Cryptops (Cryptops) trisulcatus Brölemann, 1902

Cassar, Thomas & Zapparoli, Marzio, 2021, Additions to the centipede (Chilopoda) fauna of the Maltese Islands, with new distributional records and an updated checklist, Soil Organisms 93 (3), pp. 153-160 : 155

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.25674/so93iss3id166
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scientific name	Cryptops (Cryptops) trisulcatus Brölemann, 1902
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Cryptops (Cryptops) trisulcatus Brölemann, 1902 View in CoL

Material examined. MALTA: 1 ex., Mellietsa , 15 February 2020, leg. T. Cassar. GOZO : 1 ex., Ta’ Ċenċ , Sannat , 29 December 2019, leg. T. Cassar .

Distribution. Europe: France (mainland, Corsica), Greece (Ionian Isl., Southern Sporades, Crete), Italy (mainland, Sicily, Sardinia), Malta, Portugal (mainland), Romania, Spain (mainland, Balearic Isl., Canary Isl.); North Africa: Algeria, Tunisia; West Asia: Turkey (south–east) ( Zapparoli, 2009).

Chorotype. Mediterranean.

Notes. Previously recorded by Matic et al. (1968), Foddai et al. (1996) and Zapparoli et al. (2004) from Malta, Gozo and Comino. In the Maltese Islands, this species occurs mostly in coastal habitats and valleys.

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