Николай Симов [публикации]
Simov, N., Borissov, S., Antonova, V., 2025. A silent predator ad portas — Dolichoplana striata Moseley, 1877 (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida: Geoplanidae) recorded for the first time in Bulgaria. — Historia naturalis bulgarica, 47: 125—130. [PDF] https://doi.org/10.48027/hnb.47.054
Gjonov, I., Simov, N., 2025. First record of Pochazia shantungensis (Chou & Lu, 1977) (Hemiptera: Ricaniidae) in Bulgaria: alien and potentially invasive species on Via Pontica. — Historia naturalis bulgarica, 47: 49—53. [PDF] https://doi.org/10.48027/hnb.47.032
Angelova, R., Gjonov, I., Bozukov, V., Simov, N., 2025. First record of a fossil spittlebug (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Aphrophoridae) in Miocene deposits in Bulgaria. — Historia naturalis bulgarica, 47: 33—38. [PDF] https://doi.org/10.48027/hnb.47.022
Abadjiev, S., Langourov, M., Simov, N., 2025. A long-awaited guest in the Bulgarian fauna, Danaus chrysippus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Lepidoptera), is already here. — Historia naturalis bulgarica, 47 (9): 315—318. [PDF] https://doi.org/10.48027/hnb.47.093
Tolchkov, V., Hodzhev, Y., Tsafarova, B., Nenova, R., Mikov, O., Simov, N., Slavov, G., Nedyalkov, N., Langurov, M., Bekchiev, R., Stoev, P., Nikolova M., Panaiotov, S., 2024. Human pathogens among bats. — Problems of Infectious Parasitic Diseases, 52 (2): 32—38. https://doi.org/10.58395/51hccc30
Nikolov, V., Simov, N., Vasile, Ş., Csiki-Sava, Z., Dochev, D., Yaneva, M., Bogdanova, R., Hristova, L., 2024. Problematic fossils from the Upper Cretaceous of western Bulgaria might be the first record of Mesozoic insects in the country. — Review of the Bulgarian Geological Society, 85 (3): 73—76. https://doi.org/10.52215/rev.bgs.2024.85.3.73
Gradinarov, D., Petrova, Ya., Simov, N., 2024. Two plant bug genera Euryopicoris Reuter, 1875 and Solenoxyphus Reuter, 1875 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae) new for the Bulgarian fauna. — Historia naturalis bulgarica, 46: 203—209. [PDF] https://doi.org/10.48027/hnb.46.074
Georgiev, D., Manh, V. Q., Simov, N., Bekchiev, R., Hieu, N. V., Hoang, L. T., 2024. New records of Psocoptera (Insecta) from Vietnam. — Historia naturalis bulgarica, 46: 211—214. [PDF] https://doi.org/10.48027/hnb.46.081
Toshkova, N., Dimitrova, K., Langourov, M., Zlatkov, B., Bekchiev, R., Ljubomirov, T., Zielke, E., Angelova, R., Parvanova, R., Simeonov, Tz., Simov, N., 2023. Snacking during hibernation? Winter bat diet and prey availabilities, a case study from Iskar Gorge, Bulgaria. — Historia naturalis bulgarica, 45: 125—142. [PDF] https://doi.org/10.48027/hnb.45.053
Toshkova, N., Zlatkov, B., Fakirova, A., Zhelyazkova, V., Simov, N., 2022. First record of Psorergatoides Fain, 1959 (Acari, Cheyletoidea, Psorergatidae) for the Balkan Peninsula with description of the cutaneous lesions on the wing membrane of its hosts Myotis myotis (Borkhausen, 1797) and Myotis blythii (Tomes, 1857)(Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae). — Biodiversity Data Journal, 10: e89514.
Simov, N., Toshkova, N., Langourov, M., 2022. An unexpected guest in the winter: first record of Aradus bimaculatus Reuter, 1872 (Hemiptera: Aradidae) for the Balkan fauna. — Historia naturalis bulgarica, 44 (9): 91—95. [PDF] https://doi.org/10.48027/hnb.44.091
Langourov, M., Simov, N., Abadjiev, S., 2022. The invasion continues: Hierodula tenuidentata (Mantodea), Leptoglossus occidentalis (Hemiptera) and Pelopidas thrax (Lepidoptera) already on the island of Alonnisos. — Historia naturalis bulgarica, 44 (11): 137—144. [PDF] https://doi.org/10.48027/hnb.44.112
Grozeva, S., Stoianova, D., Konstantinov, F., Simov, N., Kuznetsova, V. G., 2022. A synopsis of the numbers of testicular follicles and ovarioles in true bugs (Heteroptera, Hemiptera)—sixty-five years of progress after J. Pendergrast’s review. — ZooKeys, 1136: 71—123. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1136.96431
Simov, N., Langourov, M., Sakalian, V., Bozukov, V., 2021. First fossil jewel beetle (Insecta: Coleoptera: Buprestidae) from Middle Miocene deposits in Bulgaria. — Historia naturalis bulgarica, 42: 31—34. [PDF] https://doi.org/10.48027/hnb.42.052
Simov, N., Langourov, M., Pavlova, A., Hubenov, Z., Bozukov, V., 2021. First record of fossil Diptera (Insecta) in Miocene deposits in Bulgaria. — Comptes rendus de l’Académie bulgare des Sciences 74 (2): 233—240. https://doi.org/10.7546/CRABS.2021.02.10 [PDF]
Langourov, M., Simov, N., Abadjiev, S., 2021. Three species of butterflies new for the North Aegean Island of Lemnos (Greece). — Historia naturalis bulgarica, 42: 79—86. [PDF] https://doi.org/10.48027/hnb.42.101
Koynova, T. V., Valkova, S. I., Simov, N. P., Langourov, M. S., Natchev, N. D., 2021. Data on the Stomach Content Analysis and Fat-body Morphology in the Agile Frog (Rana dalmatina Fitzinger in Bonaparte, 1838) during the Mating Season in Bulgaria. — Ecologia Balkanica, 13 (1): 27—33. [PDF]
Stoianova, D., Simov, N., Vu, M. Q., Nguyen, D. M., Grozeva, S., 2020. New data on karyotype, spermatogenesis and ovarian trophocyte ploidy in three aquatic bug species of the families Naucoridae, Notonectidae, and Belostomatidae (Nepomorpha, Heteroptera). — Comparative Cytogenetics, 14 (1): 139—156. https://doi.org/10.3897/CompCytogen.V14i1.48709
Nikolov, V., Dochev, D., Pavlishina, P., Brusatte, S., Yaneva, M., Konyovska, R., Vergilov, V., Simov, N., Spassov, N., Hristova, L., 2020. Welcome to “Cretaceous Park”: Three years of research at the Late Cretaceous tetrapod fossil site near the town of Tran, Western Srednogorie. — Review of the Bulgarian Geological Society, 81 (3): 141—143.
Käfer, H., Kovac, H., Simov, N., Battisti, A., Erregger, B., Schmidt, A. K. D., Stabentheiner, A., 2020. Temperature Tolerance and Thermal Environment of European Seed Bugs. — Insects, 11 (3) 197: 1—17. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects11030197
Асенова, А., Лангуров, М., Симов, Н., Бекчиев, Р., 2020. Бъдете равни с природата. Учебно помагало за деца от предучилищна възраст. — Община Кюстендил, Национален природонаучен музей—БАН, София, 56 с. [PDF]
Асенова, А., Лангуров, М., Симов, Н., Бекчиев, Р., 2020. Будите једнаки са природом. Кратка образовна књижица за децу предшколског узраста. — Општина Ћустендил, Национални природњачки музеј—БАН, Софија, 55 с. [PDF]
Roth, S., Balvin, O., Siva-Jothy, M. T., Di Iorio, O., Benda, P., Calva, O., Faundez, E. I., Anwarali Khan, F. A., McFadzen, M., Lehnert, M. P., Naylor, R., Simov, N., Morrow, E. H., Willassen, E., Reinhardt, K., 2019. Bedbugs Evolved before Their Bat Hosts and Did Not Co-speciate with Ancient Humans. — Current Biology, 29: 1847—1853. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2019.04.048
Langourov, M., Simov, N., Abadjiev, S., 2019. Notes on the distribution of some species of Lepidoptera in Kazakhstan. — Historia naturalis bulgarica, 36: 1—6. [PDF] https://doi.org/10.48027/hnb.36.01001
Grozeva, S., Anokhin, B. A., Simov, N., Kuznetsova, V. G., 2019. New evidence for the presence of the telomere motif (TTAGG) n in the family Reduviidae and its absence in the families Nabidae and Miridae (Hemiptera, Cimicomorpha). — Comparative Cytogenetic, 13 (3): 283—295. https://doi.org/10.3897/CompCytogen.v13i3.36676
Cvetkovska-Gjorgievska, A., Dedov, I., Hristovski, S., Langourov, M., Lazarevska, S., Prelik, D., Simov, N., 2019. New records of allochtonous, invasive and pest invertebrate species from the Republic of Macedonia. — Ecologica Montenegrina, 20: 56—70. [PDF]
Гуадели, А., Гуадели, Ж.-Л., Симов, Н., Карастоянова, Н., Митов, К., Крумов, И., Танева С., 2019. Средно- и къснопалеолитни отложения в пещера Редака II. — Aрхеологически открития и разкопки през 2018, 7—9.
Stoianova, D., Evtimova, V., Kenderov, L., Varadinova, E., Kerakova, M., Ihtimanska, M., Stefanov, T., Soufi, R., Tyufekchieva, V., Vidinova, Y., Simov, N., 2018. New Localities and Habitat Suitability Modelling for the Riverine Water Bug Aphelocheirus aestivalis (Fabricius, 1794) (Heteroptera: Aphelocheiridae) in Northern and Eastern Bulgaria. — Acta zoologica bulgarica, 70 (3): 415—431.
Simov, N., Grozeva, S., Langourov, M., Georgieva, M., Mirchev, P., Georgiev, G., 2018. Rapid expansion of the Oak lace bug Corythucha arcuata (Say, 1832) (Hemiptera: Tingidae) in Bulgaria. — Historia naturalis bulgarica, 27: 51—55. [PDF] https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4044008
Langourov, M., Simov, N., Bekchiev, R., Chobanov, D., Antonova, V., Dedov, I., 2018. Inventory of Selected Groups of Invertebrates in Sedge and Reedbeds not Associated with Open Waters in Bulgaria. — Acta zoologica bulgarica, 70 (4): 487—500. [PDF]
Konstantinov, F. V., Simov, N., 2018. Review of the subgenus Plumiger of Myrmecophyes, with description of a new species (Heteroptera, Miridae, Halticini). — ZooKeys, 796: 215—239. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.796.21877
Vatsev, M., Bozukov, V., Simov, N., 2017. A new Late Eocene flora locality in Western Bulgaria near Zgurovo Village (Kyustendil District). — In: Yanev Y. (ed.) Geosciences 2017. Peer reviewed short communications of the National Conference with international participation, Bulgarian geological society, 103—104.
Stoianova, D., Grozeva, S., Simov, N., Kuznetsova, V., 2017. Karyotype, sex determination and male meiosis in three benthic water bugs (Hemiptera: Nepomorpha: Aphelocheiridae). — Aquatic Insects, 38 (3): 115—124. https://doi.org/10.1080/01650424.2017.1346260
Simov, N., Gradinarov, D., Davranoglou, L. R., 2017. Three new assassin bug records (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae) for the Balkan Peninsula. — Ecologica Montenegrina, 13: 25—29.
Langourov, M., Simov, N., 2017. New Data on the Expansion of the Geranium Bronze, Cacyreus marshalli Butler, 1898 (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) in the Eastern Part of the Balkan Peninsula, with Some Biological Notes. — Acta zoologica bulgarica, Supplementum 9: 301—304. [PDF]
Bozukov, V., Simov, N., Vatsev, M., 2017. First record of Oligocene flora in Erma River Gorge (Western Bulgaria). — In: Yanev Y. (ed.) Geosciences 2017. Peer reviewed short communications of the National Conference with international participation, Bulgarian geological society, 85—86.
Симов, Н., 2017. Полутвърдокрили насекоми. — Иванова, Н., (ред.) Картиране и оценка на екосистемните услуги във вътрешни влажни зони в България, ИБЕИ-БАН, 115—117.
Stoianova, D., Simov, N., 2016. New records of Aquatic True Bugs (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Nepomorpha) from Bulgaria. — Acta zoologica bulgarica, 68 (4): 497—502.
Simov, N., 2016. The invasive brown marmorated stink bug Halyomorpha halys (Stål, 1855) (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) already in Bulgaria. — Ecologica Montenegrina, 9: 51—53.
Nel, A., Simov, N., Bozukov, V., Marinov, M., 2016. New dragonflies and damselflies from Middle Miocene deposits in SW Bulgaria (Insecta: Odonata). — Palaeontologia Electronica, 19.3.35A. https://doi.org/10.26879/642
Костова Р., Лазаров, С., Бекчиев, Р., Горанов, С., Симов, Н., Бешков, С., 2016. Почвени и пещерни безгръбначни животни. — В: Спелеоложки проучвания на пещерите в община Годеч (част 1), Асоциация на спелеоклубове в София, 39—50. [PDF]
Stoianova, D., Grozeva, S., Simov, N., Kuznetsova, V. G., 2015. Achiasmate male meiosis in two Cymatia species (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Corixidae). — Zookeys, 538: 95—104. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.538.6722
Simov, N., 2015. Results of biospeleological studies during the Bulgarian speleological research in Albania (1991—2013). — In: Zhalov A. (ed.). Bulgarian speleological studies in Albania (1991—2013). Berliner Höhlenkundliche Berichte, 58 (6): 78—83.
Langourov, M., Georgieva, A., Hubancheva, A., Simov, N., 2015. Two Cases of Myiases Caused by Blowflies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) on Noctule Bats (Nyctalus noctula Schreber, 1774) (Chiroptera) in Bulgaria. — Acta zoologica bulgarica, 67 (1): 143—146. [PDF]
Hristovski, S., Slavevska-Stamenković, V., Hristovski, N., Bekchiev, R., Chobanov, D., Dedov, I., Devetak, D., Karaman, I., Kitanova, D., Komnenov, M., Ljbomirov, T., Melovski, D., Pešić, V., Simov, N., 2015. Diversity of invertebrates in the Republic of Macedonia. — Macedonian Journal of Ecology and Environment, 17 (1): 5—44. [PDF]
Balván, O., Bartonicka, T., Simov, N., Paunovic, M., Vilámová, J., 2015. Distribution and host relations of species of the genus Cimex on bats in Europe. — Folia zoologica, 63 (4): 281—289.
Симов, Н., 2015. Една нова обобщаваща книга за пещерната фауна на България. — Historia naturalis bulgarica, 22: 84.
Langourov, M., Simov, N., 2014. Cacyreus marshalli Butler, 1898 (Lep.: Lycaenidae), a new species for Bulgaria. — Entomologist’s Rec. J. Var., 126: 190—192. [PDF]
Langourov, M., Lazarov, S., Stoev, P., Guéorguiev, B., Deltshev, C., Petrov, B., Andreev, S., Simov, N., Bekchiev, R., Antonova, V., Ljubomirov, T., Dedov, I., Georgiev, D., 2014. New and interesting records of the MSS and cave fauna of Vitosha Mt., Bulgaria. — Proceedings of Balkan Speleological Conference 'Sofia’2014', Sofia, Bulgaria, 28—30 March 2014. Caving Club 'Helictite' — Sofia, pp. 66—76. [PDF]
Konstantinov, F., Simov, N., 2014. A new Cleotomiris species (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae: Phylinae) from North Korea. — Zootaxa, 3786 (1): 65—72.