Working on terrestrial Isopoda/woodlice (Oniscidea), mainly from ex-USSR territories, but know almost worldwide fauna quite well.
Also know some Coleoptera quite well.

iNaturalist curator mainly on Oniscidea.
Feel free to tag me under observations/flags/pm me.
Говорю на русском и английском ;)

Affiliation:
Student of the Entomology Department of Moscow State University, Russia.
Researcher at the Severtsev Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russia.

I also have access to the collections of the Zoological Museum of Moscow State University, especially the type collection of terrestrial Isopods (all Borutzky's and Gongalsky's type and some small amount of Schmalfuss's and Dalen's). Some times to collections of Zoological Institute in Saint Petersburg too (some Budde-Lund's type).
Feel free to contact me if you need anything for your research/interested in cooperation.

Publications:
・Gongalsky K. B., Byzov Ph. S., Koshanova R. E. A redescription of Desertoniscus linearis (Budde-Lund, 1885)(Isopoda: Oniscidea: Agnaridae) from the Republic of Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan // Arthropoda Selecta. – 2024. –Vol. 33. – №. 2. – С. 175-181.
・Гонгальский К. Б., Бызов Ф. С., Михайлов К. Г. О ТАКСОНОМИЧЕСКОМ СТАТУСЕ ВИДОВ МОКРИЦ (ISOPODA: ONISCIDEA), НАЗВАННЫХ А.Н. КОРЧАГИНЫМ В 1888 г // Бюллетень Московского общества испытателей природы. Отдел биологический. – 2024. – Т. 129. – №. 3. – С. 13-18.
・Gongalsky K. B., Byzov Ph. S., Medvedev D. A. A new species of the genus Protracheoniscus Verhoeff, 1917 (Isopoda: Oniscidea: Agnaridae) from the northwestern Caucasus // Arthropoda Selecta. – 2024. –Vol. 33. – №. 1. – С. 65-75.
・Бызов Ф. С., Поляков Д. И., Грачев Г. М. Жизненные формы мокриц (Isopoda: Oniscidea) и особенности их содержания в культуре //Беспозвоночные животные в коллекциях зоопарков и инсектариев: материалы. – С. 59-62.
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