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