Is there a published reference for this statement in the checklist of Italian slugs? Deroceras golcheri: Specie propria di Malta e segnalata, dubitativamente, solo per l'Isola di Montecristo (Arcipelago Toscano).
C. Mifsud
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Very difficult to study Deroceras. The reference that you ask is published in Giusti & Manganelli Schembri -1995 -"The non-marine molluscs of the Maltese Islands" Pag 292 :"Distribution - Tyrrhenian. Described as endemic to the Maltese Island; possible conspecific populations hava been found on Montecristo Island in the Tuscan Archipelago ( Giusti,1976:313-315; Giusti et al.,1995). The determination of the specimens of the island of Montecristo was only anatomically, there is no genetic confirmation.
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