Earthworms of Malta (Annelida: Clitellata: Acanthodrilidae, Hormogastridae, Lumbricidae) Author Rota, Emilia Author Schembri, Patrick J. Author Omodeo, Pietro text Zootaxa 2017 4311 2 287 291 journal article 32329 10.11646/zootaxa.4311.2.11 88c111bb-7e96-4a7e-b6ee-0f08f179807c 1175-5326 847464 BDF3EBF8-378E-47A4-94DF-B024AB868DA8 Dendrobaena cognettii cognettii (Michaelsen, 1903) St. 7, 2 ad. New record. Woodland species; in the south of Italy this is a typical inhabitant of Mediterranean holm oak ( Q. ilex ) forests ( Rota et al. 2014 ). Records from Sicily are confined to the eastern provinces of Siracusa ( Omodeo 1964 ) and Messina (Eolie Islands, Lipari, Chiesavecchia, 350 m , 12.03.1986 , M.G. Filippucci leg., unpubl. datum). Present all along the northern Mediterranean, including the Balearic Islands (unpubl. datum, Table 1 ), absent from the Near East and from the Maghreb. In the latter region it is replaced throughout by the equally minute D. lusitana Graff, 1957 ( Omodeo et al. 2003 ). In the Canaries the two species coexist ( Omodeo & Rota 2008 ).