Scientific achievements of Boyan Petrov (Sunny)

Pavel Stoev National Museum of Natural History –, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

List of studied caves and rock bridges The underground world of the Rhodope Mountains

Contributions of Boyan Petrov 6 Books

10 Book chapters and conference proceedings

Over 40 research articles

Many expert reports, management plans of protected areas, reports on monitoring of threatened species, methodologies, etc. Over 35 popular science papers

Tens of interviews on Scientific papers in press mountaineer, nature protection and social issues Unique scientific collections from the high‐ mountains of the world: the , , Pamir, , Ruwenzori, Kilimanjaro, the , and others

Over 500 caves studies biospeleologically in , Greece, Romania, Kosovo, Croatia, Vanessa cardui Pantala flavescens Montenegro, Turkey, Caucasus, , and at 6200 m a.s.l. on the at 5600 m a.s.l. at the others slopes of slopes of Communism (July 2003) Peak (August 2010) Determined: Stoyan Determined: Milen Coleoptera: Carabidae: 4 genera, 12 species Beshkov Marinov

Dianotrechus gueorguievi Paralovricia beroni Amerizus gaoligongensis Pterostichus kongshuhensis Duvalius bekchievi Newly recorded animal species named after Boyan Petrov

Gueorguievella Scirtetellus Duvalius petrovi Eustra petrovi Balkanopetalum Belgrandiella petrovi Trichoniscus Gueorguiev, Gueorguiev, petrovi Stoev & petrovi Giachino petrovi Simov, petrovi & Gueorguiev, 2006 (from the Georgiev, 2014 (from 2005 2014 (from a Enghoff, 2003 cave Chuchura near Andreev, (from a cave in cave in 2006 (from high parts of the 2002 (from caves near Karakoram, near Stanchov Han Village, the Eastern Yunnan, China) Teteven Region) caves in the Rhodopes) Smilyan Village, and Broad Western Smolyan Region) Peak) Rhodopes)

Troglohyphantes Harpactea petrovi Metonomastus Centromerus petrovi petrovi Deltshev & Lazarov & Dimitrov, in petrovi Antic et al, in Deltshev & Dimitrov, Dimitrov, in prep. press press in prep.

Photo: Z. Boev, 8 April 2013 In memory of Boyan Petrov (7 February 1973 ‐ May 2018)