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Abadjiev, Stanislav Acosta-Pankov, Ilya Albu, Valeriu Aleksandrov, Nikola Amarga, Ace Kevin S. Andonov, Kostadin Andreev, Nikolai Andreev, Stoitze Angelov, Angel Angelova, Radost Antonova, Vera Antov, Miroslav Apostolov, Apostol Asenov, Lyudmil Askerov, Elshad Assyov, Boris Atanassov, Neno Avazmetova, Intizor Avtanski, Dimiter Bagin, Peter Baltadzhiev, Todor Bankov, Nikola Baranová, Beáta Barjadze, Shalva Bazha, Sergey Čisovská Bazsalovicsová, Eva Bechev, Dimitar Bekchiev, Rostislav Belilov, Sevdalin Bergkamp, Patrick Beron, Petar Beshkov, Stoyan Beshkov, Vladimir Besuchet, Claude Bintsi-Frantzi, Evdoxia Blagoev, Gergin Boetzl, Fabian A. Boev, Nikolay Boev, Zlatozar Boyadzhiev, Peter Bozarova, Fani Bozok, Fuat Bozukov, Vladimir Buys, Jan Cáfal, Rudolf Caruso, Giuseppe Castillo, Gabriel N. Ceccolini, Filippo Chakarov, Nayden Chehlarov, Eugeni Christopoulos, Apostolos Cianferoni, Fabio Csanády, Alexander Dalakchieva, Svetla Daskalova, Girgina Davlatov, Abdulaziz M. Dedov, Ivaylo Deleva, Stanimira Delpech, Françoise Deltshev, Christo Denchev, Cvetomir Dénes, Anna Deshmukh, Umakant Dietz, Christian Dimchev, Ivaylo Dimitrov, Dimitar Dimitrov, Dimitar A. Dimitrov, Iliya Dimitrova, Katherine Dimitrova, Katrin Dobrev, Dobrin Dobreva, Maria Dodev, Yonko Domozetski, Lyuben Doychev, Danail Rajković, Draženko Z. Duhalov, Deyan Dvořák, Libor Dvořáková, Kateřina Dyugmedzhiev, Angel Dzhebir, Gyulnas Esina, Irina G. Evtimova, Vesela Fakirova, Violeta Farkaš, Geza Fedchuk, Daria Fery, Hans Fet, Victor Fulín, Miro Ganev, Dobromir Gangale, Carmen Garevska, Biljana Garevski, Risto Gashtarov, Victor Gavril, Viorel Dumitru Genov, Peter Georgiev, Dilian Georgiev, Georgi Georgiev, Kiril Georgiev, Krasimir Georgieva, Lyubomira Georgieva, Margarita Georgieva, Sylvia Gerassimova, Irina Gerdzhikov, Georgi Gjonov, Ilia Glöer, Peter Glogov, Plamen Goater, Barry Golemansky, Vassil González-Rivas, Cynthia J. 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Distribution of the mound-building mouse on the territory of Košická kotlina basin (Slovakia) https://doi.org/10.48027/hnb.47.043

Distribution of the mound-building mouse on the territory of Košická kotlina basin (Slovakia)
Alexander Csanády

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…

1 April 2025 · volume 47 (issue 4) · pp. 85–93

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Where have the bumblebees and other wild bees gone? – preliminary results of rapid evaluation in grassland habitats near agricultural fields in Ihtimanska Sredna Gora Mts (Bulgaria) https://doi.org/10.48027/hnb.47.042

Where have the bumblebees and other wild bees gone? – preliminary results of rapid evaluation in grassland habitats near agricultural fields in Ihtimanska Sredna Gora Mts (Bulgaria)
Ekaterina Kozuharova; Toshko Ljubomirov; Dimitar Uzunov

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…

1 April 2025 · volume 47 (issue 4) · pp. 69–84

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Updated distribution of Dilophus clavicornus Skartveit & Kaplan, 1996 (Diptera: Bibionidae), with new records from Romania, Montenegro and France https://doi.org/10.48027/hnb.47.041

Updated distribution of Dilophus clavicornus Skartveit & Kaplan, 1996 (Diptera: Bibionidae), with new records from Romania, Montenegro and France
Jean-Paul Haenni; Alexandru-Mihai Pintilioaie; Daniel de Castro Schelesky-Prado; Jean-Jacques Porteneuve

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…

1 April 2025 · volume 47 (issue 4) · pp. 63–67

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New data on the occurrence and status of some sparid species (Actinopterygii: Sparidae) in the coastal Bulgarian Black Sea waters https://doi.org/10.48027/hnb.47.033

New data on the occurrence and status of some sparid species (Actinopterygii: Sparidae) in the coastal Bulgarian Black Sea waters
Feriha M. Tserkova; Vesselina V. Mihneva; Elitsa P. Petrova-Pavlova; Tihomir Stefanov; Krasimir Georgiev; Stanimir Valchev; Zahari Marinov; Mak Goranov; Radinela Stefanova; Lidia Nedkova

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…

4 March 2025 · volume 47 (issue 3) · pp. 55–62

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First record of Pochazia shantungensis (Chou & Lu, 1977) (Hemiptera: Ricaniidae) in Bulgaria: alien and potentially invasive species on Via Pontica 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

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…

4 March 2025 · volume 47 (issue 3) · pp. 49–53

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Key areas for the conservation of endangered reptile species in the Kresna Gorge, south-western Bulgaria https://doi.org/10.48027/hnb.47.031

Key areas for the conservation of endangered reptile species in the Kresna Gorge, south-western Bulgaria
Georgi Popgeorgiev; Angel Dyugmedzhiev; Simeon Lukanov; Emiliya Vacheva; Miroslav Slavchev; Kostadin Andonov; Vladislav Vergilov; Deyan Duhalov; Georgi Krastev; Andrei Stojanov; Nikolay Tzankov; Dimitar Plachiyski; Yurii V. Kornilev; Borislav Naumov

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.…

4 March 2025 · volume 47 (issue 3) · pp. 39–47

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First record of a fossil spittlebug (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Aphrophoridae) in Miocene deposits in Bulgaria https://doi.org/10.48027/hnb.47.022

First record of a fossil spittlebug (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Aphrophoridae) in Miocene deposits in Bulgaria
Radost Angelova; Ilia Gjonov; Vladimir Bozukov; Nikolay Simov

The first fossil record of a spittlebug affiliated to Aphrophora Germar, 1821 (Hemiptera: Cercopoidea: Aphrophoridae) is reported from Bulgaria (Western Rhodopes, Satovcha Graben).…

3 February 2025 · volume 47 (issue 2) · pp. 33–38

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New record of Orientus ishidae (Matsumura, 1902) (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) in Bulgaria with notes on the distribution of Acanalonia conica (Say, 1830) (Hemiptera: Acanaloniidae) https://doi.org/10.48027/hnb.47.021

New record of Orientus ishidae (Matsumura, 1902) (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) in Bulgaria with notes on the distribution of Acanalonia conica (Say, 1830) (Hemiptera: Acanaloniidae)
Ilia Gjonov; Tsvetomir Tsvetanov; Radost Angelova

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…

3 February 2025 · volume 47 (issue 2) · pp. 27–32

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Description of Cruzia sanjuanensis sp. nov. (Cosmocercoidea: Kathlaniidae) in the tortoise Chelonoidis chilensis (Testudines: Testudinidae) in the province of San Juan, Argentina https://doi.org/10.48027/hnb.47.012

Description of Cruzia sanjuanensis sp. nov. (Cosmocercoidea: Kathlaniidae) in the tortoise Chelonoidis chilensis (Testudines: Testudinidae) in the province of San Juan, Argentina
Cynthia J. González-Rivas; Gabriel N. Castillo; Ivan Simoncelli

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.…

2 January 2025 · volume 47 (issue 1) · pp. 19–26

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Seed characterisation and micromorphology of taxa of the genus Crocus (Iridaceae) in Bulgarian flora 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

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…

2 January 2025 · volume 47 (issue 1) · pp. 1–17

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Pompano Trachinotus ovatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Actinopterygii: Carangidae) – a new species for the Black Sea https://doi.org/10.48027/hnb.46.123

Pompano Trachinotus ovatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Actinopterygii: Carangidae) – a new species for the Black Sea
Tihomir Stefanov

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…

2 December 2024 · volume 46 (issue 12) · pp. 339–342

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Morpho-anatomical traits, DNA barcode and phytochemical screening of Aglaonema cochinchinense https://doi.org/10.48027/hnb.46.122

Morpho-anatomical traits, DNA barcode and phytochemical screening of Aglaonema cochinchinense
Hong Thien Van; Doan Trang Phan-thi; Ngoc Thuan Nguyen; Bach Bao Phuong Lam; Hong Truong Luu; Thu Trang Tran-thi; Nga Nguyen-Phi

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…

2 December 2024 · volume 46 (issue 12) · pp. 325–337

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