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 2024: 0.7 · SNIP 2024: 0.491
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 May 2026 issue has been published
(4 May 2026) — Issue 5 of volume 48 of Historia naturalis bulgarica was published today, 4 May. It includes four articles. The first, Floristic updates and a new species record for the Bulgarian flora by Georgi Kunev, Gabriela Petrova, Daniela Mihova and Ivan Kostadinov, presents new regional chorological data for eighteen plant taxa.… [read more]
The April 2026 issue is out
(1 April 2026) — Issue 4 of volume 48 of Historia naturalis bulgarica was published today, 1 April. It includes four articles. The first, New records of the oleander seed bug Caenocoris nerii (Germar, 1847) (Insecta: Hemiptera) in Bulgaria and notes on its hosts in the Black Sea region by Desislava Stoianova, Tania Karakicheva, Snejana… [read more]
The March 2026 issue has been published
(2 March 2026) — Issue 3 of volume 48 of Historia naturalis bulgarica was published today, 2 March. It includes two articles. The first, Myriochila (Myriochila) melancholica melancholica (Fabricius, 1798) (Coleoptera, Cicindelidae), an expectable addition to the Bulgarian fauna by Fabian A. Boetzl, Lara Burtchen and Teodora Teofilova, presents… [read more]
The February 2026 issue is out
(2 February 2026) — The second issue of volume 48 of Historia naturalis bulgarica was published today, 2 February. It includes three articles. The first, Revealing the lichenised and lichenicolous diversity of Parangalitsa Reserve, Bulgaria: first records of two noteworthy species for the country by Snezhina Popova and Veselin V. Shivarov,… [read more]
(4 May 2026) — Issue 5 of volume 48 of Historia naturalis bulgarica was published today, 4 May. It includes four articles. The first, Floristic updates and a new species record for the Bulgarian flora by Georgi Kunev, Gabriela Petrova, Daniela Mihova and Ivan Kostadinov, presents new regional chorological data for eighteen plant taxa.… [read more]
The April 2026 issue is out
(1 April 2026) — Issue 4 of volume 48 of Historia naturalis bulgarica was published today, 1 April. It includes four articles. The first, New records of the oleander seed bug Caenocoris nerii (Germar, 1847) (Insecta: Hemiptera) in Bulgaria and notes on its hosts in the Black Sea region by Desislava Stoianova, Tania Karakicheva, Snejana… [read more]
The March 2026 issue has been published
(2 March 2026) — Issue 3 of volume 48 of Historia naturalis bulgarica was published today, 2 March. It includes two articles. The first, Myriochila (Myriochila) melancholica melancholica (Fabricius, 1798) (Coleoptera, Cicindelidae), an expectable addition to the Bulgarian fauna by Fabian A. Boetzl, Lara Burtchen and Teodora Teofilova, presents… [read more]
The February 2026 issue is out
(2 February 2026) — The second issue of volume 48 of Historia naturalis bulgarica was published today, 2 February. It includes three articles. The first, Revealing the lichenised and lichenicolous diversity of Parangalitsa Reserve, Bulgaria: first records of two noteworthy species for the country by Snezhina Popova and Veselin V. Shivarov,… [read more]
Latest articles
https://doi.org/10.48027/hnb.48.054A key to the taxa of the genus Agrilus Curtis, 1825 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Agrilinae) in Bulgaria. I
Vladimir Sakalian; Toshko Ljubomirov; Georgi Georgiev
Agrilus (Quercuagrilus) ziegleri Niehuis, 2006 syn. n. is established as a new junior subjective synonym of A. (Q.) relegatus Curletti, 1990. The revision of the specimens reported…
Volume 48 (Issue 5): 133–144 · 4 May 2026
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https://doi.org/10.48027/hnb.48.053Three species and two genera of darkling beetles (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) new to the Bulgarian fauna
Ognyan Sivilov; Vassil Vassilev; Rostislav Bekchiev; Maria Naumova; Hristina Hristova
Cnemeplatia atropos A. Costa, 1847, Lyphia tetraphylla (Fairmaire, 1856) and Uloma rufa (Piller et Mitterpacher, 1783) as well as the genera Cnemeplatia Costa, 1847 and Lyphia Mulsant…
Volume 48 (Issue 5): 121–132 · 4 May 2026
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https://doi.org/10.48027/hnb.48.052First record of Myophthiria zeylanica Maa, 1980 (Diptera: Hippoboscidae) from India
Jozef Oboňa; Arockianathan Samson; Kesavan Rishi; Anbazhagan Abinesh; Elangovan Vignesh; Moorthi Saran; Mohammed Shahir; Nizamudheen Moinudheen; Azad Kamil
Myophthiria is a highly specialised genus of brachypterous hippoboscid flies parasitising swifts and swiftlets (Apodidae). Myophthiria zeylanica Maa, 1980 has been considered endemic…
Volume 48 (Issue 5): 115–119 · 4 May 2026
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https://doi.org/10.48027/hnb.48.051Floristic updates and a new species record for the Bulgarian flora
Georgi Kunev; Gabriela Petrova; Daniela Mihova; Ivan Kostadinov
This paper presents new regional chorological data for eighteen plant taxa, derived from our own collections and personal field observations during the vegetation seasons from 2015…
Volume 48 (Issue 5): 103–113 · 4 May 2026
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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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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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https://doi.org/10.48027/hnb.47.011
Seed characterisation and micromorphology of taxa of the genus Crocus (Iridaceae) in Bulgarian flora
Tsvetanka Raycheva; Kiril Stoyanov
Volume 47 (Issue 1): 1–17 · 2 January 2025
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Seed characterisation and micromorphology of taxa of the genus Crocus (Iridaceae) in Bulgarian flora
Tsvetanka Raycheva; Kiril Stoyanov
Volume 47 (Issue 1): 1–17 · 2 January 2025
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https://doi.org/10.48027/hnb.47.054
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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Latest volumes
Last published: issue 5 of volume 48. The publication of volume 48 is ongoing; last completed: volume 47.
Index descriptus
Salicarus maroccanus
Konstantinov & Matocq, 2025 — A new species of Salicarus (Hemiptera: Miridae: Phylinae) from Morocco
Animalia: Insecta: Hemiptera: Miridae
Konstantinov & Matocq, 2025 — A new species of Salicarus (Hemiptera: Miridae: Phylinae) from Morocco
Animalia: Insecta: Hemiptera: Miridae
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