Mitov papers

Plamen Genkov MITOV - papers on Opiliones

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Plamen Genkov MITOV

Birthdate: 20 December 1959
Birthplace: Sofia, Bulgaria
Nationality: Bulgarian
Marital status: Married, with one child.

BIOGRAPHY:
1984, MSc in Zoology; BSc in Biology and Chemistry, Faculty of Biology, P. Hilendarski University of Plovdiv; graduation thesis at the Chair of Zoology (Entomologie).
1984-1986, work as a teacher in biology and chemistry in a secondary school.
1994, Working as an expert for The Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe: evaluation of project proposals under the earmarked area "Environmental Education".
1986-1996, Assistant Professor, Department of Zoology and Anthropology, Faculty of Biology, Sofia University (= SU).
1996-2003, Chief Assistant Professor, SU
2000, PhD (Zoology) University of Plovdiv “P. Hilendarski”, thesis: “Faunistic, biological and ecological investigation on the Opiliones from Vitosha Mts. with some zoogeographical notes”.
2003-present, Associate Professor (Docent), SU
2006, DAISIE (Delivering Alien Invasive Inventories for Europe) – expert.

Office Address:
Department of zoology and anthropology, Faculty of Biology, Sofia University, 8 Dragan Tzankov Boul., Sofia 1164, Bulgaria, Phone: (++359) - 2 – 81671241, Fax: (++359) - 2 – 8656641, E-mail: pl_mitov@yahoo.com

DISCLAIMER — This resource was first intended as for private use of the members of the arachnology lab of Museu Nacional, but later we thought "why not to share this with the world?". Eventually if greedy lawyers (redundance...) start to bother us with copyright matters, etc, we may have to be forced to quit the project and keep this just to ourselves.

Mitov, P.G. (1986a) Rilaena balcanica Šilhavý (Opiliones) eine unbekante Art für die Fauna von Rodopi-Gebirge. Universite de Plovdiv "Paissi Hilendarski", Travaux scientifiques, Biologie, 24 (1), 153–154 [in Bulgarian, with Russian and German abstracts].
Mitov, P.G. (1986b) Über einige Arten aus der Familie Nemastomatidae (Opiliones) aus Rodopi Gebirge. Universite de Plovdiv "Paissi Hilendarski", Travaux scientifiques, Biologie, 24(1), 297–299 [in Bulgarian, with Russian and German abstracts].
Mitov, P.G. (1987) New species of Opiliones for the fauna of Vitosha Mountain. Universite de Plovdiv "Paissi Hilendarski", Travaux scientifiques, Biologie, 25(6), 59–61 [in Bulgarian, with Russian and English abstracts].
Mitov, P.G. (1988) Contribution to the study of the food spectrum of Opiliones. Travaux scientifiques Universite de Plovdiv "P. Hilendarski", Biologie, 26(6), 483–488. [in Bulgarian, English summary].
Mitov, P.G. (1990) [The harvestmen]. Priroda i znanie, Sofia, BAN, 10, 23–26 [in Bulgarian].
Mitov, P.G. (1991) [The harvestmen — animals on stilts]. Priroda, Sofia, BAN, 30(1), 43–45 [in Bulgarian].
Mitov, P.G. (1992) Harvestmen (Opiliones, Arachnida) - carriers of plant and fungus spores. Acta Zool. Bulg., 43, 75-77.
Mitov, P.G. (1993) Opiliones (Arachnida) from the Kindo Peninsula in Russia. Opiliones (Arachnida. Pages 69–72. In: Tsankov, G. Pelov, V. Beshovski, V. & Popov, A. (Eds.) Second National Scientific Conference of Entomology, 25–27 October 1993, Sofia, 312 pp [in English with Bulgarian abstract].
Mitov, P.G. (1994) Siro beschkovi, spec. nov. aus Bulgarien (Arachnida, Opiliones, Cyphophthalmi). Spixiana, 17(3), 275–282.
Mitov, P.G. (1995a) New faunistic and chorologic data about Opiliones (Arachnida) from Bulgaria. Annual of University of Sofia "St. Kliment Ohridski", Faculity of Biology [Annuaire de l'Universite de Sofia "St. Kliment Ohridski", Faculte de Biologie], (1 –Zoology) 86–87, 63–65.
Mitov, P.G. (1995b). Opiliones (Arachnida) as a component of the food stuffs of some animals. Ann. Univ. Sofia "St. Kl. Ohridski", (1 – Zool.) 86-87, 67–74.
Mitov, P.G. (1995c) Ein neuer Graecophalangium Roewer aus Mazedonien (Arachnida, Opiliones, Phalangiidae). A new Graecophalangium Roewer from Macedonia (Arachnida, Opiliones, Phalangiidae). Spixiana, 18(2), 105–109.
Mitov, P.G.(1995d): Teratological data about Opiliones (Arachnida) from Bulgaria. Proceedings of the 15th European Colloquium of Arachnology. Institute of Entomology, Ceske Budejovice (ed. V. Ruzicka), pp. 147-158.
Mitov, P.G. (1995e) Artenbestand und Tagesaktivität von Opiliones (Arachnida) aus einigen Geröllhaden im Vitoscha-Gebirge, Bulgarien [Species composition and daily activity of the Opiliones (Arachnida) from some stony debris on Vitosha Mt., Bulgaria]. Arachnologische Magazin, 3(12), 1–6, [in German, with English abstr.].
Mitov, P.G. (1996) Preliminary observations on diurnal locomotory activity of the epigeic harvestmen (Opiliones, Arachnida) in contrasted habitats of Vitosha Mountain (Northern part), SW Bulgaria. Revue suisse de Zoologie, vol. hors serie: 479-489 [in German, with English abstr.].
Mitov, P.G. (1997a) Eine neue Nelima Roewer aus Bulgarien (Arachnida, Opiliones, Phalangiidae). Spixiana, München, 20(2), 97–105.
Mitov, P.G. (1997b) Preliminary investigations on the spatial distribution of the harvestmen (Opiliones, Arachnida) from Vitosha Mt. (SW Bulgaria). Proceedings of the 16th European Colloquium of Arachnology, Marek Zabka, editor. Siedlce 1997, Wydawnictwo Wyzszej Skoly Rolniczo-Pedagogicznej, Siedlce, pages 249–258.
Mitov, P.G. (1997c) Einige neue und interessante Phoresie-Fälle bei bulgarischen Opiliones (Arachnida) [Some new and interesting cases of phoresy by the Bulgarian harvestmen (Opiliones, Arachnida)]. Arachnologische Magazin, 5(10): 1–6 [in German, with English abstr.].
Mitov, P.G. (1998a) New records of Nelima doriai (Canestrini, 1871) (Arachnida: Opiliones) from the eastern Black-Sea-coast. Arachnologische Magazin, 6(8/9), 13-16 [in German, with English abstr.].
Mitov, P.G. (1998b) Order Opiliones (Arachnida), p. 68, In: Michev, T.M., Georgiev, B.B. Petrova, A.V. & Stoyneva, M.P. (Eds.), Biodiversity of the Srebarna Biosphere Reserve. Checklist and bibliography. Co-published by Context & Pensoft, Sofia, ivx + 130 pp.
Mitov, P.G. (2000a) Contribution to the knowledge of the harvestmen (Arachnida: Opiliones) of Albania. Ekologia, Bratislava, 19, Suppl. 3, 159-170.
Mitov, P.G. (2000b) Faunistic, biological and ecological investigations on the Opiliones from Vitosha Mt. with some zoogeographical notes. Unpublished Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Plovdiv “Paissi Hilendarski”, 274 pp. (33 figs, 6 tables) + 131 pp. (supplement) (332 figs, 41 tables).
Mitov, P.G. (2001) Harvestmen (Opiliones, Arachnida) of Kresna Gorge (SW Bulgaria). In: Beron, P. (Ed.), Biodiversity of Kresna Gorge (SW Bulgaria), 75–83.
Mitov, P.G. (2002) Rare and endemic harvestmen (Opiliones, Arachnida) species from the Balkan Peninsula. I. On Mediostoma stussineri (SIMON 1885) (Nemastomatidae) – a new species and genus for the Bulgarian fauna. Linzer biologische Beiträge, Linz, 34/2, 1639–1648.
Mitov, P.G. (2003) Rare and endemic harvestmen (Opiliones, Arachnida) species from the Balkan Peninsula. II. Three new for the Bulgarian fauna Opiliones (Arachnida) with zoogeographical notes. Linzer biologische Beiträge, Linz, 35(1), 273–288.
Mitov, P.G. (2004) Harvestmen (Opiliones, Arachnida) of Eastern Rhodopes Mts. (S Bulgaria). In: Beron, P. & Popov, A. (Eds.), Biodiversity of Bulgaria, 2. Biodiversity of Eastern Rhodopes (Bulgaria and Greece). Pensoft & Nat. Mus. Natur. Hist., Sofia, pp. 167–179.
Mitov, P.G. (2007) Spatial Niches of Opiliones (Arachnida) from Vitosha Mountains, Bulgaria. In: Fet, V. & Popov A. (Eds.), Biogeography and Ecology of Bulgaria, Monographiae Biologicae, 82, Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, pp. 423-446.
Mitov, P.G. (2008) Opiliones (Arachnida) from the Southern Dobrudzha (NE Bulgaria) and its adjacent regions. Revista Ibérica de Aracnología, 15 [2007], 123−136.

MITOV, P. and STOYANOV, I. (2004): The Harvestmen Fauna (Opiliones, Arachnida) of the City of Sofia (Bulgaria) and its Adjacent Regions. In: L. Penev, J. Niemelä, D.J. Kotze & N. Chipev (eds.), Ecology of the City of Sofia. Species and Communities in an Urban Environment, pp. 319-354. PENSOFT Publishers, Sofia-Moscow.

MITOV, P.G. and STOYANOV I.L. (2005): Ecological profiles of harvestmen (Arachnida, Opiliones) from Vitosha Mountain (Bulgaria): A mixed modeling approach using GAMS. The Journal of Arachnology 33, 2: 256-268.

BERON, P. & MITOV, P. (1996): Cave Opilionida in Bulgaria. - Historia naturalis bulgarica, 6: 17-23.

COKENDOLPHER, J.C. and MITOV, P.G. (2006): Enemies, Endozoism, and Epizoism. (Chapter 2). - In: Pinto da Rocha, R., Machado, G. & Giribet, G. (eds.), The Harvestmen: The Biology of Opiliones. Harvard University Press, Boston. (in press).

DELTSEV, C., PETROV, B. P., P. MITOV (2005): Faunistic diversity of Class Arachnida (non Acari) in Bulgaria – present state, importance and perspectives. In: A. Petrova, A. (ed.), Current state of Bulgarian biodiversity – problems and perspectives. Pp. 129-151. Bulgarian Bioplatform, Dragon, Sofia (in Bulgarian, with English abstract).

LYMBERAKIS, P., MITOV, P., CHATZAKI, M. and MYLONAS, M. (in press). Phenology of Opiliones on an altitudinal gradient at Lefka Ori mountains, Crete, Greece. – Mediterranean Ecology.

POINAR G. O. JR, CURCIC B. P. M., KARAMAN I. M., COKENDOLPHER J. C., & MITOV P. (2000): Nematode parasitism of harvestmen (Opiliones: Arachnida). - Nematology, 2(6): 587-590.

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