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Historia naturalis bulgarica is a peer-reviewed journal published by the National Museum of Natural History, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Founded in 1989, the journal publishes scientific contributions on mineralogy, palaeontology, botany, zoology. Since 2018, volume 25, the publishing is online only.
Historia naturalis bulgarica is indexed in Crossref, Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), EBSCO Research Databases, Scopus and others.
Historia naturalis bulgarica is a peer-reviewed journal published by the National Museum of Natural History, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Founded in 1989, the journal publishes scientific contributions on mineralogy, palaeontology, botany, zoology. Since 2018, volume 25, the publishing is online only.
Historia naturalis bulgarica is indexed in Crossref, Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), EBSCO Research Databases, Scopus and others.
Scopus CiteScore 2023: 0.6 | SNIP 2023: 0.518
Scopus CiteScoreTracker 2024: 0.7
Scimago Journal & Country Rank (SJR) 2023: 0.243Agricultural and Biological Sciences: Animal Science and Zoology — Q3, Aquatic Science — Q3, Insect Science — Q4, Plant Science — Q3
Archival content is accessible through Biodiversity Heritage Library (volumes 1–15) and Zenodo (research articles of volumes 16–47).
Latest articles
https://doi.org/10.48027/hnb.47.043Distribution of the mound-building mouse on the territory of Košická kotlina basin (Slovakia)
Alexander Csanády
In the lowland areas of the Košická kotlina basin (eastern Slovakia), the occurrence of the mound-building mouse, Mus spicilegus, was confirmed in 2002–2024. The occurrence was…
1 April 2025 · volume 47 (issue 4) · pp. 85–93
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https://doi.org/10.48027/hnb.47.042Where have the bumblebees and other wild bees gone? – preliminary results of rapid evaluation in grassland habitats near agricultural fields in Ihtimanska Sredna Gora Mts (Bulgaria)
Ekaterina Kozuharova; Toshko Ljubomirov; Dimitar Uzunov
Ecosystem services from wild bees are related to food production and medicine. However, the global decline of wild bees (including bumblebees) is a well-documented fact. The main factors…
1 April 2025 · volume 47 (issue 4) · pp. 69–84
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https://doi.org/10.48027/hnb.47.041Updated distribution of Dilophus clavicornus Skartveit & Kaplan, 1996 (Diptera: Bibionidae), with new records from Romania, Montenegro and France
Jean-Paul Haenni; Alexandru-Mihai Pintilioaie; Daniel de Castro Schelesky-Prado; Jean-Jacques Porteneuve
Dilophus clavicornus Skartveit et Kaplan, 1996 (Diptera: Bibionidae: Bibioninae) is reported for the first time from Romania, Montenegro and France. Photos of male habitus, fore tibia…
1 April 2025 · volume 47 (issue 4) · pp. 63–67
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https://doi.org/10.48027/hnb.47.033New data on the occurrence and status of some sparid species (Actinopterygii: Sparidae) in the coastal Bulgarian Black Sea waters
Feriha M. Tserkova; Vesselina V. Mihneva; Elitsa P. Petrova-Pavlova; Tihomir Stefanov; Krasimir Georgiev; Stanimir Valchev; Zahari Marinov; Mak Goranov; Radinela Stefanova; Lidia Nedkova
Fish species diversity in the Black Sea is affected by a phenomenon called mediterranisation. This is related to the advance of thermophilic fish from the Mediterranean Sea into the…
4 March 2025 · volume 47 (issue 3) · pp. 55–62
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https://doi.org/10.48027/hnb.45.011
New data on the distribution of Eryx jaculus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Reptilia: Serpentes) in Bulgaria
Nikola Stanchev; Angel Dyugmedzhiev; Martin Stanchev; Irina Lazarkevich; Borislav Naumov
16 January 2023 · volume 45 (issue 1) · pp. 1–4
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New data on the distribution of Eryx jaculus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Reptilia: Serpentes) in Bulgaria
Nikola Stanchev; Angel Dyugmedzhiev; Martin Stanchev; Irina Lazarkevich; Borislav Naumov
16 January 2023 · volume 45 (issue 1) · pp. 1–4
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https://doi.org/10.48027/hnb.41.12003
New records of Hierodula transcaucasica Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878 (Mantodea) from Bulgaria
Boyan Zlatkov; Stanislav Stefanov; Victor Gashtarov; Vladislav Vergilov
22 November 2020 · volume 41 [issue 12] · pp. 99–101
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New records of Hierodula transcaucasica Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878 (Mantodea) from Bulgaria
Boyan Zlatkov; Stanislav Stefanov; Victor Gashtarov; Vladislav Vergilov
22 November 2020 · volume 41 [issue 12] · pp. 99–101
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https://doi.org/10.48027/hnb.29.01001
Updated distribution of the elusive Roach’s mouse-tailed dormouse, Myomimus roachi Bate, 1937 (Mammalia: Rodentia: Gliridae) in Bulgaria
Nedko Nedyalkov; Georgi Popgeorgiev; Anna Staneva
19 October 2018 · volume 29 [issue 1] · pp. 3–8
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Updated distribution of the elusive Roach’s mouse-tailed dormouse, Myomimus roachi Bate, 1937 (Mammalia: Rodentia: Gliridae) in Bulgaria
Nedko Nedyalkov; Georgi Popgeorgiev; Anna Staneva
19 October 2018 · volume 29 [issue 1] · pp. 3–8
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https://doi.org/10.48027/hnb.44.061
A new locality of the violet copper Lycaena helle ([Denis et Schiffermüller], 1775) on the Balkan Peninsula
Mario Langourov; Hilary Raeburn
22 July 2022 · volume 44 (issue 6) · pp. 41–44
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A new locality of the violet copper Lycaena helle ([Denis et Schiffermüller], 1775) on the Balkan Peninsula
Mario Langourov; Hilary Raeburn
22 July 2022 · volume 44 (issue 6) · pp. 41–44
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Last published: issue 4 of volume 47. The publication of volume 47 is ongoing; last completed: volume 46.
Index descriptus
Cruzia sanjuanensis
González-Rivas, Castillo & Simoncelli, 2025 — Description of Cruzia sanjuanensis sp. nov. (Cosmocercoidea: Kathlaniidae) in the tortoise Chelonoidis chilensis (Testudines: Testudinidae) in the province of San Juan, Argentina
Animalia: Chromadorea: Rhabditida: Kathlaniidae
González-Rivas, Castillo & Simoncelli, 2025 — Description of Cruzia sanjuanensis sp. nov. (Cosmocercoidea: Kathlaniidae) in the tortoise Chelonoidis chilensis (Testudines: Testudinidae) in the province of San Juan, Argentina
Animalia: Chromadorea: Rhabditida: Kathlaniidae
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