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Dr Christo Deltshev
Dr Christo Deltshev

Christo Deltshev

(Associate Professor Dr)
phone: (+359 2) 9885116 (ext. 667); e-mail:

Born: 15 January 1939, Sofia.
Education: Sofia University (1965). Speciality: zoologist.



Research interests


Taxonomy and faunology of Araneae; biospeleology; cybertaxonomy; conservation priorities of the invertebrates.

Current projects


Cybertaxonomic approach to phylogenetic studies of model invertebrate genera (Invertebrata, Arachnida, Insecta) clarifyng the problems of origin, formation and conservation of the invertebrate fauna of the Balkan Peninsula (National Science Fund, Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Bulgaria, grant KP-06-H21/1-17.12.2018)
Genus Centromerus in the caves of Balkan Peninsula
Genus Troglohyphantes the caves of Balkan Peninsula
A critical check list of Bulgarian spiders (Araneae)
A critical check list of Albanian spiders (Araneae)

Membership


ISA — International Society of Arachnology (honorary member)
ESA — Europeanl Society of Arachnology (honorary member)
ARAGES — Arachnologische Geselschaft

Most recent publications


Deltshev, C., Naumova, M., Matevski, D., Indzhov, S., 2022. New taxonomic and faunistic data on the genus Zodarion Walckenaer, 1826 (Araneae: Zodariidae) in the Balkans, with the descriptions of two new species. — Zootaxa, 5174 (3): 247—261.

Naumova, M., Deltshev, C., 2021. New Faunistic and Taxonomic notes on the Haplogyne and Cribelatae spiders (Araneae: Dictinidae, Dysderidae, Eresidae, Filistatidae, Sicaridae) from three Balkan Countries. — Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, 67 (1): 63—76.

Naumova, M., Blagoev, G., Deltshev, C., 2021. Fifty spider species new to the Bulgarian fauna, with a review of some dubious species (Arachnida: Araneae). — Zootaxa, 4984 (1): 228—257.

Kurka, A., Naumova, M, Indzhov, S., Deltshev, C., 2020. New taxonomic and faunistic data of spiders of Albania (Araneae). — Arachnologische Mitteilungen, 59: 8—21.

Stoev, P., Deltshev, Ch., Marusik, Y., Fet, V., Kovařík, F., Guéorguiev, B., Dedov, I., Ljubomirov, T., Chobanov, D., Menliev, Sh., 2019. Fauna: Invertebrates inhabiting the soil surface. — In: Welch, J., Stoev, P. (eds). Report on scientific research supported by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds of Great Britain in the Koytendag Nature Reserve (East Turkmenistan). Advanced Books. Pensoft Publishers, Sofia, 33—38 pp. doi:10.3897/ab.e47154

Stoev, P., Deltshev, C., Marusik, Y., Fet, V., Kovařík, F., Guéorguiev, B., Dedov, I., Ljubomirov, T., Chobanov, D., Menliev, S., 2019. Surface-dwelling invertebrates, pp. 31—36. — In: Welch, G., Stoev, P. (Eds) A report of RSPB-supported scientific research at Koytendag State Nature Reserve, East Turkmenistan. — Advanced Books. Pensoft, Sofia, 88 pp. doi:10.3897/ab.e37858

Sket, B., Stoev, P., Deltshev, C., Marusik, Y., Deharveng, L., 2019. Cave fauna, pp. 37—41. — In: Welch, G., Stoev, P. (Eds) A report of RSPB-supported scientific research at Koytendag State Nature Reserve, East Turkmenistan. — Advanced Books. Pensoft, Sofia, 88 pp. doi:10.3897/ab.e37858

Naumova, M., Lazarov, S., Deltshev, C., 2019. Faunistic diversity of the spiders in Montenegro. — Ecologica Montenegrina, 22: 50—89.

Naumova, M., Indzhov, S., Dimitrov, D., Deltshev, C., 2019. Redescription of Dasumia kusceri (Kratochvíl, 1935) with description of the unknown female, and notes on the genus Dasumia Thorell, 1875 (Araneae: Dysderidae) in Bulgaria. — Acta zoologica bulgarica, 71 (4): 467—472.

Mammola, S., Cardoso, P., Angyal, D., Balázs, G., Blick, T., Brustel, H., Carter, J., Ćurčić, S., Danflous, S., Dányi, L., Déjean, S., Deltshev, C., Elverici, M., Fernández, J., Gasparo, F., Komnenov, M., Komposch, C., Kováč, L., Boğaç Kunt, K., Mock, A., Moldovan, O., Naumova, M., Pavlek, M., Prieto, C. E., Ribera, C., Rozwałka, R., Růžička, V., Vargovitsh, R. S., Zaenker, S., Isaia, M., 2019. Local- versus broad-scale environmental drivers of continental ß-diversity patterns in subterranean communities across Europe. — Proceedings Royal Society B 286.


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