The Spiders (Araneae) of Bulgaria

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Deltshev C. 1974. A new Centromerus from Bulgarian caves (Araneae, Linyphiidae). — International Journal of Speleology, 6: 81-86.
Deltshev C. 1975a. A new species (Troglohyphantes bureschianus n. sp., Araneae, Linyphiidae) from Bulgarian caves. — Acta zoologica bulgarica, 3: 99-104.
Deltshev C. 1975b. The genus Lepthyphantes in Bulgarian caves. — Proceedings of 6th Intennational Congress of Arachnology, Amsterdam, pp. 210-213.
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Deltshev C. 1976c. [Faunistic, taxonomic, ecological and zoogeographical research on the spiders (Araneae) in Bulgaria]. — PhD thesis. Institute of Zoology, BAS, Sofia, pp. 1-23. (In Bulgarian)
Deltshev C. 1977a. A new Protoleptoneta from caves (Araneae, Leptonetidae). — Acta zoologica bulgarica, 1: 3-8.
Deltshev C. 1977b. Genus Nesticus (Nesticidae, Araneae) from Bulgarian caves. — In: V. Panoš (Ed.), Proceedings of 6th Intennational Congress of Speleology, Olomouc, 5: 73-78.
Deltshev C. 1978a. A new Histopona (Araneae, Agelenidae) from Bulgarian caves. — Acta zoologica bulgarica, 10: 57-59.
Deltshev C. 1978b. The origin, formation and zoogeography of troglobitic spiders of the Balkan Peninsula. — Symposia of the Zoological Society of London, 42: 345-351.
Deltshev C. 1980a. On the high altitude spiders (Araneae) in Bulgaria. — In: J. Gruber (Ed.), Proceedings of 8th Intennational Congress of Arachnology, Vienna, pp. 405-409.
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Deltshev C. 1980c. A contribution to the taxonomical study of pallidus group of genus Lepthyphantes Menge (Araneae, Linyphiidae) in Bulgaria. — Acta zoologica bulgarica, 16: 44-56.
Deltshev C. 1981. [Rare and threatened Arachnida species (Arachnida, Solifugae, Araneae) in south-west Bulgaria]. — Regional Symposium Pr. 8-MAB, Blagoevgrad. BAS, Sofia, pp. 490-495. (In Bulgarian)
Deltshev C. 1982. [New data on the distribution of cave spiders (Araneae) in Bulgaria]. — Acta zoologica bulgarica, 19: 100-104. (In Bulgarian)
Deltshev C. 1983a. Zoogeographical review of Bulgarian cave spiders (Araneae). — In: L. Dinev (Ed.), Proceedings of the European Regional Conference of Speleology, Sofia, 1: 144-146.
Deltshev C. 1983b. A contribution to the study of sylvaticus group of genus Centromerus F. Dahl (Araneae, Linyphiidae) in Bulgaria. — Acta zoologica bulgarica, 21: 53-58.
Deltshev C. 1983c. Notes on the spiders of genus Erigone Audouin (Araneae, Erigonidae) in Bulgaria. — Acta zoologica bulgarica, 22: 71-75.
Deltshev C. 1983d. A contribution to the taxonomical and faunistic study of genus Lepthyphantes Menge (Araneae, Linyphiidae) from Pirin Mountain. — Acta zoologica bulgarica, 23: 25-32.
Deltshev C. 1984. A new Diplocephalus species from Bulgarian mountains (Arachnida, Araneae, Erigonidae). — Reichenbachia, 22: 91-93.
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Deltshev C. 1988c. The genus Fageiella Kratochvil and the genus Antrohyphantes Dumitresco (Araneae, Linyphiidae, Lepthyphanteae) in the caves of Balkan peninsula. — In: J. Haupt (Ed.), XI Europäisches Arachnologisches Colloquium. Technische Universität Berlin Dokumentation Kongresse und Tagungen, 38: 293-302.
Deltshev C. 1990a. A critical review of genus Coelotes Blackwall in Bulgaria with description of a new species (Coelotes drenskii sp. n., Araneae, Agelenidae). — Acta zoologica bulgarica, 40: 29-44.
Deltshev C. 1990b. The high-altitude spiders (Araneae) in the Pirin Mountains, Bulgaria. — Acta Zoologica Fennica, 190: 111-115.
Deltshev C. 1992a. A critical review of family Theridiidae (Araneae) in Bulgaria. — Acta zoologica bulgarica, 43: 13-22.
Deltshev C. 1992b. Drepanotylus pirinicus n. sp. from Pirin Mountain (Bulgaria), with comparative remarks on the other species of the genus (Arachnida, Araneae, Linyphiidae). — Berichte des Naturwissenschaftlich-Medizinischen Vereins in Innsbruck, 79: 173-176..
Deltshev C. 1993. The genus Tegenaria Latreille in Bulgaria: A critical review with description of two sibling species (Arachnida, Araneae: Agelenidae). — Berichte des Naturwissenschaftlich-Medizinischen Vereins in Innsbruck, 80: 167-174.
Deltshev C. 1995a. A review of family Agelenidae (Araneae) in Bulgaria. Taxonomic, faunistic and zoogeographical analysis. — European Journal of Entomology, 92: 581-588.
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Deltshev C. 1997b. Spiders (Araneae) from the coastal habitats of Shabla-Ezerets Lake, Bulgaria. — Acta zoologica bulgarica, 49: 58-63.
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Deltshev C., Blagoev G., Hubenov Z. 1998. Conservation priorities on biodiversity of invertebrates (non-Insecta) in Bulgarian mountains. — Ambio, 27: 330-334.
Deltshev C., Blagoev G., Komnenov M., Lazarov S. 2016. Description of Ozyptila balcanica sp. n. from the Balkan Peninsula and its comparison with the closely related O. umbraculorum Simon, 1932 (Araneae: Thomisidae). — Acta zoologica bulgarica, 68 (4): 483-490.
Deltshev C., Bosmans R., de Spiegelaere W., Provoost L. 2006. Zelotes balcanicus sp. n., a new and widespread species from the Balkan Peninsula (Araneae, Gnaphosidae) A new Zelotes species. — Revue suisse de Zoologie, 113 (4): 711-716.
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Deltshev C., Ćurčić B. 2002. Contribution to the study of the genus ‘europaeus’ Centromerus Dahl (Araneae, Linyphiidae) in caves of the Balkan Peninsula. — Revue suisse de Zoologie, 109 (1): 167-176.
Deltshev C., Dimitrov D. 1996. A new Coelotes (C. brevispinus sp. n.) from Bulgarian mountains (Araneae, Agelenidae). — Revue arachnologique, 11 (7): 77-79.
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Deltshev C., Kajak A. 1974. Analysis of a sheep pasture ecosystem in the Pieniny Mountains (the Carpathians). XVI. Effect of pasture management on the number and biomass of spiders (Araneae) in two climatic regions (the Pieniny and the Sredna Gora Mountains). — Ekologia polska, 22: 693-710.
Deltshev C., Lazarov S. 2018. Two new spider species, Harpactea simovi sp. n. and H. stoevi sp. n. (Araneae: Dysderidae), from the Balkan Peninsula. — Acta zoologica bulgarica, 70 (2): 3-7.
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