Alexi Popov

(Associate Professor Dr)

phone: (+359 2) 988 28 94; e-mail:

Born: 7 May 1942, Sofia.
Education: Sofia University (1967).
Speciality: zoology.

Research interests

Zoology; entomology; faunistics, taxonomy, bionomy and autecology of the insect orders Neuroptera, Megaloptera and Raphidioptera in Palearctic; faunistics of the insect orders Orthoptera, Blattodea, Mantodea, Dermaptera, Odonata, Embioptera, Isoptera and Mecoptera in Bulgaria; zoogeography of the Western Palearctic; protection of entomofaunistical diversity, habitats and sites with rare insects; biospeleology; museum exhibitions, acquisition of scientific zoological collections.

Current projects

Hemerobiidae, Chrysopidae and Myrmeleontidae (Neuroptera) of Northern Europe

Catalogue of Megaloptera, Raphidioptera and Neuroptera of Denmark

The crickets (Orthoptera: Grylloidea) of Bulgaria

Chorology and origin of the orthopterid insects in Bulgaria

The orthopterid insects of the Western Rhodopes (Bulgaria and Greece)

The neuropterid insects of the Western Rhodopes (Bulgaria and Greece)

Comparison of the neuropterous faunas of the Balkan and Apennine peninsulas

Selected publications

Popov, A. 1992. Zoogeographical analysis of Neuropteroidea of the Balkan Peninsula. In: Canard, M., Aspöck, H., Mansell, M. (Eds). Current Research in Neuropterology. SACCO, Toulouse, 319—330.

Sziraki, Gy., Popov, A. 1996. Neuropteroidea of the Bükk National Park. In: Matskasi, I. (Ed.). Natural history of the national parks of Hungary. 8. Hung. Natur. Hist. Mus., Budapest, 389—396.

Popov, A. 1996. What is Boriomyia grisea? With notes on two related European species of Wemaelius. In: Canard, M., Aspöck, H., Mansell M. (Eds). Pure and Applied Research in Neuropterology. SACCO, Toulouse, 207—216.

Popov, A. 1997. Orthoptera, Neuroptera. In: Sakalian, V. (Ed.). Endemic and relict insects in the Pirin National Park. Pensoft, Sofia — Moscow, 12—24, 43—44.

Popov, A., Deltshev, Ch., Hubenov, Z., Beschovski, V., Dobrev, D., Gueorguiev, B. 2000. Invertebrate fauna. In: Popov, A., Meshinev, T. (Eds). High mountain treeless zone of the Central Balkan National Park. Biological diversity and problems of its conservation. Pensoft, Sofia, 339—416.

Popov, A. 2002. Zoogeographical analysis of Neuroptera in Bulgaria. — Acta Zool. Acad. Sci. Hungaricae, 48, Suppl. 2: 271—280.

Popov, A. 2002. Neuropterida of Northern Europe. — Acta Zool. Acad. Sci. Hungaricae, 48, Suppl. 2: 281—291.

Popov, A. 2002. Autecology and biology of Nemoptera sinuata Olivier (Neuroptera: Nemopteridae). — Acta Zool. Acad. Sci. Hungaricae, 48, Suppl. 2: 293—299.

Popov, A. 2004. The Ascalaphidae (Neuroptera) of the Balkan Peninsula. — Denisia, 13: 229—237.

Popov, A., Chobanov, D. 2004. Dermaptera, Mantodea, Blattodea, Isoptera and Orthoptera of the Eastern Rhodopes (Bulgaria and Greece). In: Beron, P., Popov, A. (Eds). Biodiversity of Bulgaria. 2. Biodiversity of Eastern Rhodopes (Bulgaria and Greece). Pensoft & Nat. Mus. Natur. Hist., Sofia, 241—309.