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 Henia (Meinertia) bicarinata (Meinert, 1870) Material examined. MALTA : 1 ♂ ( 30 mm , 65 lp), Misrats Gtsar il-Kbir (limits of Siġġiewi ), 2 February 2020 , leg. T . Cassar . Distribution . Europe: Bosnia and Herzegovina , Bulgaria , Croatia , France (mainland, Corsica ), Greece (mainland,insular includingCrete), Hungary ,IberianPeninsula, Italy (mainland, Sicily , Sardinia ), Macaronesia, Malta ; North Africa: Maghreb; West Asia: Turkey , Caucasus (Minelli 1982a) ( Zapparoli 2009 ). Chorotype . Mediterranean. Notes . Previously recorded by Kime (2003) and Zapparoli et al. (2004) from Malta and Gozo . It is a widespread species in the Maltese Islands, occurring in a variety of coastal habitats, from banquettes of stranded Posidonia , to garigue and inland valleys. GEOPHILIDAE Leach, 1815