@article {264, title = {The spiders (Araneae) of Sashtinska Sredna Gora Mountain (Bulgaria). Faunistic and zoogeographical analysis}, journal = {Acta Zoologica Bulgarica}, volume = {53}, year = {2001}, note = {ZOOR13700058374}, month = {2001}, pages = {3-28}, abstract = {A total of 403 species (2 Nemesiidae, 1 Scytodidae, 5 Pholcidae, 2 Segestriidae, 7 Dysderidae, 1 Oonopidae, 1 Mimetidae, 1 Eresidae, 1 Uloboridae, 31 Theridiidae, 98 Linyphiidae, 8 Tetragnathidae, 26 Araneidae, 35 Lycosidae, 1 Pisauridae, 13 Agelenidae, 2 Cybaeidae, 4 Hahniidae, 6 Dictynidae, 7 Amaurobiidae, 2 Titanoecidae, 2 Oxyopidae, 1 Anyphaenidae, 6 Liocranidae, 17 Clubionidae, 1 Corinnidae, 1 Zodariidae, 41 Gnaphosidae, 4 Zoridae, 1 Heteropodidae, 14 Philodromidae, 26 Thomisidae, 35 Salticidae) has been found in Sashtinska Sredna Gora Mountain. 41 species are new to the Bulgarian spider fauna and 19 are new also to the Balkan Peninsula. The species Brachythele denieri, Tapinesthis inermis, Zelotes talpinus, Ozyptila confluence, Pellenes seriatus are discussed in taxonomic aspect and some new pictures are presented. The spiders are classified into 21 zoogeographical categories combined in 4 chorological complexes. The composition of the fauna shows for the Sashtinska Sredna Gora Mountain spider fauna Palaearctic and European character. The endemics and the Southeast european species emphasizes the local character of this fauna, but its low percentage suggests an important process of colonization.}, keywords = {Araneae (Arachnida): [New record]., Araneae [Zoogeography / / Mountain fauna] [Bulgaria / Sashtinska Sredna, Eurasia, Europe, Gora Mountain / Species records including new records, Land zones, Palaearctic region, Systematics, taxonomic notes \&, Zoogeography, zoogeography].}, isbn = {0324-0770}, url = {://ZOOREC:ZOOR13700058374}, author = {Lazarov, Stoyan and Deltshev, Christo and Blagoev, Gergin} } @article {144, title = {A review of the family Agelenidae (Araneae) in Bulgaria. Taxonomic, faunistic and zoogeographical analysis}, journal = {European Journal of Entomology}, volume = {92}, year = {1995}, note = {ZOOR13200034321}, month = {1995}, pages = {581-588}, abstract = {The family Agelenidae (sensu Maurer, 1992) is represented in Bulgaria by 35 species, included in 10 genera (Agelena 3, Cicurina 1, Coelotes 8, Cryphoeca 2, Cybaeus 2, Histopona 3, Lycosoides 1, Maimuna 1, Tegenaria 12, Textrix 1, Tuberta 1). This number was established after a taxonomic revision of all available collections containing agelenid spiders in Bulgaria. One new record is also added (Tegenaria zinzulusensis Dresco). Species of the family Agelenidae are distributed in all districts in Bulgaria, occurring in lowland, forest, mountains, caves and buildings or close to them. Regarding their distribution by altitude, there are only 5 species which inhabit the high mountain zone, but only Cryphoeca pirini Drensky is characteristic of the alpine belt. According to their current distribution. the Bulgarian agelenid spiders can be split into 11 zoogeographical categories, grouped into 5 complexes (Cosmopolitan, Palaearctic, European, Southeast European, Mediterranean). The Southeast European complex is the best represented (40\%) and shows quite well the local character of this fauna and the main role of the Balkan peninsula in its origin and formation.}, keywords = {Agelenidae (Araneae)., Agelenidae [Zoogeography / / Faunal elements] [Bulgaria / / Faunal, distribution \& zoogeographical analysis]., Eurasia, Europe, First, Land zones, list, Palaearctic region, record for Bulgaria]., Tegenaria zinzulusensis (Araneae): [New record]., Tegenaria zinzulusensis [Bulgaria / / Sandansky Petrich Valley, Zoogeography}, isbn = {1210-5759}, url = {://ZOOREC:ZOOR13200034321}, author = {Deltshev, Christo} } @article {145, title = {Spiders (Araneae) from the high altitude zone of Rila Mountain (Bulgaria)}, journal = {Berichte des Naturwissenschaftlich-Medizinischen Vereins in Innsbruck}, volume = {82}, year = {1995}, note = {ZOOR13300011880}, month = {1995}, pages = {217-225}, abstract = {82 species (1 Segestriidae, 1 Zodariidae, 1 Metidae, 5 Araneidae, 29 Linyphiidae, 7 Theridiidae, 14 Lycosidae, 5 Agelenidae, 6 Clubionidae, 4 Gnaphosidae, 4 Philodromidae, 2 Thomisidae, 3 Salticidae) are established from 24 sites (2000-2925 m) in the high attitude zone of Rila. The species composition of the high mountain spider community was not well known and this is the first contribution to the problem. Concerning the altitudinal distribution, there are only 11 species occurring mainly in the alpine belt, though a good number of species is present in the subalpine belt also and even some in the lowlands. Characteristic for the highest points are Araeoncus clivifrons, Erigone pirini, Metopobactrus orbelicus, Scotinotylus alpigenus, Tiso aestivus, Lepthyphantes annulatus (Carpatho-Balkan relict), L. improbulus, L. lithoclasicolus, Oreonetides glacialis, Pardosa nigra, Gnaphosa muscorum. The species (20) which are not found below the tree-line can be regarded as high mountain species complex, which is composed by euro-mountaine (7, 35\%), endemic (6, 30\%), holarctic (2, 10\%), palearctic (1, 5 \%), arctic-alpine (2, 10\%), and mountaine-mediterranean (1, 5\%) elements. The high percentage of endemics shows that the process of autogenesis is considerable but the process of colonization, mainly by Middle-european species is stronger.}, keywords = {Araneae (Arachnida)., Araneae [Community structure / / Mountain area] [Mountain habitat / /, characterization, community structure notes]., Ecology, Eurasia, Europe, Faunal list \&, faunal list] [Zoogeography / / Species origin, Habitat, High mountain zone, Land zones, mountain] [Bulgaria / / Rila Mountain, Palaearctic region, Terrestrial habitat, Zoogeography}, isbn = {0379-1416}, url = {://ZOOREC:ZOOR13300011880}, author = {Deltshev, Christo} } @article {146, title = {Spiders from the high altitude zone of Central Stara planina mountain (Bulgaria). (Araneae)}, journal = {Berichte des Naturwissenschaftlich-Medizinischen Vereins in Innsbruck}, volume = {85}, year = {1998}, note = {ZOOR13500046287}, month = {1998}, pages = {213-221}, abstract = {103 species (1 Segestriidae, 1 Eresidae, 7 Theridiidae, 41 Linyphiidae, 1 Tetragnathidae, 3 Araneidae, 14 Lycosidae, 1 Agelenidae, 1 Hahniidae, 6 Clubionidae, 1 Zodariidae, 10 Gnaphosidae, 1 Heteropodidae, 4 Philodromidae, 4 Thomisidae, 7 Salticidae) have been established from 24 sites (1700 - 2376 m) in the high altitude zone of Central Stara planina. The species composition of the high mountain spider community was not well known and this is the first contribution to the problem. Concerning the altitudinal distribution, there are only 8 species occurring mainly in the high altitude zone, though a good number of species is present in the forest belt also and even some in lowlands. Characteristic for the highest sites are Diplocephalus foraminifer, Erigone pirini, Mecynargus paetulus, Lepthyphantes improbulus, Pardosa drenskii, Cryphoecapirini, Clubiona alpicola, Gnaphosa leporina. Species which are not found below the tree-line form the high mountain species complex, which is composed by euro-montane (3, 2.9\%), endemic (3, 2.9\%), holarctic (arctic-alpine) (1), and Palearctic (1) elements. The character of the high-altitude spider fauna of Central Stara planina mountain is Palearctic and mainly European.}, keywords = {[Vertical distribution / / Altitudinal distribution patterns, Araneae (Arachnida)., Araneae [Community structure / / Altitudinal distribution correlations], community, correlations] [Mountain habitat / / Community structure \& altitudinal, distribution patterns] [Zoogeography / / ] [Bulgaria / / Central Stara, Distribution within habitat, Ecology, Eurasia, Europe, Habitat, Land zones, Palaearctic region, planina mountain]., Terrestrial habitat, Zoogeography}, isbn = {0379-1416}, url = {://ZOOREC:ZOOR13500046287}, author = {Deltshev, Christo} } @article {147, title = {Spiders (Araneae) from Sandanski-Petrich Valley (SW Bulgaria)}, journal = {Mitteilungen aus dem Museum fuer Naturkunde in Berlin Zoologische Reihe}, volume = {80}, year = {2004}, note = {ZOOR14007040178}, month = {2004}, pages = {71-76}, abstract = {Ninety-four species (Dysderidae 3, Uloboridae 1, Theridiidae 9, Linyphiidae 15, Tetragnathidae 1, Araneidae 1, Lycosidae 14, Pisauridae 1, Oxyopidae 2, Agelenidae 5, Hahnidae 1, Dictynidae 1, Titanoecidae 2, Liocranidae 4, Clubionidae 2, Zodariidae 3, Gnaphosidae 18, Philodromidae 3, Thomisidae 4, Salticidae 4) are established from 7 sites (80-200 m) in the Sandansko-Petrichka Valley, Southwestern Bulgaria. 64 species are new for the spider fauna of Sandanski-Petrich valley and 6 of these are also new for Bulgaria. Taxonomic notes and illustrations for the species Drassodes lutescens (C. L. Koch, 1839), Haplodrassus minor (O. P.-Cambridge, 1879) and Zelotes tenuis (L. Koch, 1866) are presented. According to their current distribution the spiders are split into 23 zoogeographical chorotypes combined into 5 chorological complexes.}, keywords = {[Bulgaria / Sandanski-Petrich Valley / Faunal composition, / / New record]., Agroeca inopina, Agroeca inopina (Araneae): [New record]., Araneae (Arachnida): [New record]., Araneae [Species diversity / / ] [Zoogeography / / Faunal notes], Community structure, Ecology, Eurasia, Europe, Euryopis quinqueguttata, Euryopis quinqueguttata (Araneae): [New record]., Land zones, new records, Palaearctic region, Systematics, taxonomic \& zoogeographical notes \& annotated species list]., Trichoncoides piscator, Trichoncoides piscator (Araneae): [New record]., Troxochrus cirrifrons, Troxochrus cirrifrons (Araneae): [New record]., Xysticus tenebrosus, Xysticus tenebrosus (Araneae): [New record]., Zodarion frenatum (Araneae): [New record]., Zodarion frenatum [Bulgaria, Zoogeography}, isbn = {1435-1935}, url = {://ZOOREC:ZOOR14007040178}, author = {Deltshev, Christo} } @article {148, title = {Two new spider species, Malthonica bozhkovi sp. nov. and Tegenaria paragamiani sp. nov. from Rhodopy Mountains (Bulgaria and Greece) (Araneae: Agelenidae)}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {1872}, year = {2008}, note = {ZOOR14411068783}, month = {2008}, pages = {37-44}, abstract = {Malthonica bozhkovi sp. nov. (male/female) is described and illustrated from several localities in Rhodopy Mountains (South Bulgaria). The new species correspond well to the campestris species group. Tegenaria paragamiani sp. nov. (male/female) is described and illustrated from a cave in Rhodopy Mountain (North Greece). In morphological respect it fits well to the domestica species group. Malthonica ramblae (Barrientos, 1978) comb. nov. is transferred from the genus Tegenaria.}, keywords = {Combination, Eurasia, Europe, from Tegenaria, p. 43]., Land zones, Malthonica bozhkovi (Araneae): [Sp nov, Bulgaria, P. 38]., Malthonica bozhkovi [Bulgaria / / New species]., Malthonica ramblae - (Barrientos 1978) (Araneae): [Comb nov, Transferred, New taxa, Nomenclature, P. 43]., Palaearctic region, position, Systematics, Taxonomic, Taxonomy, Tegenaria paragamiani (Araneae): [Sp nov, Greece, P. 40]., Tegenaria paragamiani [Greece / / New species]., Tegenaria ramblae - Barrientos 1978 (Araneae): [Referred to, Malthonica,}, isbn = {1175-5326}, url = {://ZOOREC:ZOOR14411068783http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa}, author = {Deltshev, Christo} } @article {149, title = {The spiders of Pirin Mountain (Bulgaria). Taxonomic, faunistic and zoogeographical analysis. (Araneae)}, journal = {Berichte des Naturwissenschaftlich-Medizinischen Vereins in Innsbruck}, volume = {84}, year = {1997}, note = {ZOOR13400060346}, month = {1997}, pages = {269-286}, abstract = {321 species (Atypidae 1, Scytodidae 1, Pholcidae 2, Segestriidae 1, Dysderidae 3, Mimetidae 1, Eresidae 1, Theridiidae 21, Linyphiidae 80, Tetragnathidae 9, Araneidae 23, Lycosidae 33, Pisauridae 1, Agelenidae 18, Hahniidae 3, Dictynidae 5, Amaurobiidae 3, Titanoecidae 1, Oxyopidae 2, Anyphaenidae 1, Liocranidae 4, Clubionidae 16, Zodariidae 2, Gnaphosidae 26, Heteropodidae 1, Philodromidae 15, Thomisidae 22, Salticidae 25) have been found on Pirin mountain. They are best represented in the forest (montane coniferous belt - 269, 83.8\%, montane-deciduous belt -232, 72.3\%) and in the subalpine belt (101, 31.5\%). In the other belts spiders are present in roughly equal proportions (submediterranean -38, 11.8\%, alpine -35, 10.9\%, submontane -33, 10.3\%). Most characteristic is the high mountain species complex, which comprises most endemics and ancient elements, some of which are also distributed in the montane zone. Most of these elements can be regarded as neoendemics and derivatives of their respective Holarctic, Palaearctic and European sister species, which have speciated due to disjunction of ranges during the Pleistocene. A few species can be considered as remnants of an ancient mediterranean mountain fauna. So Pirin mountain can be considered as a possible centre of speciation.}, keywords = {[Bulgaria / / Pirin Mountain]., [Zoogeography / / Zoogeographical categories of altitudinal belts], Araneae (Arachnida)., Araneae [Community structure / / Distributional species complexes, Distribution within habitat, Ecology, Eurasia, Europe, Habitat, Land zones, mountain zones] [Vertical distribution / / ] [Mountain habitat / / ], Palaearctic region, Terrestrial habitat, Zoogeography}, isbn = {0379-1416}, url = {://ZOOREC:ZOOR13400060346}, author = {Deltshev, Christo and Blagoev, Gergin} } @article {150, title = {A new Coelotes, C. brevispinus n. sp. from Bulgarian mountains (Araneae, Agelenidae)}, journal = {Revue Arachnologique}, volume = {11}, year = {1996}, note = {ZOOR13300023167}, month = {1996}, pages = {77-79}, keywords = {Coelotes brevispinus (Araneae): [Sp nov, Bulgaria, P. 77, fig{\textquoteright}d]., Coelotes brevispinus [Bulgaria / / Slavianka \& Belasitsa mountains, Eurasia, Europe, Land zones, New, New taxa, Nomenclature, Palaearctic region, species]., Systematics}, isbn = {0398-4346}, url = {://ZOOREC:ZOOR13300023167}, author = {Deltshev, Christo and Dimitrov, Dragomir} } @article {151, title = {A survey of spiders (Araneae) inhabiting the euedaphic soil stratum and the superficial underground compartment in Bulgaria}, journal = {Arachnologische Mitteilungen}, volume = {40}, year = {2011}, note = {ZOOR14707051945}, month = {2011}, pages = {33-46}, abstract = {In 2005 a team of Bulgarian zoologists started a project aiming to study the invertebrates inhabiting the deeper soil stratum (euedaphon) and the Superficial Underground Compartment (SUC) in Bulgaria. In the course of a four-year sampling, a total of 52 species of spiders were caught from 19 collecting sites and 9 geographical regions. They belong to the following families: Scytodidae (1), Segestriidae (1), Dysderidae (8), Nesticidae (1), Anapidae (1),Theridiidae (1), Linyphiidae (20), Agelenidae (3), Cybaeidae (1), Dictynidae (2), Amaurobiidae (2), Liocranidae (3), Corinnidae (1), Zodariidae (1), Gnaphosidae (5), and Salticidae (1). The family Anapidae, with the species Zangherella relicta (Kratochvil, 1935) is recorded from three sites in the Pirin and Slavyanka mountains, and this represents the first record of the family, genus and species in Bulgaria. In spite of the active investigations of the epigean and cave spiders in these regions over the years Z. relicta was not found and it seems it occurs only in deeper subterranean habitats and nowhere else. Comparative study of almost topotypic specimens of Z. relicta from Montenegro with those collected from Bulgaria showed no variation in the shape of palp and female vulvae. Until the true identity of Z. apuliae (Caporiacco, 1949) from Italy is revealed, it remains unclear whether Z. relicta and Z. apuliae are conspecific, as it remains unclear whether the older records of Z. apuliae from the Balkan Peninsula refer to this species or to Z. relicta. Pelecopsis mengei (Simon, 1884) (Linyphiidae) and Scotolathys simplex Simon, 1884 (Dictynidae) are also reported from Bulgaria for the first time, the latter being also new to FYR of Macedonia. A faunistic overview of the spiders found in these underground environments is made, along with remarks on the distribution and ecology of some rare and interesting species. The presence of cave-dwelling and superficial spiders in the sampled sites indicates that SUC and euedaphon are inhabited by different ecotypes, e.g. litter- (tanathostromic), soil- (edaphic) and cave-(troglobitic) which at some places co-occur.}, keywords = {[Bulgaria / / ]., [Subterranean habitat / Superficial underground compartment habitat / ], Anapidae, Anapidae (Araneae): [New record]., Araneae (Arachnida)., Araneae [Soil habitat / Euedaphic soil habitat / Faunal list], Eurasia, Europe, Habitat, Land zones, Palaearctic region, Pelecopsis mengei, Pelecopsis mengei (Araneae): [New record]., record]., Scotolathys simplex (Araneae): [New record]., Scotolathys simplex [Bulgaria / / New record] [Macedonia / / ]., Terrestrial habitat, Zangherella relicta (Araneae): [New record]., Zangherella relicta [Bulgaria / / New}, isbn = {1018-4171}, url = {://ZOOREC:ZOOR14707051945}, author = {Deltshev, Christo and Lazarov, Stoyan and Naumova, Maria and Stoev, Pavel} } @book {15, title = {Spiders from the Sofia Region. A faunistic and zoogeographical analysis}, series = {Ecology of the city of Sofia: species and communities in an urban environment.}, year = {2004}, note = {ZOOR14109056574Book chapter Sofia \& Moscow }, month = {2004}, pages = {355-363}, publisher = {Pensoft}, organization = {Pensoft}, abstract = {112 spider species were collected from the region of Sofia: Atypidae -1; Nemesiidae - 1; Dysderidae - 7; Mimetidae - 1; Theridiidae - 5; Linyphiidae - 17; Tetragnathidae - 3; Araneidae - 3; Lycosidae - 22; Pisauridae - 1; Agelenidae - 3; Dictynidae - 1; Amaurobiidae - 5; Anyphaenidae - 1: Liocranidae - 2; Clubionidae - 6; Zodariidae - 1: Gnaphosidae - 15; Zoridae - 1; Sparassidae - 1: Philodromidae - 5; Thomisidae - 9; Salticidae - 3. 67 species are new to the study region and 2 (Dysdera adriatica, Amaurobius deelemanae) are new to the Bulgarian fauna. The spiders are classified into 15 zoogeographical categories combined into 4 chorological complexes. The composition of the fauna shows that the spider fauna of the Sofia region has a Palearctic and European character. Endemics and Southeasteuropean species emphasize the local character of this fauna, but their low persentage suggests an important process of colonization.}, keywords = {affinities]., Araneae (Arachnida): [New record]., Araneae [Zoogeography / Zoogeographical affinities / ] [Bulgaria / Sofia, Eurasia, Europe, Land zones, Palaearctic region, region / Annotated records including new records \& zoogeographical, Zoogeography}, isbn = {954-642-224-X}, url = {://ZOOREC:ZOOR14109056574}, author = {Antov, Andrej and Lazarov, Stoyan and Deltshev, Christo and Blagoev, Gergin}, editor = {Penev, L. and Niemela, J. and Kotze, D. J. and Chipev, N.} }