immaculatus Carles-Tolrá & Cuesta-Segura, 2020

Holotype: Male, Qrendi, Malta (Carles-Tolrá personal collection).

Dist.: MALTA: species restricted to the island, reported from Qrendi [35°49’57.9”N 14°27’18.1E] / [35°49’51.6”N 14°27’25.5”E], Dingli [35°51’43.8”N 14°23’51.5E] / [35°51’34.0”N 14°23’50.9”E], Valleta [35°53’46.78”N 14°30’41.26”E], Ghar Dalam Cave [35°50’11.5”N 14°31’40.8”E], Balzan {35°53’N 14°27’E} and Guardamangia {35°53’N 14°29’E }.

Refs.: Zammit-Maempel, 1985: 366 (dist.) as Vermileo sp.; Ebejer, 1995: 87 (dist.) as Vermileo sp.; 271–276 (figs.), 277 (dist.); Carles-Tolrá & Cuesta-Segura, 2020: 266–267 (des.); Ebejer & Gatt, 2021: 19 (list.), 20 (list., syn. proposal to V. vermileo); Kehlmaier, 2021: 342 (phyl., dist.).

Remark: the synonimization proposed by Ebejer & Gatt (2021) should be rejected, based on recent barcoding evidence (Kehlmaier, 2021).