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.

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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
Distribution of the mound-building mouse on the territory of Košická kotlina basin (Slovakia) https://doi.org/10.48027/hnb.47.043

Distribution 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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Where 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) https://doi.org/10.48027/hnb.47.042

Where 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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Updated distribution of Dilophus clavicornus Skartveit & Kaplan, 1996 (Diptera: Bibionidae), with new records from Romania, Montenegro and France https://doi.org/10.48027/hnb.47.041

Updated 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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New data on the occurrence and status of some sparid species (Actinopterygii: Sparidae) in the coastal Bulgarian Black Sea waters https://doi.org/10.48027/hnb.47.033

New 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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New data on the distribution of Eryx jaculus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Reptilia: Serpentes) in Bulgaria
Nikola Stanchev; Angel Dyugmedzhiev; Martin Stanchev; Irina Lazarkevich; Borislav Naumov

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New records of Hierodula transcaucasica Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878 (Mantodea) from Bulgaria
Boyan Zlatkov; Stanislav Stefanov; Victor Gashtarov; Vladislav Vergilov

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Latest volumes
Volume 47 (2025) Volume 46 (2024) Volume 45 (2023) Volume 44 (2022)

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
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