June 2026, Volume 22, Issue 1, Pages 1-118
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I. Full-length research papers
1. Non-arthropod invertebrates
They are here - Obama nungara - another invasive Geoplanidae species newly recorded in Bulgaria (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida)
Authors: Vera ANTONOVA, Simeon BORISSOV, Teodora POPOVA, Nikolay SIMOV
Art#e261101 / 2026 (Vol.22, No.1, pp. 1 - 7)
2. Non-insect arthropods
The effect of plant host, quantitative and qualitative characteristics of soil on the species distribution of mesostigmatid mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) in Darab region
Authors: Somayeh MEMARZADEH, Hadi OSTOVAN, Shahram HESAMI, Mehdi GHEIBI
Art#e261201 / 2026 (Vol.22, No.1, pp. 8 - 19)
3. Entomology
First records of Forcipomyia paludis (Macfie, 1936) (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), an ectoparasite on adult odonates, from Türkiye, Greece, and Albania
Authors: Nurten HACET, Fethi TURGUT, Haşim KARAGÖZ
Art#e261301 / 2026 (Vol.22, No.1, pp. 20 - 24)
The changing global distribution of Diplolepis rosae (Hym., Diplolepididae) and potential consequences
Authors: Robert VERES, Chris LOONEY, Zoltán LÁSZLÓ
Art#e261302 / 2026 (Vol.22, No.1, pp. 25 - 35)
4. Ichthyology
Spatial dynamics of anadromous sturgeon migration (Huso huso, A. gueldenstaedtii, A. stellatus) along the Danube Delta branches (2022-2024)
Authors: Ştefan HONȚ, Ion Marian IANI, Marian PARASCHIV, Radu SUCIU
Art#e261401 / 2026 (Vol.22, No.1, pp. 36 - 43)
5. Herpetology
Preliminary comparative overview of the diet of brown frogs' tadpoles (Rana temporaria, Rana dalmatina, Rana graeca) (Anura: Ranidae) from several localities in the Republic of Serbia
Authors: Glorija ĆIRKOVIĆ, Aleksandra RAKONJAC, Rastko AJTIĆ
Art#e261501 / 2026 (Vol.22, No.1, pp. 44 - 52)
In vitro cellular effects of Montivipera xanthina and Vipera ammodytes meridionalis venoms
Authors: Huzeyfe HÜRİYET, Özgur VATAN, Nilüfer ÇİNKILIÇ, Tolga ÇAVAŞ
Art#e261502 / 2026 (Vol.22, No.1, pp. 53 - 61)
Diploid spermatozoa detection in urinary sperm from Pelophylax water frogs: sperm morphological traits and meiotic features
Authors: Eleonora PUSTOVALOVA, Anna FEDOROVA, Veronika LABAJOVÁ, Dmitrij DEDUKH, Lukáš СHOLEVA
Art#e261503 / 2026 (Vol.22, No.1, pp. 62 - 68)
Geographic, ontogenetic, and intersexual intraspecific variations in the feeding ecology of Vipera ammodytes
Authors: Angel DYUGMEDZHIEV, Borislav NAUMOV, Sirma ZIDAROVA, Nikolay TZANKOV
Art#e261504 / 2026 (Vol.22, No.1, pp. 69 - 84)
A rocky species in a flat plain! Records of Podarcis muralis in the western Pannonian plain (Central Europe) outside its distribution range
Authors: Alfred-Ștefan CICORT-LUCACIU, Andreea-Ionela POP, Abigail CICORT, Sebastian ULICI, Ilie-Cătălin TELCEAN
Art#e261505 / 2026 (Vol.22, No.1, pp. 85 - 92)
9. Paleobiology
A rediscovered discovery: a large Pleistocene rhinoceros from Malu Mare (Dolj County, Romania)
Authors: Vlad A. CODREA, Aurelian POPESCU
Art#e261901 / 2026 (Vol.22, No.1, pp. 93 - 103)
II. Short research papers
3. Entomology
Note on the spatial co-occurrence of Coenonympha glycerion (Lepidoptera) and Thomisus sp. (Araneae) on Sanguisorba officinalis (Rosales) in western Romania
Authors: Alexandra Cristina TOCAI (MOŢOC), Diana UIVAROSAN, Simona Ioana VICAS, Andrei George TEODORESCU
Art#e262301 / 2026 (Vol.22, No.1, pp. 104 - 106)
5. Herpetology
A distinct genetic lineage of Eremias papenfussi Mozaffari, Ahmadzadeh & Parham, 2011 (Sauria: Lacertidae) from Damghan, eastern Alborz, Iran
Authors: Seyyed Saeed HOSSEINIAN YOUSEFKHANI, Mahla Sadat MOOSAVI, Samane HAJINEZHAD, Maede ZARGHANI, Fatemeh GOLMOHAMMADI, Mahdie MOHAMMADKHANI, Eskandar RASTEGAR POUYANI
Art#e262501 / 2026 (Vol.22, No.1, pp. 107 - 112)
IV. Notes
1. Non-arthropod invertebrates
The invasive terrestrial slug Krynickillus melanocephalus Kaleniczenko, 1851 now also in Romania (Gastropoda: Agriolimacidae)
Authors: Anne HECKMANN, Heike REISE
Art#e264101 / 2026 (Vol.22, No.1, pp. 113 - 115)
3. Entomology
Comparative data on the Coleoptera diversity in the Susurluk Basin, Türkiye
Authors: Sakin Vural VARLI, Aylin TÜVEN, Zübeyde Nur YALÇIN
Art#e264301 / 2026 (Vol.22, No.1, pp. 116 - 117)