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Simov, N., Langourov, M., Sakalian, V., Bozukov, V., 2021. First fossil jewel beetle (Insecta: Coleoptera: Buprestidae) from Middle Miocene deposits in Bulgaria. — Historia naturalis bulgarica, 42: 31—34. [PDF] doi:10.48027/hnb.42.052

Simov, N., Langourov, M., Pavlova, A., Hubenov, Z., Bozukov, V., 2021. First record of fossil Diptera (Insecta) in Miocene deposits in Bulgaria. — Comptes rendus de l’Académie bulgare des Sciences 74 (2): 233—240. doi:10.7546/CRABS.2021.02.10 [PDF]

Shurulinkov, P., Bergkamp, P., Aleksandrov, N., Simeonov, P., Ralev, A., Tsvetkov, P., Popov, K., Daskalova, G., Dimitrova, K., Hristov, K., Hristov, I., Gradinarov, J., Tonev, I., Hotinov, B., Dimitrov, D. A., Ottensman, M., Rinaud, T., Chakarov, N., 2021. Vagrant species of birds captured at Durankulak ringing camp, NE Bulgaria, 2019—2020. — Historia naturalis bulgarica, 42: 89—94. doi:10.48027/hnb.42.121

Plant, C. W., Beshkov, S., Jakšić, P., King, A., Nahirnić-Beshkova, A., 2021. First report of Acasis appensata (Eversmann, 1842) in Serbia with an examination of the genus Acasis Duponchel, 1845 (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) on the Balkan Peninsula. — Acta Entomologica Serbica, 26 (1): 31—40. doi:10.5281/zenodo.5008943 [PDF]

Nahirnić-Beshkova, A., Toshova, T. B., Beshkov, S., 2021. New Data for the Zygaenidae (Lepidoptera) from the Sakar Mountain, Bulgaria. — Acta Zoologica Bulgarica. [PDF]

Nahirnić-Beshkova, A., Beshkov, S., Kucherenko, E. E., Efetov, K. A., 2021. Theresimima ampellophaga (Bayle-Barelle, 1808) rediscovered in the Republic of North Macedonia by using sex attractant traps (Lepidoptera: Zygaenidae). — SHILAP Revta. lepid., 49 (193): 161—170. [PDF]

Langourov, M., Simov, N., Abadjiev, S., 2021. Three species of butterflies new for the North Aegean Island of Lemnos (Greece). — Historia naturalis bulgarica, 42: 79—86. [PDF] doi:10.48027/hnb.42.101

Langourov, M., 2021. Scuttle flies (Diptera: Phoridae) of Vitosha Mt (Bulgaria) — Historia naturalis bulgarica, 43 (1): 1—24. [PDF] doi:10.48027/hnb.43.011

Koynova, T. V., Valkova, S. I., Simov, N. P., Langourov, M. S., Natchev, N. D., 2021. Data on the Stomach Content Analysis and Fat-body Morphology in the Agile Frog (Rana dalmatina Fitzinger in Bonaparte, 1838) during the Mating Season in Bulgaria. — Ecologia Balkanica, 13 (1): 27—33. [PDF]

Hubenov, Z., 2021. Species composition and distribution of the dipterans (Insecta: Diptera) in Bulgaria. — Pensoft and National Museum of Natural History, Sofia, 276 pp. doi:10.3897/ab.e68616 [PDF]

Gogaladze, A., Son, M. O., Lattuada, M., Anistratenko, V. V., Syomin, V. L., Pavel, A. B., Popa, O. P., Popa, L. O., ter Poorten, J.-J., Biesmeijer, J. C., Raes, N., Wilke, T., Trichkova, T., Hubenov, Z. K., Vinarski, M. V., Anistratenko, O. Yu., Alexenko, T. L., Wesselingh, F. P., 2021. Decline of unique Pontocaspian biodiversity in the Black Sea Basin: A review. — Ecology and Evolution 2021, 00: 1—25. doi:10.1002/ece3.8022 [PDF]

Dembicz, I., Velev, N., Boch, S., Janišová, M., Palpurina, S., Pedashenko, H., Vassilev, K., Dengler, J., 2021. Drivers of plant diversity in Bulgarian dry grasslands vary across spatial scales and functional-taxonomic groups. — Journal of Vegetation Science, 32: e12935. doi:10.1111/jvs.12935

Deák, B., Kovács, B., Rádai, Z., Apostolova, I., Kelemen, A., Kiss, R., Lukács, K., Palpurina, S., Sopotlieva, D., Báthori, F., Valkó, O., 2021. Linking environmental heterogeneity and plant diversity: The ecological role of small natural features in homogeneous landscapes. — Science of The Total Environment, 763: 144199. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.144199

Csányi, B., Weiperth, A., Zorić, K., Bammer, V., Borza, P., Trichkova, T.,Weigand, A., Cardoso, A. C., Očadlik, M., Bubíková, K., Stanković, I., Todorov, M., Botev, I., Kenderov, M., Hubenov, Z., Paunović, M., 2021. Invasive alien species. — In: Liška, I., Wagner, F., Sengl, M., Deutsch, K., Slobodník, J., Paunović, M. (eds) Joint Danube Survey 4. Scientic Report: A Shared Analysis of the Danube River. International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River, Vienna: 93—106. [PDF]

Boev, Z., Popgeorgiev, G., 2021. Animal remains of the medieval settlement (9th—10th century A. D.) near Nedan village (Veliko Tarnovo Region, CN Bulgaria). — ZooNotes, 170: 1—4. [PDF]

Boev, Z., Bozukov, V., 2021. Satovcha (Blagoevgrad Distict, SW Bulgaria), a new Middle Miocene avian locality. — Comptes rendus de l’Académie bulgare des Sciences, 74 (3): 406—411. [PDF]

Boev, Z., 2021. Animal remains of the medieval settlement near Petarch village (Sofia Province, CW Bulgaria). — ZooNotes, 184: 1—4. [PDF]

Boev, Z., 2021. An Early Pleistocene magpie (Pica praepica sp. n.) (Corvidae Leach, 1820) from Bulgaria. — Bulletin of the Natural History Museum — Plovdiv, 6: 51—59. [PDF]

Boev, Z., 2021. Data on the study of bird distribution in Bulgaria in the last 45 years (1976—2020). — Bulletin of the Natural History Museum — Plovdiv, 6: 1—45. [PDF]

Beshkov, S., Nahirnić-Beshkova, A., 2021. Paracossulus thrips (Hübner, 1818) (Lep. Cossidae) re-discovered in Bulgaria with notes of some other surprising findings in the Dragoman Natura 2000 Protected Area. — Entomologist’s Rec. J. Var., 133: 22—30. [PDF]

Beshkov, S., Nahirnić-Beshkova, A., 2021. Contribution to knowledge of the Balkan Lepidoptera II (Lepidoptera: Macrolepidoptera). — Ecologica Montenegrina, 42: 1—44. doi:10.37828/em.2021.42.1 [PDF]

Albu, V., Nahirnić-Beshkova, A., 2021. Contribution to the identities and distribution patterns of Zygaenidae (Lepidoptera) from Romania. — Historia naturalis bulgarica, 42: 25—30. [PDF] doi:10.48027/hnb.42.051

Abadjiev, S., Nahirnić-Beshkova, A., 2021. Type specimens of Zygaenidae in the National Museum of Natural History, Sofia (Lepidoptera). — Historia naturalis bulgarica, 42: 9—13. [PDF] doi:10.48027/hnb.42.031

Боев, З., 2021. Тропични птици в Сибир. — Природа — БАН, 2: 98—101. [PDF]

Боев, З., 2021. Фосилните земноводни в България. — Природа — БАН, 2: 92—96. [PDF]

Боев, З., 2021. Кафявата мечка — хищник с интересна история в България. — Природа — БАН, 1: 106—112. [PDF]

Zlatkov, B., Stefanov, S., Gashtarov, V., Vergilov, V., 2020. New records of Hierodula transcaucasica Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878 (Mantodea) from Bulgaria. — Historia naturalis bulgarica, 41: 99—101. [PDF] doi:10.48027/hnb.41.12003

Ziv, G., Beckmann, M., Bullock, J., Cord, A., Delzeit, R., Domingo, C., Dreßler, G., Hagemann, N., Masó, J., Müller, B., Neteler, M., Sapundzhieva, A., Stoev, P., Stenning, J., Trajković, M., Václavík, T., 2020. BESTMAP: behavioural, Ecological and Socio-economic Tools for Modelling Agricultural Policy. — Research Ideas and Outcomes, 6: e52052. doi:10.3897/rio.6.e52052

Yaneva, M., Konyovska, R., Garevska, B., Hristova, L., Spassov, N., 2020. Sedimentary study of the Upper Miocene fossiliferous deposits in the Tikvesh Basin, Republic of North Macedonia. — Comptes rendus de l’Académie bulgare des Sciences, 73 (4): 516—520. doi:10.7546/CRABS.2020.04.10

Vahtera, V., Stoev, P., Akkari, N., 2020. Five million years in the darkness: A new troglomorphic species of Cryptops Leach, 1814 (Chilopoda, Scolopendromorpha) from Movile Cave, Romania. — ZooKeys, 1004: 1—26. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1004.58537

Vacheva, E. D., Naumov, B. Y., Tzankov, N. D., 2020. Diversity and Habitat Preferences in Lizard Assemblages (Reptilia: Sauria) from Model Territories in Western Bulgaria. — Acta zoologica bulgarica, 72 [accepted paper].

Tyufekchieva, V., Vidinova, Y., Evtimova, V., 2020. Chapter: Stoneflies (Plecoptera) from Sarnena Sredna Gora Mts. — In: Georgiev, D., Bechev, D., Yancheva, V. (eds) Fauna of Sarnena Sredna Gora Mts., Part 1, ZooNotes: 60—65.

Troya, P., Gómez, F., 2020. Rastreadores colaboran en una reserva india de Nuevo México. — Quercus, 412: 46—47.

Tomaskinova, J., Dicks, L., Collier, M., Geneletti, D., Grace, M., Longato, D., Sadula, R., Stoev, P., Sapundzhieva, A., Balzan, M. V., 2020. Capacity-building and networking events for nature-based solutions and re-naturing in Malta. — Research Ideas and Outcomes, 6: e60893. doi:10.3897/rio.6.e60893

Todorov, M., Trichkova, T., Hubenov, Z., Jurajda, P., 2020. Faxonius limosus (Rafinesque, 1817) (Decapoda: Cambaridae), a New Invasive Alien Species of European Union Concern in Bulgaria. — Acta zoologica bulgarica, 72 (1): 113—121. [PDF]

Todorov, M., Kenderov, M., Botev, I., Hubenov, Z., Trichkova, T., 2020. First Records of Pectinatella magnifica (Leidy, 1851) (Bryozoa: Plumatellida: Pectinatellidae) in the Bulgarian Shoreline Zone of the Danube River. — Acta zoologica bulgarica, 72 (4): 611—617. [PDF]

Stuke, J. H., Beuk, P. L. T., Fahldieck, M., Flügel, H. J., Heiss, Rr., Kehlmaier, C., Kuhlisch, C., Mengual, X., Pavlova, A., Pont, A. C., Reimann, A., Rulik, B., Ssymank, A., Streese, N., von Tschirnhaus, M,. Werner, D., Ziegler, J., 2020. Funde von Zweiflüglern (Insecta: Diptera) während des 35. Treffens des Arbeitskreises Diptera in Hitzacker, Niedersachsen (Deutschland). — Studia dipterologica, 23 (2) 2016: 267—297. [PDF]

Stoianova, D., Simov, N., Vu, M. Q., Nguyen, D. M., Grozeva, S., 2020. New data on karyotype, spermatogenesis and ovarian trophocyte ploidy in three aquatic bug species of the families Naucoridae, Notonectidae, and Belostomatidae (Nepomorpha, Heteroptera). — Comparative Cytogenetics, 14 (1): 139—156. doi:10.3897/CompCytogen.V14i1.48709

Šmiga, L., Fedorčák, J., Faltýnková, A., Stefanov, T., Bystrianska, J., Halačka, K., Koščová, L., Koščo, J., 2020. Endohelminth Parasites in Loaches Cobitis spp. (Actinopterygii: Cobitidae), with the First Record of Allocreadium transversale (Rudolphi, 1802) (Digenea: Allocreadiidae) in Bulgaria. — Acta zoologica bulgarica.

Shurulinkov, P., Daskalova, G., Popov, K, Dalakchieva, S.,Tsonev, R., Dimchev, I., Ralev, A., 2020. Recent changes in the presence status and numbers of ruddy shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea) in the Eastern Balkans. — Historia naturalis bulgarica, 41: 41—49. doi:10.48027/hnb.41.06001