Lithobius castaneus Newport, 1844

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 : 154

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.25674/so93iss3id166
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13192695
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scientific name	Lithobius castaneus Newport, 1844
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Lithobius castaneus Newport, 1844 View in CoL

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.