Historia naturalis bulgarica —
monthly online journal of natural history
monthly online journal of natural history
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. Currently, the topics are mainly botany and zoology.
The journal is indexed in Crossref, DOAJ, EBSCO Research Databases, Scopus and others. Archival content is accessible through Biodiversity Heritage Library (volumes 1–15) and Zenodo (16–48).
Historia naturalis bulgarica is a peer-reviewed journal published by the National Museum of Natural History, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Currently, the topics are mainly botany and zoology.
The journal is indexed in Crossref, DOAJ, EBSCO Research Databases, Scopus and others. Archival content is accessible through Biodiversity Heritage Library (volumes 1–15) and Zenodo (16–48).
Scopus CiteScore 2025: 0.9 · SNIP 2025: 0.578
Scimago Journal & Country Rank (SJR) 2025: 0.220 · Q3Agricultural and Biological Sciences: Animal Science and Zoology — Q3, Aquatic Science — Q4, Insect Science — Q4, Plant Science — Q4
News
The September 2026 issue has been published
(1 September 2026) — Issue 9 of volume 48 of Historia naturalis bulgarica was published today, 1 September. It includes three articles. The first, The rediscovery of Isolabella graeca Verhoeff, 1902 (Dermaptera, Spongiphoridae) in Greece after 123 years by Georgios Gastouniotis, presents first verified Greek material of Isolabella graeca in… [read more]
The August 2026 issue has been published
(3 August 2026) — Issue 8 of volume 48 of Historia naturalis bulgarica was published today, 3 August. It includes three articles. The first, Campanula lactiflora – first report of a well-established neophyte in the Bulgarian flora, with some notes on C. latifolia by Rossen Vassilev, Antoaneta Petrova, Boris Assyov and Atanas Tanev, presents… [read more]
The July 2026 issue is out
(1 July 2026) — Issue 7 of volume 48 of Historia naturalis bulgarica was published today, 1 July. It includes three articles. The first, Beyond bats: hidden mammalian biodiversity in Bulgarian caves by Nia Toshkova, Vladimir R. Todorov, Stanimira Deleva, Ilya Acosta-Pankov, Rostislav Bekchiev, Mario Langourov, Nikolay Simov, Venislava… [read more]
The June 2026 issue has been published
(1 June 2026) — Issue 6 of volume 48 of Historia naturalis bulgarica was published today, 1 June. It includes two articles. The first, First records of the invasive plant Carpobrotus edulis from the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast by Chavdar Gussev, Magdalena Valcheva and Bogdan Prodanov, presents first observations in Bulgaria of Carpobrotus… [read more]
(1 September 2026) — Issue 9 of volume 48 of Historia naturalis bulgarica was published today, 1 September. It includes three articles. The first, The rediscovery of Isolabella graeca Verhoeff, 1902 (Dermaptera, Spongiphoridae) in Greece after 123 years by Georgios Gastouniotis, presents first verified Greek material of Isolabella graeca in… [read more]
The August 2026 issue has been published
(3 August 2026) — Issue 8 of volume 48 of Historia naturalis bulgarica was published today, 3 August. It includes three articles. The first, Campanula lactiflora – first report of a well-established neophyte in the Bulgarian flora, with some notes on C. latifolia by Rossen Vassilev, Antoaneta Petrova, Boris Assyov and Atanas Tanev, presents… [read more]
The July 2026 issue is out
(1 July 2026) — Issue 7 of volume 48 of Historia naturalis bulgarica was published today, 1 July. It includes three articles. The first, Beyond bats: hidden mammalian biodiversity in Bulgarian caves by Nia Toshkova, Vladimir R. Todorov, Stanimira Deleva, Ilya Acosta-Pankov, Rostislav Bekchiev, Mario Langourov, Nikolay Simov, Venislava… [read more]
The June 2026 issue has been published
(1 June 2026) — Issue 6 of volume 48 of Historia naturalis bulgarica was published today, 1 June. It includes two articles. The first, First records of the invasive plant Carpobrotus edulis from the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast by Chavdar Gussev, Magdalena Valcheva and Bogdan Prodanov, presents first observations in Bulgaria of Carpobrotus… [read more]
Latest articles
https://doi.org/10.48027/hnb.48.093Medicinal plant database of the Republic of Buryatia (Russia)
Larisa Afanaseva; Yurii Rupyshev; Irina Dylgyrova; Arina Serebryukhova
The medicinal flora of the Republic of Buryatia includes 556 species of vascular plants, with Asteraceae, Rosaceae and Ranunculaceae as the leading families. Plants of forest and steppe…
Volume 48 (Issue 9): 273–283 · 1 September 2026
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https://doi.org/10.48027/hnb.48.092Studies on the Balkan Lepidoptera II. Expected and unexpected species in Albania, September 2025
Stoyan Beshkov
Results from two collecting nights in central-eastern and central Albania are presented. One genus (Docirava Walker, 1863) and two species (Docirava dervenaria and Horisme radicaria)…
Volume 48 (Issue 9): 257–271 · 1 September 2026
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https://doi.org/10.48027/hnb.48.091The rediscovery of Isolabella graeca Verhoeff, 1902 (Dermaptera, Spongiphoridae) in Greece after 123 years
Georgios Gastouniotis
The first confirmed Greek records of Isolabella graeca Verhoeff, 1902 since the species’ original description is reported. A female and a male were collected in the Parnonas mountain…
Volume 48 (Issue 9): 253–256 · 1 September 2026
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https://doi.org/10.48027/hnb.48.083First records of Stegonsporium pyriforme (Hoffm.) Corda and Massaria macra (Vestergr.) Voglmayr & Jaklitsch on Acer platanoides L. and A. campestre L. in Bulgaria
Veselin Ivanov; Tsvetan Dimitrov; Margarita Georgieva; Georgi Georgiev; Denitsa Petrova
In presents study, Stegonsporium pyriforme (Hoffm.) Corda and Massaria macra (Vestergr.) Voglmayr et Jaklitsch were recorded for the first time in Bulgaria. Symptomatic trees of Acer…
Volume 48 (Issue 8): 245–251 · 3 August 2026
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A silent predator ad portas – Dolichoplana striata Moseley, 1877 (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida: Geoplanidae) recorded for the first time in Bulgaria
Nikolay Simov; Simeon Borissov; Vera Antonova
Volume 47 (Issue 5): 125–130 · 2 May 2025
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A silent predator ad portas – Dolichoplana striata Moseley, 1877 (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida: Geoplanidae) recorded for the first time in Bulgaria
Nikolay Simov; Simeon Borissov; Vera Antonova
Volume 47 (Issue 5): 125–130 · 2 May 2025
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https://doi.org/10.48027/hnb.47.032
First record of Pochazia shantungensis (Chou & Lu, 1977) (Hemiptera: Ricaniidae) in Bulgaria: alien and potentially invasive species on Via Pontica
Ilia Gjonov; Nikolay Simov
Volume 47 (Issue 3): 49–53 · 4 March 2025
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First record of Pochazia shantungensis (Chou & Lu, 1977) (Hemiptera: Ricaniidae) in Bulgaria: alien and potentially invasive species on Via Pontica
Ilia Gjonov; Nikolay Simov
Volume 47 (Issue 3): 49–53 · 4 March 2025
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Key areas for the conservation of endangered reptile species in the Kresna Gorge, south-western Bulgaria
Georgi Popgeorgiev; Angel Dyugmedzhiev; Simeon Lukanov; Emiliya Vacheva; Miroslav Slavchev; Kostadin Andonov; Vladislav Vergilov; Deyan Duhalov; Georgi Krastev; Andrei Stojanov; Nikolay Tzankov; Dimitar Plachiyski; Yurii V. Kornilev; Borislav Naumov
Volume 47 (Issue 3): 39–47 · 4 March 2025
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Key areas for the conservation of endangered reptile species in the Kresna Gorge, south-western Bulgaria
Georgi Popgeorgiev; Angel Dyugmedzhiev; Simeon Lukanov; Emiliya Vacheva; Miroslav Slavchev; Kostadin Andonov; Vladislav Vergilov; Deyan Duhalov; Georgi Krastev; Andrei Stojanov; Nikolay Tzankov; Dimitar Plachiyski; Yurii V. Kornilev; Borislav Naumov
Volume 47 (Issue 3): 39–47 · 4 March 2025
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https://doi.org/10.48027/hnb.48.012
Centaurea kilaea – a new species to the flora of Bulgaria
Rossen Tzonev; Magdalena Valcheva; Chavdar Gussev; Bogdan Prodanov
Volume 48 (Issue 1): 9–14 · 5 January 2026
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Centaurea kilaea – a new species to the flora of Bulgaria
Rossen Tzonev; Magdalena Valcheva; Chavdar Gussev; Bogdan Prodanov
Volume 48 (Issue 1): 9–14 · 5 January 2026
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Latest volumes
Last published: issue 9 of volume 48. The publication of volume 48 is ongoing; last completed: volume 47.
Index descriptus
Centromerus thaleri
Deltshev & Indzhov, 2026 — On the identity of the poorly known spider species Centromerus obscurus Boesenberg, 1902 and description of a new species (Araneae: Linyphiidae)
Animalia: Arachnida: Araneae: Linyphiidae
Deltshev & Indzhov, 2026 — On the identity of the poorly known spider species Centromerus obscurus Boesenberg, 1902 and description of a new species (Araneae: Linyphiidae)
Animalia: Arachnida: Araneae: Linyphiidae
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