 27—34.

Dimitrov, D., Lazarov, S. 1999. Two new species of Harpactea from Bulgaria (Araneae: Dysderidae). — Ber. nat.-med. Verein. Innsbruck, 86: 127—129.

Petrov, B., Lazarov, S. 2000. Steatoda triangulosa (Walckenaer, 1802) Feeding on a European Blind Snake. — Newsl. Br. arachnol. Soc., 88: 9—10.

Blagoev, G., Lazarov, S., Deltshev, C. 2001 [Spiders (Araneae) in Kresna Gorge]. — P. Beron (Ed.): Biodiversity of Kresna Gorge (SW Bulgaria), 85—102.

Lazarov, S., Deltshev, C., Blagoev, G. 2001. The Spiders (Araneae) of Sashtinska Sredna Gora Mountain (Bulgaria). Faunistic and Zoogeographical Analysis. — Acta zool. bulg., 53 (1): 3—28 [PDF].

Tzonev, G., Lazarov, S. 2001. A Contribution to the Study of Spiders (Araneae) in Osogovo Mountain, South-West Bulgaria. — Acta zool. bulg., 53 (2): 67—78 [PDF].

Blagoev, G., Deltshev, C. & Lazarov, S. 2002. The Spiders (Araneae) of Bulgaria. — Institute of Zoology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, http://cl.bas.bg/bulgarianspiders/.

Dimitrov, D. & Lazarov, S. 2002. A Contribution to the Study of the Spiders (Araneae) in Chepun Mountain and Dragoman Swampland (NW Bulgaria). — Acta zool. bulg., 54 (2): 47—53 [PDF].

Lazarov, S. 2002. A review of the family Dysderidae (Araneae) in Bulgaria faunistic and zoogeographical analysis. — European Arachnology 2002. Proceedings of the 20th European Colloquium of Arachnology, Szombathely 22—26 July 2002): 259—265 [PDF].

Deltshev, C., Lazarov, S. & Petrov, B. 2003. A Contribution to the Study of Spiders (Araneae) from the Caves of Bulgaria. — Acta zool. bulg., 55 (2): 9—28 [PDF].

Antov, A., Deltshev, C., Lazarov, S. & Blagoev, G. 2004. A Faunistic and Zoogeographical Analysis. — In: Penev, L. et al (Eds), Ecology of the City of Sofia: 355—363.

Deltshev, C., Lazarov, S., & Blagoev, G. 2004. Spiders (Araneae) from Eastern Rhodopy Mountains (Bulgaria, Greece). — In: Beron P., Popov A. (Eds). Biodiversity of Bulgaria. 2. Biodiversity of Eastern Rhodopes. (Bulgaria and Greece). Pensoft & Nat. Mus. Natur. Hist., Sofia, 181—198 [PDF].

Lazarov, S. 2004. A Contribution to the Study of Spiders (Araneae) in Macedonia. — Acta zool. bulg., 56 (2): 155—166 [PDF].

Lazarov, S. 2005. A new species from Bulgaria, Brachythele langourovi sp. n. (Araneae, Nemesiidae). — Revue suisse de Zoologie, 112 (1): 189—193 [PDF].

Lazarov, S. 2005. Spiders (Araneae) from Maquises in SW Bulgaria — Part I. — Acta zool. bulg., 57 (2): 145—152 [PDF].

Lazarov, S. 2006. A new spider species from Bulgaria, Harpactea alexandrae sp. n. (Araneae, Dysderidae). — Acta zool. bulg., 58 (1): 13—16 [PDF].

Lazarov, S. 2006. A new spider species from Bulgaria, Harpactea samuili sp. n. (Araneae, Dysderidae). — In: European Arachnology 2005 (Deltshev, C. & Stoev, P., eds), Acta zool. bulg., Suppl. 1: 81—85 [PDF]

Deltshev, C., Lazarov, S. & Stojkoska E. 2007. A Contribution to the Study of Spiders from the Caves of Republic Macedonia (Araneae). — Acta zool. bulg., 59 (3): 337—340 [PDF].

Lazarov, S. 2007. Fauna and zoogeograpy of Haplogynae spiders (Araneae) in Bulgaria. — In: Fet, V., Popov A. (Eds). Biogeography and Ecology of Bulgaria, Springer: 481—490.

Lazarov, S. 2007. New Data on the distribution of Harpactea srednogora Dimitrov & Lazarov 1999 in Bulgaria with description of female (Araneae: Dysderidae). — Hist. nat. bulg., 18: 29—33 [PDF].

Lazarov, S. 2007. Spiders (Araneae) from Maleshevska Mountain (SW Bulgaria) — Part I. — Acta zool. bulg., 59 (2): 133—144 [PDF].

Lazarov, S. & Deltshev, C. 2008. New data for Harpactea sanctaeinsulae Brignoli, 1978 and description of the unknown female (Araneae, Dysderidae). — Turkish Journal of Arachnology, 1 (1): 67—69 [PDF].

Lazarov, S. 2008. A Record of Dysdera tartarica Kroneberg, 1875 with Description of its Unknown Female (Araneae, Dysderidae). — Turkish Journal of Arachnology, 1 (2): 104—106 [PDF].

Lazarov, S. 2008. A New Spider Species from Bulgaria, Harpactea kubrati sp. n. (Araneae, Dysderidae). — Acta zool. bulg., 60 (2): 219—221 [PDF].

Lazarov, S. 2008. A new spider species, Harpactea asparuhi sp. n., from Bulgaria (Araneae: Dysderidae). — Revista Iberica de Arachnologia (Proceedinngs 23rd ECA), Vol. 15: 25—27 [PDF].

Naumova, M., Deltshev, C., Blagoev, G. & Lazarov, S. 2008. Spiders (Araneae) from Lyulin Mountain (W Bulgaria). — Acta zool. bulg., 60 (3): 267—276 [PDF].

Stefanovska, D., Naumova, M., Deltshev, C. & Lazarov, S. 2008. Spiders from the Skopje Region. A Faunistic and Zoogeographical Analysis. — Hist. nat. bulg., 19: 35—49 [PDF].

Lazarov, S. 2009. A New Spiders Species From Bulgaria Harpactea terveli sp. n. (Araneae, Dysderidae). — International Journal of Academic Research, 1 (2): 96—98 [PDF].

Lazarov, S. 2009. Harpactea konradi, a new spider species from Bulgaria, (Araneae, Dysderidae). — Zootaxa, 2140: 33—37 [PDF].

Lazarov, S. 2009. Spiders (Araneae) from Maquises in SW Bulgaria — Part II. — Acta zool. bulg., 61 (1): 33—37 [PDF].

Stoev, P., Popov, A., Blagoev, G. & Lazarov, S. 2009. Fifty years of devotion to spiders: a concise biography of Christo Deltshev, with a complete list of his publications and described taxa. — ZooKeys, 16: 1—26 [PDF].

Lazarov, S. 2010. A new spider species from Bulgaria, Harpactea krumi sp. n. (Araneae, Dysderidae). — Acta zool. bulg., 62 (1): 27—31 [PDF].

Lazarov, S. 2010. Description of the female of Dysderocrates silvestris Deelman-Reinold, 1988 with new data on its distribution in the Balkan Peninsula (Araneae: Dysderidae). — Revista Iberica de Arachnologia, Vol. 18: 111—113 [PDF].

Lazarov, S. & Naumova, M. 2010. Two new species of Harpactea from Bulgaria (Araneae: Dysderidae). — Revue suisse de Zoologie, 117 (1): 101—110 [PDF].

Deltshev, C., Lazarov, S., Naumova, M. & Stoev, P. 2011. A survey of spiders (Araneae) inhabiting the euedaphic soil stratum and the superficial underground compartment in Bulgaria. — Arachnologische Mitteilungen, 40: 33—46 [PDF].