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Endemic · No sightings since 1988
Endemic · No sightings since 1988
Il-Palpigrad ta' Malta
Maltese Palpigrade · Eukoenenia christiani
A tiny, eyeless arachnid about 1.2 mm long, found only in the Maltese Islands and not seen since 1988.
The Maltese palpigrade, Il-Palpigrad ta' Malta, belongs to the palpigrades, an early-branching group of arachnids with about 80 species worldwide. They are small, eyeless animals with a long tail-like structure.
This species is light brown and 1.2 mm long. It was first found in 1988, in a cave in Girgenti Valley. No sightings have been reported since then.
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