Milen Marinov

(Associate, Dr)

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Born on 25 July 1968 in Silistra, Bulgaria.

Education

Master — Environmental Management, Lincoln University, New Zealand (2009)

PhD — Institute of Zoology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia (2003)

Master — Teacher of Biology and Chemistry, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, Sofia (1993)

Secondary — District Mathematical High School “St. Kliment Ohridski”, Silistra (1986)

Research interests

Taxonomy of the insects of the order Odonata from the Pacific Islands.

Current projects and professional engagements

Editorial board of the Guide to the Odonata of the World.

Identification guide of the dragonflies of Fiji.

Identification guide of the dragonflies of New Caledonia.

Member of the editorial boards of six scientific journals: Zootaxa (chief editor of the Odonata section), Bionomina, Notulae Odonatologicae, International Dragonfly Fund — Report, Odonatological Abstract Services and Biodiversity Data Journal.

Most recent publications

Marinov, M., Donnelly, T., Beatty, C., 2025. Nikoulabasis dalingarum, sp. nov. from Fiji (Odonata: Coenagrionidae). — Zootaxa, 5601 (2): 395—400.

Theischinger, G., Kalnins, M., Marinov, M., 2024. Two new species of Anax Leach, 1815 from the Solomon Islands and Tonga (Odonata: Aeshnidae). — Zootaxa, 5519 (2): 215—242.

Stenger, P.-L., Theuerkauf, J., Mille, C., Jourdan, H., Marinov, M., 2024. Description of the female and variation in males of the critically endangered Caledargiolestes janiceae Lieftinck, 1975 from South New Caledonia (Odonata: Zygoptera: Argiolestidae). — Zootaxa, 5468 (2): 379—392.

Marinov, M., 2024. Sbornik na vodni koncheta of Bulgaria [Compendium of dragonflies of Bulgaria]. — National Museum of Natural History, Sofia, 193 pp.

Donnelly, T., Marinov, M., 2024. The Fijian genus Nesobasis Selys, 1891 Part 2: Revision in comparison to Nikoulabasis Ferguson et al., 2023 with particular emphasis on Vanua Levu, Taveuni, Koro and erection of 10 new species and one subspecies (Odonata: Coenagrionidae). — Megataxa, 14(1): 1—226.

Rashni, B., Donnelly, T., Sakiti-Waqa, H., Osborne-Naikatini, T., Raituva, J., Maiwaqa, M., Valevesi Maiwaqa, P., Marinov, M., 2023. On the Fijian endemic Nesobasis brachycerca Tillyard, 1924 (Odonata: Coenagrionidae) with first description of the female and updated description of the male. — Zootaxa, 5311 (2): 251-266.

Pinto, A., Bota-Sierra, C., Marinov, M., 2023. Species identification and description. — In: Cordoba-Aguilar, A., Beatty, C., Bried, J. (eds) Dragonflies and Damselflies. Second Edition: 263—278.

Marinov, M., Rashni, B., 2023. Contribution to the Odonata of Kadavu, Fiji with erection of three new species (Insecta: Odonata). — Faunistic Studies in South-east Asian and Pacific Island Odonata, 41: 1—34.

Ferguson, D., Marinov, M., Saxtona, N., Rashni, B., Bybee, S., 2023. Phylogeny and classification of Nesobasis Selys, 1891 and Vanuatubasis Ober & Staniczek, 2009 (Odonata: Coenagrionidae). — Insect Systematics & Evolution, (published online ahead of print 2023). doi:10.1163/1876312X-bja10049

Beatty, C., Rashni, B., Cordero-Rivera, A., Marinov, M., 2023. Nikoulabasis roseosticta, sp. nov. from Fiji (Odonata: Coenagrionidae). — Zootaxa, 5383 (2): 135—152.

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