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Abadjiev, Stanislav Acosta-Pankov, Ilya Albu, Valeriu Aleksandrov, Nikola Andreev, Nikolai Andreev, Stoitze Angelov, Angel Antonova, Vera Apostolov, Apostol Asenov, Lyudmil Askerov, Elshad Atanassov, Neno Avtanski, Dimiter Baltadzhiev, Todor Bechev, Dimitar Bekchiev, Rostislav Bergkamp, Patrick Beron, Petar Beshkov, Stoyan Beshkov, Vladimir Besuchet, Claude Blagoev, Gergin Boev, Nikolay Boev, Zlatozar Bozarova, Fani Bozukov, Vladimir Buys, Jan Ceccolini, Filippo Chakarov, Nayden Chehlarov, Eugeni Cianferoni, Fabio Dalakchieva, Svetla Daskalova, Girgina Dedov, Ivaylo Deleva, Stanimira Delpech, Françoise Deltshev, Christo Denchev, Cvetomir Dietz, Christian Dimchev, Ivaylo Dimitrov, Dimitar Dimitrov, Dimitar A. Dimitrov, Iliya Dimitrova, Katherine Dobrev, Dobrin Domozetski, Lyuben Doychev, Danail Dyugmedzhiev, Angel Dzhebir, Gyulnas Evtimova, Vesela Fakirova, Violeta Fedchuk, Daria Fery, Hans Fet, Victor Ganev, Dobromir Garevska, Biljana Garevski, Risto Gashtarov, Victor Genov, Peter Georgiev, Dilian Georgiev, Georgi Georgiev, Kiril Georgieva, Margarita Georgieva, Sylvia Gerassimova, Irina Gerdzhikov, Georgi Glöer, Peter Goater, Barry Golemansky, Vassil Gradev, Gradimir Gradinarov, Denis Gradinarov, Jivko Grozeva, Snejana Gruev, Blagoy Guadelli, Jean-Luc Guéorguiev, Borislav Gunchev, Raicho Gyosheva, Melania Hai Tran, Nam Hotinov, Boris Hristov, Hristo Hristov, Ivan Hristov, Krassimir Hristov, Peter Hristova, Latinka Hristova, Svetlana Hubenov, Zdravko Ignatov, Assen Iliev, Nikolai Irikov, Atanas Ivanov, Vasil Ivanova, Nevena Ivanova, Teodora Jakšić, Predrag Jordanova, Vassila Josifov, Michail Karaivanova, Elena Karov, Chavdar Kechev, Mihail Kejval, Zbyněk Kenderov, Lyubomir Klisurov, Ivaylo Klisurova, Hristina Kmetova, Elena Knechtle Glogger, Fabia Kolarov, Janko Koshev, Yordan Kovařik, František Kozuharov, Dimitar Král, David Krusteva, Margarita Kumanski, Krassimir Langourov, Mario Lapeva-Gjonova, Albena Lazarov, Stoyan Leseigneur, Lucien Lewis, John G. E. Ljubomirov, Toshko Markov, Georgi N. Merkl, Ottó Metcheva, Roumiana Micevski, Nikola Michajlova, Liljana Minčeva-Stefanova, Jordanka Mirchev, Plamen Mitev, Ivan Mitov, Plamen Mlikovsky, Jiri Mollov, Ivelin Motchurova-Dekova, Neda Muilwijk, Jan Nahirnić-Beshkova, Ana Nankinov, Dimitar Naumov, Borislav Naumova, Maria Nedeva, Donka Nedyalkov, Nedko Németh, Tamás Neov, Boyko Nill, Dietmar Ognjanova-Rumenova, Nadja Ottensman, Meinolf Ovcharov, Dinko Pandourski, Ivan Pavlova, Aneliya Pehlivanov, Luchezar Penev, Grigor Petkov, Ventseslav Petrov, Boyan Petrov, Rusko Petrova, Antoaneta Petrova, Maria Petrussenko, Svetoslav Popgeorgiev, Georgi Popov, Alexi Popov, Konstantin Prelik, Dana Prostov, Alexander Quang Vu, Manh Radoslavov, Georgi Raitschev, Ivan Ralev, Andrey Raychev, Dimitar Ribarov, Georgi Rinaud, Tony Russev, Georgi Ruzicka, Jan Sakalian, Vladimir Scheller, Ulf Schneppat, Ulrich E. Schülke, Michael Schunger, Isabel Shurulinkov, Peter Siemers, Björn Simeonov, Pavel Simeonovski, Velizar Simov, Nikolay Sipahiler, Füsun Sirakova, Daniela Sivilov, Ognyan Slavchev, Miroslav Sokerov, Dimitar Sopotlieva, Desislava Spassov, Nikolai Spiridonov, Geko Stahlavsky, Frantisek Stanev, Stefan Staneva, Anna Stanimirova, Ljudmila Stefanov, Pavel Stefanov, Stanislav Stefanov, Tihomir Stefanovska, Dusica Stoev, Pavel Stoianova, Desislava Stoichev, Stefan Stojanov, Andrei Stoyanov, Georgi Stoycheva, Slaveya Stoyneva, Maya Stoytchev, Todor Subai, Peter Subchev, Mitko Szalóki, Dezső Szénási, Valentin Thibaud, Jean-Marc Tilova, Elena Todorov, Ognyan Tonev, Ivaylo Tosheva, Silvia Tsoukala, Evangelia Tsvetkov, Petko Tzankov, Nikolay Tzonev, Rossen Uhmann, Gerhard Uzunov, Dimitar Vagalinski, Boyan Vasileva, Emilya Vasileva, Maya Vassilev, Milen Vassilev, Rossen Venkova, Diana Vergiev, Stoyan Vergilov, Vladislav Vutov, Vasil Westerström, Alexander Yankova, Iskra Yordanov, Georgi Yotov, Stoyan Zielke, Eberhard Zlatkov, Boyan

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Giant pelobatid fossil larva from the middle Miocene of Bulgaria https://doi.org/10.48027/hnb.43.031

Giant pelobatid fossil larva from the middle Miocene of Bulgaria
Vladislav Vergilov; Nikolay Tzankov

So far, in Bulgaria several fossils of extinct anuran species have been found, but all seem doubtful. Only two pelobatid remains have been found from the Balkans and the regions –…

19 October 2021 · volume 43 (issue 3) · pp. 29–42

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A case of Emys orbicularis (L.) feeding on newts from Bulgaria https://doi.org/10.48027/hnb.43.021

A case of Emys orbicularis (L.) feeding on newts from Bulgaria
Vladislav Vergilov; Angel Dyugmedzhiev; Sylvia Georgieva; Miroslav Slavchev

Different amphibians and amphibian larvae were already observed and described as part of the diet of the European pond turtle. Few studies report body parts from adult newts in the…

16 September 2021 · volume 43 (issue 2) · pp. 25–27

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Scuttle flies (Diptera: Phoridae) of Vitosha Mt (Bulgaria) https://doi.org/10.48027/hnb.43.011

Scuttle flies (Diptera: Phoridae) of Vitosha Mt (Bulgaria)
Mario Langourov

Two hundred and one species of the family have been established on the territory of the Vitosha Mt. The genera Gymnoptera, Peromitra, Plectanocnema and Tubicera have been recorded for…

2 September 2021 · volume 43 (issue 1) · pp. 1–24

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Data on the distribution of Dolichopodidae (Diptera: Empidoidea) in Bulgaria, with first records for the country https://doi.org/10.48027/hnb.42.131

Data on the distribution of Dolichopodidae (Diptera: Empidoidea) in Bulgaria, with first records for the country
Mihail Kechev

The paper presents information about 37 dolichopodid species, collected from 14 localities in Bulgaria. Five species (Medetera murina, Systenus scholtzi, Neurigona nubifera, Rhaphium…

21 August 2021 · volume 42 [issue 13] · pp. 95–102

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Vagrant species of birds captured at Durankulak ringing camp, NE Bulgaria, 2019–2020 https://doi.org/10.48027/hnb.42.121

Vagrant species of birds captured at Durankulak ringing camp, NE Bulgaria, 2019–2020
Peter Shurulinkov; Patrick Bergkamp; Nikola Aleksandrov; Pavel Simeonov; Andrey Ralev; Petko Tsvetkov; Konstantin Popov; Girgina Daskalova; Katherine Dimitrova; Krassimir Hristov; Ivan Hristov; Jivko Gradinarov; Ivaylo Tonev; Boris Hotinov; Dimitar A. Dimitrov; Meinolf Ottensman; Tony Rinaud; Nayden Chakarov

The area of Coastal Dobrudzha in NE Bulgaria is well known for its richness of vagrants. A long-term research project was started at a location at Durankulak Lake, on the northern Black…

20 August 2021 · volume 42 [issue 12] · pp. 89–94

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The new replacement name Euafricana nom. nov. for the preoccupied genus Africana Ocaña & Brito, 2015 (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Scleractinia: Caryophylliidae) https://doi.org/10.48027/hnb.42.111

The new replacement name Euafricana nom. nov. for the preoccupied genus Africana Ocaña & Brito, 2015 (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Scleractinia: Caryophylliidae)
Filippo Ceccolini; Fabio Cianferoni

The genus name Euafricana Ceccolini & Cianferoni nom. nov. is proposed to replace the name of the coral Africana Ocaña & Brito, preoccupied by the nematode genus Africana Travossos,…

11 August 2021 · volume 42 [issue 11] · pp. 87–88

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Three species of butterflies new for the North Aegean Island of Lemnos (Greece) https://doi.org/10.48027/hnb.42.101

Three species of butterflies new for the North Aegean Island of Lemnos (Greece)
Mario Langourov; Nikolay Simov; Stanislav Abadjiev

The paper presents results of a brief entomological surveys carried out in the southern parts of Lemnos Island in 2016, 2017 and 2019. It includes a list of 14 recorded species of butterflies,…

26 July 2021 · volume 42 [issue 10] · pp. 79–86

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Five new species of Dichaetomyia from the Malagasy Subregion (Diptera: Muscidae) https://doi.org/10.48027/hnb.42.092

Five new species of Dichaetomyia from the Malagasy Subregion (Diptera: Muscidae)
Eberhard Zielke

Five new species of the genus Dichaetomyia are described from Madagascar. Two species, Dichaetomyia analama sp. n. and D. necoa sp. n. belong to the subgenus Panaga. Three other species,…

29 June 2021 · volume 42 [issue 9] · pp. 65–78

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New data on the rare snail Soosia diodonta (A. Ferussac, 1821) (Gastropoda: Helicodontidae) in Bulgaria https://doi.org/10.48027/hnb.42.091

New data on the rare snail Soosia diodonta (A. Ferussac, 1821) (Gastropoda: Helicodontidae) in Bulgaria
Ivaylo Dedov; Dilian Georgiev; Ulrich E. Schneppat; Fabia Knechtle Glogger

In the present article, we summarised all known information on the species Soosia diodonta (A. Ferussac, 1821) from Bulgaria. A new locality in urban environment, photos of live animals…

29 June 2021 · volume 42 [issue 9] · pp. 59–64

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Small red scorpionfish Scorpaena notata Rafinesque, 1810 (Actinopterygii: Scorpaenidae) – an unknown species for the Bulgarian Black Sea coast https://doi.org/10.48027/hnb.42.081

Small red scorpionfish Scorpaena notata Rafinesque, 1810 (Actinopterygii: Scorpaenidae) – an unknown species for the Bulgarian Black Sea coast
Tihomir Stefanov

One adult specimen of small red scorpionfish Scorpaena notata Rafinesque, 1810 was found in the ichthyological collections of the National Museum of Natural History in Sofia, Bulgaria.…

16 June 2021 · volume 42 [issue 8] · pp. 55–58

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Recent expansion of the alien invasive blue crab Callinectes sapidus (Rathbun, 1896) (Decapoda, Crustacea) along the Bulgarian coast of the Black Sea https://doi.org/10.48027/hnb.42.072

Recent expansion of the alien invasive blue crab Callinectes sapidus (Rathbun, 1896) (Decapoda, Crustacea) along the Bulgarian coast of the Black Sea
Tihomir Stefanov

Thirteen new records of the blue crab Callinectes sapidus (Rathbun, 1896) have been documented near the Bulgarian Black Sea coast since 2006. This is an evidence for a recent expansion…

26 April 2021 · volume 42 [issue 7] · pp. 49–53

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Records of terrestrial and mangrove snails (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from the Michamwi Peninsula, Unguja (Zanzibar) Island (Tanzania) https://doi.org/10.48027/hnb.42.071

Records of terrestrial and mangrove snails (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from the Michamwi Peninsula, Unguja (Zanzibar) Island (Tanzania)
Dilian Georgiev

During a brief malacological survey, a total of 16 snail species were recorded (four mangrove amphibious, 12 terrestrial). For all the species new localities with GPS coordinates and…

26 April 2021 · volume 42 [issue 7] · pp. 43–48

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