Nikolay Simov
Born: 25 January 1975, Sofia.
Education: Sofia University ‘St. Kliment Ohridski’ (2000).
Speciality: zoology (entomology).
Research interests
Heteroptera; taxonomy, faunistics, zoogeography and ecology of the order in Bulgaria and in the Balkan Peninsula.
Current projects
Most recent publications
Toshkova, N., Todorov, V., Deleva, S., Acosta-Pankov, I., Bekchiev, R., Langourov, M., Simov, N., Spasova, V., Nedyalkov, N., 2026. Beyond bats: hidden mammalian biodiversity in Bulgarian caves. — Historia naturalis bulgarica, 48 (7): 165—177. https://doi.org/10.48027/hnb.48.071
Bekchiev, R., Nedyalkov, N., Kostova, R., Simov, N., Langourov, M., Acosta-Pankov, I., 2026. Sometimes they come back — Platypsyllus castoris Ritsema, 1869 (Leiodidae, Coleoptera) new genus and species for the fauna of the Balkan Peninsula. — Historia naturalis bulgarica, 48 (4): 93—95. https://doi.org/10.48027/hnb.48.043
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
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