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Received: 23 September 2025 · Accepted: 2 December 2025
Editor: Kal Ivanov
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Guéorguiev B., Ivanov V., Georgieva M., Belilov S., Petrova D., Georgiev G. 2026 New records of arboreal beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera) from Bulgaria. Historia naturalis bulgarica 48: 1–8.