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Publications (37)      

1. Bespalaya, Yulia V., Maxim V. Vinarski, Olga V. Aksenova, Evgeny Babushkin, Mikhail Y. Gofarov, Alexander V. Kondakov, Ekaterina S. Konopleva, Alexander Kropotin, Youness Mabrouki, Nadezhda Ovchankova, Dmitry M. Palatov, Svetlana E. Sokolova, Alexander Shevchenko, Oksana Travina, Abdelkhaleq F. Taybi, Alena Soboleva, Natalia A. Zubrii & Ivan Bolotov. 2023 Phylogeny, taxonomy, and biogeography of the Sphaeriinae (Bivalvia: Sphaeriidae) Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.
2. Bolotov, Ivan, Alexander V. Kondakov, Ekaterina S. Konopleva & Ilya V. Vikhrev. 2021 A new genus of ultra-elongate freshwater mussels from Vietnam and eastern China (Bivalvia: Unionidae) Ecologica Montenegrina 39: 1-6.
3. Bolotov, Ivan, Alexander V. Kondakov, Ekaterina S. Konopleva, Ilya V. Vikhrev, Olga Aksenova, Andrey Aksenov, Yulia V. Bespalaya, Alexey Borovskoy, Petr Danilov, Gennady Dvoryankin, Mikhail Y. Gofarov, Mikhail Kabakov, Olga K. Klishko, Yulia S. Kolosova, Artem A. Lyubas, Alexander Novoselov, Dmitry Palatov, Grigory Savvinov, Nikolay Solomonov, Vitaly Spitsyn, Svetlana E. Sokolova, Alena A. Tomilova, Elsa Froufe, Arthur E. Bogan, Manuel Lopes-Lima, A. A. Makhrov & Maxim V. Vinarski. 2020 Integrative taxonomy, biogeography and conservation of freshwater mussels (Unionidae) in Russia Scientific Reports 10(3072): 1-20.
4. Bolotov, Ivan, Alexander V. Kondakov, Tatyana Eliseeva, Olga Aksenova, Evgeny Babushkin, Yulia V. Bespalaya, Elena S. Chertoprud, Gennady Dvoryankin, Mikhail Y. Gofarov, Anna L. Klass, Ekaterina S. Konopleva, Alexander Kropotin, Artem A. Lyubas, A. A. Makhrov, Dmitry Palatov, Alexander Shevchenko, Svetlana E. Sokolova, Vitaly M. Spitsin, Alena A. Tomilova, Ilya V. Vikhrev, Natalia A. Zubrii & Maxim V. Vinarski. 2022 Cryptic taxonomic diversity and high-latitude melanism in the glossiphoniid leech assemblage from the Eurasian Arctic Scientific Reports 12: 1-25.
5. Bolotov, Ivan, Anna L. Klass, Alexander V. Kondakov, Ilya V. Vikhrev, Yulia V. Bespalaya, Mikhail Y. Gofarov, Boris Y. Filippov, Arthur E. Bogan, Manuel Lopes-Lima, Zau Lunn, Nyein Chan, Olga Aksenova, Gennady Dvoryankin, Yulia Chapurina, Sang K. Kim, Yulia S. Kolosova, Ekaterina S. Konopleva, Jin H. Lee, A. A. Makhrov, Dmitry Palatov, Elena Sayenko, Vitaly Spitsyn, Svetlana E. Sokolova, Alena A. Tomilova, Than Win, Natalia A. Zubrii & Maxim V. Vinarski. 2019 Freshwater mussels house a diverse mussel-associated leech assemblage Scientific Reports 9: 1-22.
6. Bolotov, Ivan, Anna L. Klass, Ekaterina S. Konopleva, Yulia V. Bespalaya, Mikhail Y. Gofarov, Alexander V. Kondakov & Ilya V. Vikhrev. 2020 First freshwater mussel-associated piscicolid leech from East Asia Scientific Reports 10(19854): 1–10.
7. Bolotov, Ivan, Ekaterina S. Konopleva, Ilya V. Vikhrev & Alexander V. Kondakov. 2024 An alarming tendency towards freshwater mussel misidentification in scientific works may bias endangered and invasive species management Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 34(1): e4061.
8. Bolotov, Ivan, Ekaterina S. Konopleva, Ilya V. Vikhrev, Manuel Lopes-Lima, Arthur E. Bogan, Zau Lunn, Nyein Chan, Than Win, Olga V. Aksenova, Mikhail Y. Gofarov, Alena A. Tomilova & Alexander V. Kondakov. 2019 Eight new freshwater mussels (Unionidae) from tropical Asia Scientific Reports 9: 1-15.
9. Bolotov, Ivan, Ekaterina S. Konopleva, Ilya V. Vikhrev, Mikhail Y. Gofarov, Alexander V. Kondakov, Artem A. Lyubas, Alena A. Soboleva, Nyein Chan, Zau Lunn, Than Win & Khamla Inkhavilay. 2023 Integrative taxonomic reappraisal and evolutionary biogeography of the most diverse freshwater mussel clade from Southeast Asia (Pseudodontini) Water 15: 1-39.
10. Bolotov, Ivan, Ekaterina S. Konopleva, Ilya V. Vikhrev, Mikhail Y. Gofarov, Manuel Lopes-Lima, Arthur E. Bogan, Zau Lunn, Nyein Chan, Than Win, Olga Aksenova, Alena A. Tomilova, Kitti Tanmuangpak, Sakboworn Tumpeesuwan & Alexander V. Kondakov. 2020 New freshwater mussel taxa discoveries clarify biogeographic division of Southeast Asia Scientific Reports 10(6616): 1-22.
11. Bolotov, Ivan, Ekaterina S. Konopleva, Ilya V. Vikhrev, Mikhail Y. Gofarov, Manuel Lopes-Lima, Arthur E. Bogan, Zau Lunn, Nyein Chan, Than Win, Olga V. Aksenova, Alena A. Tomilova, Kitti Tanmuangpak, Sakboworn Tumpeesuwan & Alexander V. Kondakov. 2021 Nominal taxa of freshwater Mollusca from Southeast Asia described by Dr. Nguyen N. Thach: A brief overview with new synonyms and fixation of a publication date Ecologica Montenegrina 41: 73-83.
12. Bolotov, Ivan, Ekaterina S. Konopleva, Ilya V. Vikhrev, Than Win, Zau Lunn, Nyein Chan, Mikhail Y. Gofarov, Alexander V. Kondakov, Alena A. Tomilova, Rajeev Pasupuleti & N. V. Subba Rao. 2022 Follow the footsteps of Leonardo Fea: An example of an integrative revision of freshwater mussel taxa described from the former British Burma (Myanmar) Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 2022: 1-33.
13. Bolotov, Ivan, Ekaterina S. Konopleva, Nyein Chan, Zau Lunn, Than Win, Mikhail Y. Gofarov, Alexander V. Kondakov, Alena A. Tomilova & Ilya V. Vikhrev. 2022 A riverine biodiversity hotspot in Northern Myanmar supports three new and narrowly endemic freshwater mussel species Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 32(9): 1490-1508.
14. Bolotov, Ivan, Ilya V. Vikhrev, Alexander V. Kondakov, Ekaterina S. Konopleva, Mikhail Y. Gofarov, Olga Aksenova & Sakboworn Tumpeesuwan. 2017 New taxa of freshwater mussels (Unionidae) from a species-rich but overlooked evolutionary hotspot in Southeast Asia Scientific Reports 7(11573): 1-18.
15. Bolotov, Ivan, Ilya V. Vikhrev, Manuel Lopes-Lima, Mikhail Y. Gofarov, Ekaterina S. Konopleva, Zau Lunn, Nyein Chan & Arthur E. Bogan. 2019 Indonaia rectangularis (Tapparone-Canefri, 1889) comb. nov., a forgotten freshwater mussel species from Myanmar (Bivalvia, Unionidae) ZooKeys 852: 23-30.
16. Bolotov, Ivan, Ilya V. Vikhrev, Manuel Lopes-Lima, Mikhail Y. Gofarov, Ekaterina S. Konopleva, Artem A. Lyubas, Zau Lunn, Nyein Chan & Arthur E. Bogan. 2019 Unio sella and U. sula: A review of enigmatic taxonomic names linked to Gibbosula laosensis (Lea, 1863) (Bivalvia: Margaritiferidae: Gibbosulinae) Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 67: 440-447.
17. Bolotov, Ivan, Ilya V. Vikhrev, Manuel Lopes-Lima, Zau Lunn, Nyein Chan, Than Win, Olga Aksenova, Mikhail Y. Gofarov, Alexander V. Kondakov, Ekaterina S. Konopleva & Sakboworn Tumpeesuwan. 2018 Discovery of Novaculina myanmarensis sp. nov. (Bivalvia: Pharidae: Pharellinae) closes the freshwater razor clams range disjunction in Southeast Asia Scientific Reports 8(16325): 1-12.
18. Bolotov, Ivan, John M. Pfeiffer, Ekaterina S. Konopleva, Ilya V. Vikhrev, Alexander V. Kondakov, Olga V. Aksenova, Mikhail Y. Gofarov, Sakboworn Tumpeesuwan & Than Win. 2018 A new genus and tribe of freshwater mussel (Unionidae) from Southeast Asia Scientific Reports 8(10030): 1-12.
19. Bolotov, Ivan, John M. Pfeiffer, Ekaterina S. Konopleva, Ilya V. Vikhrev, Alexander V. Kondakov, Olga V. Aksenova, Mikhail Y. Gofarov, Sakboworn Tumpeesuwan & Than Win. 2018 A new genus and tribe of freshwater mussel (Unionidae) from Southeast Asia Scientific Reports 8: 1-12.
20. Bolotov, Ivan, Jyotish Sonowal, Devid Kardong, Rajeev Pasupuleti, N. V. Subba Rao, Suresh K. Unnikrishnan, Mikhail Y. Gofarov, Alexander V. Kondakov, Ekaterina S. Konopleva, Artem A. Lyubas & Ilya V. Vikhrev. 2024 Discovery of an endemism hotspot of freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Unionidae) in Assam, with a description of two new genera Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society: 1-19.
21. Bolotov, Ivan, Olga Aksenova, Ilya V. Vikhrev, Ekaterina S. Konopleva, Yulia Chapurina & Alexander V. Kondakov. 2021 A new fossil piddock (Bivalvia: Pholadidae) may indicate estuarine to freshwater environments near Cretaceous amber-producing forests in Myanmar Scientific Reports 11: 1-14.
22. Bolotov, Ivan, Rajeev Pasupuleti, N. V. Subba Rao, Suresh K. Unnikrishnan, Nyein Chan, Zau Lunn, Than Win, Mikhail Y. Gofarov, Alexander V. Kondakov, Ekaterina S. Konopleva, Artem A. Lyubas, Alena A. Tomilova, Ilya V. Vikhrev, Markus Pfenninger, Sophie S. Düwel, Barbara Feldmeyer, Hasko Nesemann & Karl-Otto Nagel. 2022 Oriental freshwater mussels arose in East Gondwana and arrived to Asia on the Indian Plate and Burma Terrane Scientific Reports 12: 1-26.
23. Bolotov, Ivan, Tatyana Eliseeva, Alexander V. Kondakov, Ekaterina S. Konopleva, Dmitry Palatov, Agniya M. Sokolova, Ilya V. Vikhrev, Mikhail Y. Gofarov, Galina Bovykina, Nyein Chan, Zau Lunn & Than Win. 2022 Hidden shelter-like associations of minute Alboglossiphonia leeches (Hirudinea: Glossiphoniidae) with sedentary animals and molluscs Limnologica 97(126028): 1–14.
24. Chapurina, Yulia, Alexander V. Kondakov, Nyein Chan, Ilya V. Vikhrev, Ivan Bolotov, Ekaterina S. Konopleva, Than Win & Zau Lunn. 2022 A new species Unionicola (Dimockatax stat. rev.) haungthayawensis sp. nov. (Trombidiformes: Unionicolidae) from the freshwater mussel Lamellidens generosus (Gould, 1847) in Myanmar Ecologica Montenegrina 56: 28-39.
25. Chapurina, Yulia, Ekaterina S. Konopleva, Malcolm Vidrine, Ilya V. Vikhrev, Zau Lunn, Nyein Chan, Than Win, Alexander V. Kondakov, Natalia A. Zubrii, Yulia V. Bespalaya, Olga Aksenova, Mikhail Y. Gofarov & Ivan Bolotov. 2022 New Molecular-Based Phylogeny of Mussel-Associated Mites Reveals a New Subgenus and Three New Species Representing an Example of a Host-Driven Radiation in Indochina and Confirms the Concept of Division of the Genus Unionicola Haldeman, 1842 (Acari: Unionicolidae) into Numerous Subgenera Diversity 14(10): 1-30.
Chapurina, Yulia, Ivan Bolotov, Malcolm Vidrine, Ilya V. Vikhrev, Zau Lunn, Nyein Chan, Than Win, Yulia V. Bespalaya, Olga Aksenova, Mikhail Y. Gofarov, Alexander V. Kondakov & Ekaterina S. Konopleva. 2021 Taxonomic richness and host range of tropical Asian mussel-associated mite assemblages (Acari: Unionicolidae) with a description of a new subgenus and species of parasitic mite from freshwater pearl mussels (Unionida: Margaritiferidae) Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 59(3): 613-634.
Kondakov, Alexander V., Dmitry M. Palatov, Zakir P. Rajabov, Mikhail Y. Gofarov, Ekaterina S. Konopleva, Alena A. Tomilova, Ilya V. Vikhrev & Ivan Bolotov. 2018 DNA analysis of a non-native lineage of Sinanodonta woodiana species complex (Bivalvia: Unionidae) from Middle Asia supports the Chinese origin of the European invaders Zootaxa 4462(4): 511–522.
Konopleva, Ekaterina S., Ivan Bolotov, Alexander V. Kondakov, Mikhail Y. Gofarov, Alena A. Tomilova, Zau Lunn, Nyein Chan, Than Win & Ilya V. Vikhrev. 2020 A taxonomic review of Trapezidens (Bivalvia: Unionidae: Lamellidentini), a freshwater mussel genus endemic to Myanmar, with a description of a new species Ecologica Montenegrina 27: 45-57.
Konopleva, Ekaterina S., Ivan Bolotov, Alexander V. Kondakov, Oleg Kononov, Mikhail Y. Gofarov, Alena A. Tomilova, Zau Lunn, Nyein Chan, Than Win & Ilya V. Vikhrev. 2020 A taxonomic review of Trapezidens (Bivalvia: Unionidae: Lamellidentini), a freshwater mussel genus endemic to Myanmar, with a description of a new species Ecologica Montenegrina.
Konopleva, Ekaterina S., Ivan Bolotov, Ilya V. Vikhrev, Khamla Inkhavilay, Mikhail Y. Gofarov, Alexander V. Kondakov, Alena A. Tomilova, Yulia E. Chapurina, Van T. Do, John M. Pfeiffer, Manuel Lopes-Lima & Arthur E. Bogan. 2023 A freshwater mussel species reflects a Miocene stream capture between the Mekong Basin and East Asian rivers Zoosystematics and Evolution 99(1): 29-43.
Konopleva, Ekaterina S., Ivan Bolotov, John M. Pfeiffer, Ilya V. Vikhrev, Alexander V. Kondakov, Mikhail Y. Gofarov, Alena A. Tomilova, Kitti Tanmuangpak & Sakboworn Tumpeesuwan. 2021 New freshwater mussels from two Southeast Asian genera Bineurus and Thaiconcha (Pseudodontini, Gonideinae, Unionidae) Scientific Reports 11: 1-17.
Konopleva, Ekaterina S., Ivan Bolotov, Vitaly Spitsyn, Alexander V. Kondakov, Mikhail Y. Gofarov & Ilya V. Vikhrev. 2019 A new Contradens from Laos (Bivalvia: Unionidae: Contradentini) Ecologica Montenegrina 24: 25-31.
Konopleva, Ekaterina S., John M. Pfeiffer, Ilya V. Vikhrev, Alexander V. Kondakov, Mikhail Y. Gofarov, Olga V. Aksenova, Zau Lunn, Nyein Chan & Ivan Bolotov. 2019 A new genus and two new species of freshwater mussels (Unionidae) from western Indochina Scientific Reports.
Konopleva, Ekaterina S., Vachira Lheknim, Rujinard Sriwoon, Alexander V. Kondakov, Alena A. Tomilova, Mikhail Y. Gofarov, Ilya V. Vikhrev & Ivan Bolotov. 2022 Diversity and phylogenetics of freshwater mussels (Unionidae) from Southern Thailand with the description of one new genus and five new species-group taxa Diversity 15(1): 1-22.
Nagel, Karl-Otto, Tom Schiøtte, Mikhail Y. Gofarov, Ilya V. Vikhrev, Ekaterina S. Konopleva & Ivan Bolotov. 2022 Re-discovery of the type series of the Indian freshwater mussel Parreysia corrugata (O. F. Müller, 1774) with the designation of the lectotype (Bivalvia: Unionidae: Parreysiinae) Journal of Natural History 56(5-8): 493-511.
Pešić, Vladimir, Ekaterina S. Konopleva, Alessio Iannucci, Sónia Ferreira & Elisabeth Stur. 2025 Molecular phylogeny reveals three new water mite species of the genus Teutonia Koenike, 1889, from Portugal (Acari, Hydrachnidia, Teutoniidae) Systematic & Applied Acarology 30(2): 381–401.
Pešić, Vladimir, Harry Smit & Ekaterina S. Konopleva. 2023 Molecular phylogeny and description of Hygrobates cyrnusensis sp. nov. reveals multiple colonization of Corsica by water mites of the H. fluviatilis-complex (Acariformes, Hydrachnidia, Hygrobatidae). Acarologia 63(1): 263-274.
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