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  1. We have two of them: A review of the genus Mastigusa (Araneae: Cybaeidae) in Bulgaria

    Article • Zootaxa, October 2025, Magnolia Press

    Dr Dimitar Dimitrov

  2. The Complex Interplay between Evolutionary Flexibility and Diversification in a Family of Spiders

    Article • Systematic Biology, October 2025, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Dimitar Dimitrov

  3. Taxonomy and systematics of the Australasian gum nut orb-weaving spider genus Carepalxis (Araneae, Araneidae)

    Article • Invertebrate Systematics, July 2025, CSIRO Publishing

    Dr Dimitar Dimitrov

  4. Genetic Diversity Is Not Correlated With Species Diversity: A Multispecies Study in a Continental Habitat Island System

    Article • Journal of Biogeography, June 2025, Wiley

    Dr Dimitar Dimitrov

  5. Global biogeography and macroevolutionary patterns of angiosperm inflorescence types

    Article • New Phytologist, May 2025, Wiley

    Dr Dimitar Dimitrov

  6. Global Patterns of Climatic Niche Evolution in Angiosperms

    Article • Global Ecology and Biogeography, April 2025, Wiley

    Dr Dimitar Dimitrov

  7. Spatial pattern and ecological adaptation of heterostylous and homostylous species of Primula in China

    Article • Journal of Plant Ecology, September 2024, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Dimitar Dimitrov

  8. Reply to: Reassessing data quality underlying the recently updated floristic map of the world

    Article • Nature Communications, May 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Dimitar Dimitrov

  9. Consistent accumulation of transposable elements in species of the Hawaiian Tetragnatha spiny-leg adaptive radiation across the archipelago chronosequence

    Article • Evolutionary Journal of the Linnean Society, January 2024, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Dimitar Dimitrov

  10. Genitalic morphology and phylogenomic placement of the Australian spider Paraplectanoides crassipes Keyserling, 1886 (Araneae, Araneidae) with a discussion on the classification of the family Araneidae

    Article • Invertebrate Systematics, November 2023, CSIRO Publishing

    Dr Dimitar Dimitrov

  11. Diversification of flowering plants in space and time

    Article • Nature Communications, November 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Dimitar Dimitrov

  12. Global distribution and evolutionary transitions of floral symmetry in angiosperms

    Article • Science Advances, October 2023, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Dr Dimitar Dimitrov

  13. Evolutionary history and climate co‐determine the geographical variation in pollination modes of angiosperms in China

    Article • Global Ecology and Biogeography, September 2023, Wiley

    Dr Dimitar Dimitrov

  14. Geographic patterns in range sizes and their drivers of endemic angiosperms in China

    Article • Ecosphere, September 2023, Wiley

    Dr Dimitar Dimitrov

  15. An updated floristic map of the world

    Article • Nature Communications, May 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Dimitar Dimitrov

  16. Mitochondrial Genome Evolution in Annelida—A Systematic Study on Conservative and Variable Gene Orders and the Factors Influencing its Evolution

    Article • Systematic Biology, April 2023, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Dimitar Dimitrov

  17. Evolutionary history and global angiosperm species richness–climate relationships

    Article • Global Ecology and Biogeography, April 2023, Wiley

    Dr Dimitar Dimitrov

  18. A molecular phylogeny of the European nesticid spiders (Nesticidae, Araneae): Implications for their systematics and biogeography

    Article • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, March 2023, Elsevier

    Dr Dimitar Dimitrov

  19. Spatio‐temporal patterns in the woodiness of flowering plants

    Article • Global Ecology and Biogeography, December 2022, Wiley

    Dr Dimitar Dimitrov

  20. Multiple paths towards repeated phenotypic evolution in the spiny-leg adaptive radiation (Tetragnatha; Hawaii)

    Article • December 2022, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Dimitar Dimitrov

  21. Editorial: Temporal and Large-Scale Spatial Patterns of Plant Diversity and Diversification

    Article • Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, May 2022, Frontiers

    Dr Dimitar Dimitrov

  22. Relationships Between Soil Microbial Diversities Across an Aridity Gradient in Temperate Grasslands

    Article • Microbial Ecology, April 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Dimitar Dimitrov

  23. The era of reference genomes in conservation genomics

    Article • Trends in Ecology & Evolution, March 2022, Elsevier

    Dr.sc. Petar Ozretić, Dr David Vieites, Dr Dimitar Dimitrov, Dr Yannick Wurm

  24. Diversity patterns and conservation gaps of Magnoliaceae species in China

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, March 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Dimitar Dimitrov

  25. The Tetragnatha kauaiensis Genome Sheds Light on the Origins of Genomic Novelty in Spiders

    Article • Genome Biology and Evolution, November 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Dimitar Dimitrov

  26. Molecular phylogeny of pimoid spiders and the limits of Linyphiidae, with a reassessment of male palpal homologies (Araneae, Pimoidae)

    Article • Zootaxa, August 2021, Magnolia Press

    Dr Dimitar Dimitrov

  27. Global patterns of species richness of the holarctic alpine herbSaxifraga: the role of temperature and habitat heterogeneity

    Article • Journal of Plant Ecology, August 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Dimitar Dimitrov

  28. Global distribution and evolutionary transitions of angiosperm sexual systems

    Article • Ecology Letters, June 2021, Wiley

    Dr Dimitar Dimitrov

  29. Phytogeographic History of the Tea Family Inferred Through High-Resolution Phylogeny and Fossils

    Article • Systematic Biology, June 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Dimitar Dimitrov

  30. Author response for "Global distribution and evolutionary transitions of angiosperm sexual systems"

    Article • May 2021, Wiley

    Dr Dimitar Dimitrov

  31. Author response for "Global distribution and evolutionary transitions of angiosperm sexual systems"

    Article • March 2021, Wiley

    Dr Dimitar Dimitrov

  32. Spider Diversification Through Space and Time

    Article • Annual Review of Entomology, January 2021, Annual Reviews

    Dr Dimitar Dimitrov

  33. Converging on the orb: denser taxon sampling elucidates spider phylogeny and new analytical methods support repeated evolution of the orb web

    Article • Cladistics, October 2020, Wiley

    Dr Dimitar Dimitrov

  34. Geographical patterns in phylogenetic diversity of Chinese woody plants and its application for conservation planning

    Article • Diversity and Distributions, October 2020, Wiley

    Dr Dimitar Dimitrov

  35. Interrogating Genomic-Scale Data to Resolve Recalcitrant Nodes in the Spider Tree of Life

    Article • Molecular Biology and Evolution, September 2020, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Dimitar Dimitrov

  36. Dimensions of amphibian alpha diversity in the New World

    Article • Journal of Biogeography, August 2020, Wiley

    Dr Dimitar Dimitrov

  37. Phylogenetic conservatism and biogeographic affinity influence woody plant species richness–climate relationships in eastern Eurasia

    Article • Ecography, April 2020, Wiley

    Dr Dimitar Dimitrov

  38. Drivers of large‐scale geographical variation in sexual systems of woody plants

    Article • Global Ecology and Biogeography, December 2019, Wiley

    Dr Dimitar Dimitrov

  39. Deceleration of morphological evolution in a cryptic species complex and its link to paleontological stasis

    Article • Evolution, November 2019, Wiley

    Dr Dimitar Dimitrov

  40. Contrasting Biogeographic Patterns of Bacterial and Archaeal Diversity in the Top- and Subsoils of Temperate Grasslands

    Article • mSystems, October 2019, ASM Journals

    Dr Dimitar Dimitrov

  41. Front Cover

    Article • Global Ecology and Biogeography, July 2019, Wiley

    Dr Dimitar Dimitrov

  42. Monophyly, Taxon Sampling, and the Nature of Ranks in the Classification of Orb-Weaving Spiders (Araneae: Araneoidea)

    Article • Systematic Biology, July 2019, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Dimitar Dimitrov

  43. Contrasting biogeographic patterns of bacterial and archaeal diversity in the top- and subsoils of temperate grasslands

    Article • April 2019, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Dimitar Dimitrov

  44. Phylogeny of the orb‐weaving spider family Araneidae (Araneae: Araneoidea)

    Article • Cladistics, April 2019, Wiley

    Dr Dimitar Dimitrov

  45. A consistent species richness–climate relationship for oaks across the Northern Hemisphere

    Article • Global Ecology and Biogeography, April 2019, Wiley

    Dr Dimitar Dimitrov

  46. The phylogeny of pholcid spiders: a critical evaluation of relationships suggested by molecular data (Araneae, Pholcidae)

    Article • ZooKeys, October 2018, Pensoft Publishers

    Dr Dimitar Dimitrov

  47. Microhabitat change drives diversification in pholcid spiders

    Article • BMC Evolutionary Biology, September 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Dimitar Dimitrov

  48. Global patterns of Rhododendron diversity: The role of evolutionary time and diversification rates

    Article • Global Ecology and Biogeography, August 2018, Wiley

    Dr Dimitar Dimitrov

  49. Phylogenomics, Diversification Dynamics, and Comparative Transcriptomics across the Spider Tree of Life

    Article • Current Biology, July 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Dimitar Dimitrov

  50. Cryptic Species – More Than Terminological Chaos: A Reply to Heethoff

    Article • Trends in Ecology & Evolution, May 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Dimitar Dimitrov

  51. Phylogenomics, Diversification Dynamics, and Comparative Transcriptomics across the Spider Tree of Life

    Article • Current Biology, May 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Dimitar Dimitrov

  52. Finding Evolutionary Processes Hidden in Cryptic Species

    Article • Trends in Ecology & Evolution, March 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Dimitar Dimitrov

  53. The discovery of the spider genus Putaoa (Araneae, Pimoidae) in Taiwan with the description of a new species, including its web architecture

    Article • Zootaxa, October 2017, Magnolia Press

    Dr Dimitar Dimitrov

  54. The spider tree of life: phylogeny of Araneae based on target-gene analyses from an extensive taxon sampling

    Article • Cladistics, December 2016, Wiley

    Dr Dimitar Dimitrov

  55. Multigene phylogenetic analysis redefines dung beetles relationships and classification (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae)

    Article • BMC Evolutionary Biology, November 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Dimitar Dimitrov

  56. Citizen science data reveal ecological, historical and evolutionary factors shaping interactions between woody hosts and wood-inhabiting fungi

    Article • New Phytologist, September 2016, Wiley

    Dr Jacob Heilmann-Clausen, Dr Dimitar Dimitrov

  57. A review and phylogeny of Scarabaeine dung beetle fossils (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae), with the description of twoCanthochilumspecies from Dominican amber

    Article • PeerJ, May 2016, PeerJ

    Dr Dimitar Dimitrov

  58. Rounding up the usual suspects: a standard target‐gene approach for resolving the interfamilial phylogenetic relationships of ecribellate orb‐weaving spiders with a new family‐rank classification (Araneae, Araneoidea)

    Article • Cladistics, May 2016, Wiley

    Dr Dimitar Dimitrov

  59. Colonization and diversification in the African ‘sky islands’: insights from fossil‐calibrated molecular dating of Lychnis (Caryophyllaceae)

    Article • New Phytologist, April 2016, Wiley

    Dr Dimitar Dimitrov

  60. NCBIminer: sequences harvest from Genbank

    Article • Ecography, February 2015, Wiley

    Dr Dimitar Dimitrov

  61. Slow genital and genetic but rapid non-genital and ecological differentiation in a pair of spider species (Araneae, Pholcidae)

    Article • Zoologischer Anzeiger, June 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Dimitar Dimitrov

  62. Response to Comment on "An Update of Wallace's Zoogeographic Regions of the World"

    Article • Science, July 2013, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Dr Michael Krabbe Borregaard, Dr Dimitar Dimitrov

  63. An Update of Wallace's Zoogeographic Regions of the World

    Article • Science, December 2012, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Dr Michael Krabbe Borregaard, Dr Dimitar Dimitrov

  64. Why Do Tropical Mountains Support Exceptionally High Biodiversity? The Eastern Arc Mountains and the Drivers of Saintpaulia Diversity

    Article • PLOS One, November 2012, PLOS

    Dr Dimitar Dimitrov

  65. Pholcid spider molecular systematics revisited, with new insights into the biogeography and the evolution of the group

    Article • Cladistics, August 2012, Wiley

    Dr Dimitar Dimitrov

  66. A glimpse on the pattern of rodent diversification: a phylogenetic approach

    Article • BMC Evolutionary Biology, January 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Dimitar Dimitrov

  67. Tangled in a sparse spider web: single origin of orb weavers and their spinning work unravelled by denser taxonomic sampling

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, November 2011, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr Dimitar Dimitrov

  68. Evolutionary and biogeographical history of an ancient and global group of arachnids (Arachnida: Opiliones: Cyphophthalmi) with a new taxonomic arrangement

    Article • Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, October 2011, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Dimitar Dimitrov

  69. An extraordinary new genus of spiders from Western Australia with an expanded hypothesis on the phylogeny of Tetragnathidae (Araneae)

    Article • Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, March 2011, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Dimitar Dimitrov

  70. Mr. Darwin’s mysterious spider: on the type species of the genus Leucauge White, 1841 (Tetragnathidae, Araneae)

    Article • Zootaxa, March 2010, Magnolia Press

    Dr Dimitar Dimitrov

  71. On the Phylogenetic Placement of the Spider Genus Atimiosa Simon, 1895, and the Circumscription of Dolichognatha O.P.-Cambridge, 1869 (Tetragnathidae, Araneae)

    Article • American Museum Novitates, March 2010, American Museum of Natural History (BioOne sponsored)

    Dr Dimitar Dimitrov

  72. A Revised Phylogenetic Analysis for the Spider Genus Clitaetra Simon, 1889 (Araneae, Araneoidea, Nephilidae) with the First Description of the Male of the Sri Lankan Species Clitaetra thisbe Simon, 1903

    Article • Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, December 2009, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University

    Dr Dimitar Dimitrov

  73. Phylogenetic relationships of the spider family Tetragnathidae (Araneae, Araneoidea) based on morphological and DNA sequence data

    Article • Cladistics, April 2009, Wiley

    Dr Dimitar Dimitrov

  74. Revision and Cladistic Analysis of the Orbweaving Spider Genus Cyrtognatha Keyserling, 1881 (Araneae, Tetragnathidae)

    Article • Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, March 2009, American Museum of Natural History (BioOne sponsored)

    Dr Dimitar Dimitrov

  75. Family ties: molecular phylogeny of crab spiders (Araneae: Thomisidae)

    Article • Cladistics, October 2008, Wiley

    Dr Dimitar Dimitrov

  76. Colonization and diversification of the spider genus Pholcus Walckenaer, 1805 (Araneae, Pholcidae) in the Macaronesian archipelagos: Evidence for long-term occupancy yet rapid recent speciation

    Article • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, August 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Dimitar Dimitrov

  77. Until dirt do us apart: On the unremarkable palp morphology of the spider Sternospina concretipalpis Schmidt & Krause, 1993, with comments on the genus Prionolaema Simon, 1894 (Araneae, Tetragnathidae)

    Article • Zootaxa, February 2008, Magnolia Press

    Dr Dimitar Dimitrov

  78. The genus Pholcus (Araneae, Pholcidae) in the Canary Islands

    Article • Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, September 2007, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Dimitar Dimitrov

  79. The female genital morphology of the orb weaving spider genus Agriognatha (Araneae, Tetragnathidae)

    Article • Journal of Morphology, May 2007, Wiley

    Dr Dimitar Dimitrov

  80. THREE NEW SPECIES OF PHOLCUS (ARANEAE, PHOLCIDAE) FROM THE CANARY ISLANDS WITH NOTES ON THE GENUS PHOLCUS IN THE ARCHIPELAGO

    Article • Journal of Arachnology, August 2006, American Arachnological Society

    Dr Dimitar Dimitrov

  81. Description of Ossinissa, a new pholcid genus from the Canary Islands (Araneae: Pholcidae)

    Article • Zootaxa, May 2005, Magnolia Press

    Dr Dimitar Dimitrov