Stoyan Beshkov

(Associate Professor Dr)

phone: (+359 89) 6869601; 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

Most recent publications

Nahirnić, A., Beshkov, S., 2017. Penestoglossa dardoinella (Millière, 1863) (Lepidoptera: Psychidae) recorded for the first time in Albania. — ZooNotes, 101: 1—3. [PDF]

Hristova, H., Beshkov, S., 2017. Checklist of the Superfamilies Hesperioidea and Papilionoidea (Insecta: Lepidoptera) of Bulgaria, with Application of the IUCN Red List Criteria at National Level. — Acta zoologica bulgarica, 69 (1): 105—114. [PDF]

Beshkov, S., 2017. Contribution to knowledge of the Lepidoptera fauna of the Balkan Peninsula. — Entomologist’s Rec. J. Var., 129: 9—33. [PDF]

Бекчиев, Р., Бешков, С., Арангелов, С., Киров, Д., 2017. Определител на животинските видове за оценка на гори с висока консервационна стойност. — WWF, София, 191 с. [PDF]

Numa, C., van Swaay, C., Wynhoff, I., Wiemers, M., Barrios, V., Allen, D., Sayer, C., López Munguira, M., Balletto, E., Benyamini, D., Beshkov, S., Bonelli, S., Caruana, R., Dapporto, L., Franeta, F., Garcia-Pereira, P., Karaçetin, E., Katbeh-Bader, A., Maes, D., Micevski, N., Miller, R., Monteiro, E., Moulai, R., Nieto, A., Pamperis, L., Pe’er, G., Power, A., Šašić, M., Thompson, K., Tzirkalli, E., Verovnik, R., Warren, M., Welch, H., 2016. The status and distribution of Mediterranean butterflies. — IUCN, Malaga, Spain, x + 32 pp. [PDF]

Nahirnić, A., Beshkov, S., 2016. New records of Penestoglossa dardoinella (Millière, 1863) and Eochorica balcanica (Rebel, 1919) (Lepidoptera: Psychidae) on the Balkan Peninsula. — Nat. Croat., 25 (2): 305—313. DOI: 10.20302/NC.2016.25.26 [PDF]

Nahirnić, A., Beshkov, S., 2016. First report of Desertobia ankeraria (Staudinger, 1861) (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) in Serbia. — Acta entomologica serbica, 21: 143—146. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.198533 [PDF]

Kostova, R., Lazarov, S., Bekchiev, R., Goranov, S., Simov N., Beshkov, S., 2016. Soil and cave invertebrates from the village Gintsi area. — In: Speleological Studies of Caves in Godech Municipality (Part 1), Association of Speleoclubs in Sofia, Sofia, 39—50. [PDF]

Kaynarov, D., Beshkov, S., 2016. New data on rare and protected butterflies and moths from Bessaparski Ridove Hills, Bulgaria (Insecta: Lepidoptera). — Постер, Младежка научна конференция Климентови дни, 17—18 октомври 2016. [PDF]

Hristova, H., Beshkov, S., 2016. Checklist of the Superfamilies Cossoidea, Thyridoidea, Drepanoidea, Lasiocampoidea, Bombycoidea and Noctuoidea: Notodontidae (Insecta: Lepidoptera) of Bulgaria, with Application of the IUCN Red List Criteria at National Level. — Acta zoologica bulgarica, 68 (4): 569—576. [PDF]

— More complete list of publications — section e-Natura | Staff publications