Biodiversity Journal, 2021,12 (2): 325–334 https://doi.org/10.31396/Biodiv.Jour.2021.12.2.325.334 New data on slugs and semi-slugs from Cyrenaica (north- eastern Libya) (Parmacellidae, Limacidae, Agriolimacidae, Veronicellidae) Fabio Liberto1, Abdelmuhsen Abusneina2 & Ignazio Sparacio3 1 Via del Giubileo Magno 93, 90015 Cefalù, Italy; e-mail:
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[email protected] ABSTRACT The following work provides an original contribution to the knowledge of Libya’s slugs (Par- macellidae, Limacidae, Agriolimacidae, Veronicellidae). It is based on the morphological and anatomical investigations of some populations of slugs collected in Cyrenaica. An analysis of the existing bibliography on this topic is carried out and geonemic and biological data on the studied slugs are provided. We report for the first time Eleutherocaulis striatus (Simroth, 1896) (Veronicellidae) from North Africa, and Ambigolimax valentianus (A. Ferussac, 1822) (Li- macidae) from Libya. KEY WORDS Slugs; semi-slugs; North Africa; morphology; distribution. Received 12.10.2020; accepted 09.04.2021; published online 28.04.2021 INTRODUCTION geonemic data of the slugs sampled in these re- searches (Parmacellidae, Limacidae, Agriolimacidae, In recent decades, also due to long periods of Veronicellidae) are provided below in this work. war and political instability, there have not been many studies on the Libyan malacofauna and, es- pecially, on slugs. MATERIAL AND METHODS Two native slugs are known from Libya, Dero- ceras barceum (Gambetta, 1924) and Parmacella All specimens were collected by eye-sight on festae Gambetta, 1924, the first is an endemic the ground and under rocks.