Additions to the centipede (Chilopoda) fauna of the Maltese Islands, with new distributional records and an updated checklist Author Cassar, Thomas Author Zapparoli, Marzio Department of Innovation of Biological, Agro-Food and Forest Systems DIBAF, TUscia University, text Soil Organisms 2021 2021-12-01 93 3 153 160 http://dx.doi.org/10.25674/so93iss3id166 journal article 10.25674/so93iss3id166 2509-9523 Lithobius castaneus Newport, 1844 Material examined. MALTA : 1 ♂ , Xemxija , November 2020 , leg. T . Cassar ( pitfall trap ) ; 1 ♀ , Buskett , December 2020 , leg. T . Cassar ( pitfall trap ) . Distribution . Europe: Austria (south), Bosnia and Herzegovina , Croatia , France (mainland, Corsica ), Italy (mainland, Sicily , Sardinia ), Malta , Portugal (mainland), Serbia , Slovenia , Spain (mainland); records from Bulgaria requires confirmation; North Africa: Algeria , Morocco , Tunisia ; Central America: Guatemala (introduced, established?) ( Zapparoli 2009 ). Chorotype . S-European. Notes . Previously recorded by Matic et al. (1968) , Foddai et al. (1996) and Zapparoli et al. (2004) from Malta , where it is a common and widespread species, occurring in a variety of habitats, including valleys, garigue and artificial gardens.