In the lowland areas of the Košická kotlina basin (eastern Slovakia), the occurrence of the mound-building mouse, Mus spicilegus, was confirmed in 2002–2024. The occurrence was…
Ecosystem services from wild bees are related to food production and medicine. However, the global decline of wild bees (including bumblebees) is a well-documented fact. The main factors…
Dilophus clavicornus Skartveit et Kaplan, 1996 (Diptera: Bibionidae: Bibioninae) is reported for the first time from Romania, Montenegro and France. Photos of male habitus, fore tibia…
Fish species diversity in the Black Sea is affected by a phenomenon called mediterranisation. This is related to the advance of thermophilic fish from the Mediterranean Sea into the…
The current study documents the first record of Pochazia shantungensis, an invasive pest species in the Ricaniidae family, within Bulgaria. Two specimens were observed and a single…
Kresna Gorge and the broader Struma River Valley in south-western Bulgaria host high species diversity, including species of conservation importance and locally restricted distribution.…
The first fossil record of a spittlebug affiliated to Aphrophora Germar, 1821 (Hemiptera: Cercopoidea: Aphrophoridae) is reported from Bulgaria (Western Rhodopes, Satovcha Graben).…
Orientus ishidae (Matsumura, 1902), a leafhopper species native to East Asia, has been increasingly reported in Europe due to its potential role as a vector of phytoplasmas affecting…
A new species of Cruzia (Cosmocercoidea: Kathlaniidae) collected from the large intestine of the tortoise (Chelonoidis chilensis) in the province of San Juan, Argentina is described.…
The morphology of seeds and SEM structure of epicuticular formations of the seed testa of 14 species of Crocus genus known so far for Bulgaria have been studied. The results have demonstrated…
One adult specimen of pompano Trachinotus ovatus (Linnaeus, 1758) was found along the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast. The specimen has been caught in June 2022 in a static fish trap near…
Aglaonema cochinchinense is a rare species. It is found in some limited areas of southern Vietnam, Thailand and Cambodia. The present study provides its morphological, anatomical, phytochemical…