On 13 January 2019, an individual Oriental turtle dove (Streptopelia orientalis Latham, 1790) was recorded. The species is shortly observed during tree-perching in an intensive agricultural…
Two new species, one of them belonging to a new genus are described from two caves in North Bulgaria. Polatenia sinuiapertura n. gen. and n. sp. was found in sand deposits at the entrance…
We report three newly registered localities of the javelin sand boa – Eryx jaculus along the Black Sea Coast. The nearest known localities (outside of the study area) of the species…
During a brief visit of Alonnisos Island in 2022 some insect species (mainly butterflies) were observed and photographed. Three of them are new for the island’s fauna – the giant…
New records of ground beetle collected from 29 localities in Kosovo are presented. Collection of the material was carried out in the period 2018–2019. Altogether, 69 species and subspecies…
The second known species of the genus Microstygia Georgiev et Glöer, 2015 was described, Microstygia lakatnika n. sp. It was found as empty shells in the deposits of the temporary…
The rediscovery of the rare and endangered species Carabus (Hygrocarabus) variolosus is reported after its last record from 1909. The only known locality (Stara Planina Mts, Varshets…
The names of Dichaetomyia suffusa van Emden, 1942 and Phaonia capensis Zielke, 1971 are occupied by Dichaetomyia suffusa Malloch, 1929 and Phaonia capensis Curran, 1938, respectively.…
Field work conducted in 2016–2019 and 2022 contributed with additional data on 23 relatively rare species in Albania, including the second record of Cacyreus marshalli and the sixth…
The invasive alien species Cynaeus angustus (LeConte, 1851) was detected for the first time in Bulgaria. In 2020–2022, eight exemplars of this North American pest were collected at…
The first record of Aradus bimaculatus Reuter, 1872 in Bulgaria and on the Balkan Peninsula is reported with data on the habitats and the true bug assemblage in the region during the…
Several original descriptions of the Madagascan Dichaetomyia species originating from earlier years do not correspond to today’s requirements since taxonomic characters which are…