Historia naturalis bulgarica
ISSN 2603-3186 (online) | ISSN 0205-3640 (print)

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 2024: 0.7 | SNIP 2024: 0.491

Scimago Journal & Country Rank (SJR) 2024: 0.284Agricultural and Biological Sciences: Animal Science and Zoology — Q3, Aquatic Science — Q3, Insect Science — Q3, Plant Science — Q3
Archival content is accessible through Biodiversity Heritage Library (volumes 1–15) and Zenodo (research articles of volumes 16–47).

News
The July 2025 issue has been published

(1 July 2025) — Issue 7 of volume 47 of Historia naturalis bulgarica was published today, 1 July. It includes two articles. The first, First record of the fungus Setomelanomma holmii (Pleosporales, Phaeosphaeriaceae) on Picea abies in Bulgaria by Maria Dobreva, Margarita Georgieva, Pencho Dermendzhiev, Vasil Velinov, Rumen Nachev and Georgi Georgiev, reports spruce needle drop disease of Norway spruce (Picea abies) associated with a fungal pathogen Setomelanomma holmii for the first time in Bulgaria. The second, Lizards in the dark: first records of nocturnal activity of the eastern green lizard (Lacerta viridis) (Reptilia: Lacertidae) in Bulgaria by Emiliya Vacheva, Borislav Naumov, Georgi Krastev and Nikola Stanchev, presents… [read more]

The June 2025 issue has been published

(2 June 2025) — Issue 6 of volume 47 of Historia naturalis bulgarica was published today, 2 June. It includes three articles on insects. The first, Ectrepesthoneura arturi sp. n. from Baltic amber (Diptera: Mycetophilidae) by Dimitar Bechev, contains a description of a new species of the fungus gnats family Mycetophilidae from middle Eocene Baltic amber from Poland, the area that includes the villages of Mikoszewo, Jantar, Stegna and Sztutowo, Gdańsk district. The second, First record of Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae) on the fruits of Viscum album spp. album in Bulgaria with authors Gergana Zaemdzhikova, Plamen Glogov, Mariam Bozhilova and Mihail Kechev, records for the first time the invasive fly Drosophila suzukii… [read more]


Latest articles
Lizards in the dark: first records of nocturnal activity of the eastern green lizard (Lacerta viridis) (Reptilia: Lacertidae) in Bulgaria https://doi.org/10.48027/hnb.47.072

Lizards in the dark: first records of nocturnal activity of the eastern green lizard (Lacerta viridis) (Reptilia: Lacertidae) in Bulgaria
Emiliya Vacheva; Borislav Naumov; Georgi Krastev; Nikola Stanchev

We present the first in situ observations of nocturnal activity in Lacerta viridis from two different regions in Southern Bulgaria. All three cases involved adult males observed on…

1 July 2025 · volume 47 (issue 7) · pp. 163–167

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First record of the fungus Setomelanomma holmii (Pleosporales, Phaeosphaeriaceae) on Picea abies in Bulgaria https://doi.org/10.48027/hnb.47.071

First record of the fungus Setomelanomma holmii (Pleosporales, Phaeosphaeriaceae) on Picea abies in Bulgaria
Maria Dobreva; Margarita Georgieva; Pencho Dermendzhiev; Vasil Velinov; Rumen Nachev; Georgi Georgiev

Spruce needle drop disease of Norway spruce (Picea abies) associated with a fungal pathogen Setomelanomma holmii (Pleosporales, Phaeosphaeriaceae) was established for the first time…

1 July 2025 · volume 47 (issue 7) · pp. 157–161

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Immature stages of Callimormus saturnus (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869) (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae, Hesperiinae, Hesperiini, Moncina): biology, morphology and behaviour https://doi.org/10.48027/hnb.47.063

Immature stages of Callimormus saturnus (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869) (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae, Hesperiinae, Hesperiini, Moncina): biology, morphology and behaviour
Arthur Morais de Medeiros; Adalberto Dantas de Medeiros; Solange Maria Kerpel

The biology, morphology, and behaviour of the immature stages of Callimormus saturnus (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869) are described from eggs and larvae collected in two areas in the Caatinga…

2 June 2025 · volume 47 (issue 6) · pp. 145–156

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First record of Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae) on the fruits of Viscum album spp. album in Bulgaria https://doi.org/10.48027/hnb.47.062

First record of Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae) on the fruits of Viscum album spp. album in Bulgaria
Gergana Zaemdzhikova; Plamen Glogov; Mariam Bozhilova; Mihail Kechev

The invasive fly Drosophila suzukii (Matsumura) (Diptera: Drosophilidae) was recorded for the first time as a pest on the fruit of European mistletoe (Viscum album ssp. album Linnaeus)…

2 June 2025 · volume 47 (issue 6) · pp. 137–144

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Index descriptus
Ectrepesthoneura arturi

Bechev, 2025 — Ectrepesthoneura arturi sp. n. from Baltic amber (Diptera: Mycetophilidae)

Animalia: Insecta: Diptera: Mycetophilidae
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