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.
Historia naturalis bulgarica is indexed in Crossref, Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), EBSCO Research Databases, Scopus and others.
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.
Historia naturalis bulgarica is indexed in Crossref, Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), EBSCO Research Databases, Scopus and others.
Scopus CiteScore 2023: 0.6 | SNIP 2023: 0.518
Scimago Journal & Country Rank (SJR) 2024: 0.284Agricultural and Biological Sciences: Animal Science and Zoology — Q3, Aquatic Science — Q3, Insect Science — Q3, Plant Science — Q3
Archival content is accessible through Biodiversity Heritage Library (volumes 1–15) and Zenodo (research articles of volumes 16–47).
Latest articles
https://doi.org/10.48027/hnb.47.054A silent predator ad portas – Dolichoplana striata Moseley, 1877 (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida: Geoplanidae) recorded for the first time in Bulgaria
Nikolay Simov; Simeon Borissov; Vera Antonova
The first record of alien terrestrial planaria Dolichoplana striata Moseley, 1877 (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida: Geoplanidae) in Bulgaria and on the Balkan Peninsula is reported. It…
2 May 2025 · volume 47 (issue 5) · pp. 125–130
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https://doi.org/10.48027/hnb.47.053Updated catalog of world fossil Cantharidae, with description of two new species, plus taxonomic information
Fabrizio Fanti
An updated catalogue of the world’s fossil Cantharidae is provided and some taxonomic acts are proposed: Poinarelektronmiles Fanti & Damgaard, 2020 bonum genus; Poinarelektronmiles…
2 May 2025 · volume 47 (issue 5) · pp. 107–124
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https://doi.org/10.48027/hnb.47.052An updated checklist of Psychidae (Lepidoptera) of Albania
Ana Nahirnić-Beshkova
The last checklist of Psychidae given in Arnscheid & Weidlich (2017) has been updated. Altogether 23 species of Psychidae are confirmed for the territory of Albania. Eochorica balcanica…
2 May 2025 · volume 47 (issue 5) · pp. 101–106
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https://doi.org/10.48027/hnb.47.051First record of host plant for Cogia stylites (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869) (Hesperiidae: Eudaminae)
Ayane Suênia-Bastos; Suianne Cajé; Jefferson Duarte-de-Mélo; Joshua Pablo Cavalcanti; Olaf Hermann Hendrik Mielke
This paper reports the butterfly Cogia stylites (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869) feeding on a Fabaceae tree species in Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil. The immature specimen was found inside its…
2 May 2025 · volume 47 (issue 5) · pp. 95–100
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https://doi.org/10.48027/hnb.45.011
New data on the distribution of Eryx jaculus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Reptilia: Serpentes) in Bulgaria
Nikola Stanchev; Angel Dyugmedzhiev; Martin Stanchev; Irina Lazarkevich; Borislav Naumov
16 January 2023 · volume 45 (issue 1) · pp. 1–4
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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
16 January 2023 · volume 45 (issue 1) · pp. 1–4
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https://doi.org/10.48027/hnb.41.12003
New records of Hierodula transcaucasica Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878 (Mantodea) from Bulgaria
Boyan Zlatkov; Stanislav Stefanov; Victor Gashtarov; Vladislav Vergilov
22 November 2020 · volume 41 [issue 12] · pp. 99–101
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New records of Hierodula transcaucasica Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878 (Mantodea) from Bulgaria
Boyan Zlatkov; Stanislav Stefanov; Victor Gashtarov; Vladislav Vergilov
22 November 2020 · volume 41 [issue 12] · pp. 99–101
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https://doi.org/10.48027/hnb.29.01001
Updated distribution of the elusive Roach’s mouse-tailed dormouse, Myomimus roachi Bate, 1937 (Mammalia: Rodentia: Gliridae) in Bulgaria
Nedko Nedyalkov; Georgi Popgeorgiev; Anna Staneva
19 October 2018 · volume 29 [issue 1] · pp. 3–8
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Updated distribution of the elusive Roach’s mouse-tailed dormouse, Myomimus roachi Bate, 1937 (Mammalia: Rodentia: Gliridae) in Bulgaria
Nedko Nedyalkov; Georgi Popgeorgiev; Anna Staneva
19 October 2018 · volume 29 [issue 1] · pp. 3–8
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https://doi.org/10.48027/hnb.44.061
A new locality of the violet copper Lycaena helle ([Denis et Schiffermüller], 1775) on the Balkan Peninsula
Mario Langourov; Hilary Raeburn
22 July 2022 · volume 44 (issue 6) · pp. 41–44
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A new locality of the violet copper Lycaena helle ([Denis et Schiffermüller], 1775) on the Balkan Peninsula
Mario Langourov; Hilary Raeburn
22 July 2022 · volume 44 (issue 6) · pp. 41–44
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Latest volumes
Last published: issue 5 of volume 47. The publication of volume 47 is ongoing; last completed: volume 46.
Index descriptus
Mimoplatycis usa
Fanti, 2025 — Updated catalog of world fossil Cantharidae, with description of two new species, plus taxonomic information
Animalia: Insecta: Coleoptera: Cantharidae
Fanti, 2025 — Updated catalog of world fossil Cantharidae, with description of two new species, plus taxonomic information
Animalia: Insecta: Coleoptera: Cantharidae
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