tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-131351376892530140.post6182057183020217478..comments2024-03-27T19:31:09.354+01:00Comments on Muticaria: Species spotlight VDavid P. Ciliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08425318075850725424noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-131351376892530140.post-54594169584445091492012-03-04T12:56:56.957+01:002012-03-04T12:56:56.957+01:00You might be interested in the information on this...You might be interested in the information on this species in a recent article:<br />H. REISE, J.M.C.HUTCHINSON, S. SCHUNACK & B. SCHLITT 2011. Deroceras panormitanum and congeners from Malta and Sicily, with a redescription of the widespread pest slug as Deroceras invadens n. sp. Folia Malacologica 19:201–233.<br />Downloadable via:<br />http://www.senckenberg.de/files/content/forschung/abteilung/zoologie/malakologie/malak/hutch/hutchpub/hutchabs.htm#fom3<br /><br />It turns out that D. panormitanum is restricted to Malta and Sicily and distinct from the species that is now widespread elsewhere in Europe and on other continents. We also observe that the external character that you mention (the mark above the pneumostome) is not reliable at distinguishing D. golcheri from D. panormitanum: sorry, but you have to dissect them.John Hutchinsonhttp://www.senckenberg.de/files/content/forschung/abteilung/zoologie/malakologie/malak/hutch/hutch.htmnoreply@blogger.com