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Table 1. List of the sampled localities. s: single traps, c: constellation traps; A: P. acuminata, B: P. bimaculata,
n.c.: no Phaleria collected; §: first record of the genus Phaleria on the island.

Code Island Beach Coordinates (WGS84) Sampling Traps Species

14°20'37"E - 35°56'00"N date deployed collected
14°20'38"E - 35°55'44"N
1 Malta Golden Bay 14°20'35"E - 35°55'13"N 6.II.10 3c B
14°21'03"E - 35°58'10"N
2 Malta Ghajn Tuffieha 14°22'55"E - 35°58'05"N 6.II.10 2c B
14°21'26"E - 35°59'21"N
3 Malta Gnejna 14°21'34"E - 35°59'23"N 6.II.10 2c B
14°21'53"E - 35°59'31"N
4 Malta Mellieha Bay 14°31'47"E - 35°49'29"N 13.II.10 6s n.c.
14°29'18"E - 35°55'33"N
5 Malta Mgiebah 14°20'34"E - 35°55'36"N 13.II.10 6s B
14°23'58"E - 35°56'59"N
6 Malta Armier 14°17'03"E - 36°03'41"N 13.II.10 6s B
14°18'03"E - 36°03'25"N
7 Malta Little Armier 14°19'00"E - 36°02'57"N 13.II.10 6s B
14°19'26"E - 36°01'39"N
8 Malta White Tower Bay 14°16'16"E - 36°01'12"N 13.II.10 2c n.c.
14°15'09"E - 36°04'35"N
9 Malta Birzebbuga 14°20'14"E - 36°01'00"N 6.III.10 6s n.c.
14°19'48"E - 36°01'00"N
10 Malta St. George's Bay 14°19'22"E - 36°00'46"N 6.III.10 4s n.c.
12°33'26"E - 35°30'47"N
11 Malta Qarraba Bay 12°36'00"E - 35°29'55"N 6.II.10 4s n.c.
12°37'29"E - 35°29'44"N
12 Malta Tà Lazzenin 12°37'24"E - 35°30'17"N 13.II.10 2s n.c.
12°51'04"E - 35°52'02"N
13 Gozo Ramla l-Hamra 12°52'32"E - 35°51'21"N 3.IV.10 3c B
12°19'32"E - 37°55'44"N
14 Gozo San Blas 12°20'17"E - 37°55'06"N 3.IV.10 5s B
12°16'49"E - 37°55'48"N
15 Gozo Dahlet Qorrot 12°17'03"E - 37°55'27"N 3.IV.10 3s n.c.
12°18'09"E - 37°54'55"N
16 Gozo Hondoq ir-Rummien 14°57'49"E - 38°24'42"N 3.IV.10 3s n.c.
14°59'45"E - 38°22'08"N
17 Gozo Mgarr ix-Xini 14°57'56"E - 38°29'16"N 3.IV.10 2s n.c.
14°57'19"E - 38°28'18"N
18 Gozo Qbajjar 14°56'07"E - 38°27'31"N 3.IV.10 2s n.c.
12°52'13"E - 37°34'53"N
19 Comino Santa Marija Bay 13°01'09"E - 37°29'46"N 20.III.10 6s B
13°51'18"E - 37°07'21"N
20 Comino San Niklaw 14°06'55"E - 37°06'11"N 20.III.10 2s n.c.
14°26'22"E - 36°52'34"N
21 Comino Cominotto Beach 14° 27'09"E - 36°50'50"N 20.III.10 2s n.c.
15°05'10"E - 38°07'12"N
22 Lampedusa Spiaggia dei Conigli 14°56'59"E - 38°10'11"N 3.V.10 2c B
14°58'11"E - 38°09'09"N
23 Lampedusa Guigtgia 15°21'26"E - 37°55'53"N 3.V.10 2c B
15°18'22"E - 37°52'41"N
24 Lampedusa Cala Francese 15°24'59"E - 37°59'41"N 3.V.10 3s B

25 Lampedusa Le palme 3.V.10 3s B
B§
26 Linosa Cala Pozzolana di Ponente 5.V.10 3s

27 Linosa Cala Pozzolana di Levante 5.V.10 3s n.c.

28 Favignana Porto 16.X.10 2c B

29 Favignana Lido Burrone 16.X.10 2c n.c.

30 Favignana Cala Grande 16.X.10 4s n.c.

31 Favignana Cala Rotonda 16.X.10 4s n.c.

32 Favignana Preveto 16.X.10 2s n.c.

33 Vulcano Vulcanello Ponente 11.X.10 4c B

34 Vulcano Gelso 11.X.10 8s B

35 Lipari Canneto 12.X.10 6s B

36 Lipari Marina Lunga 12.X.10 6s n.c.

37 Lipari Quattrocchi 12.X.10 10s n.c.

38 Sicily Foce del fiume Belice 10.V.10 2c A

39 Sicily Capo San Marco 10.V.10 2c n.c.

40 Sicily Torre di Gaffe 11.V.10 2c A

41 Sicily Torre di Manfria 11.V.10 2c A

42 Sicily Foce del Fiume Ippari 11.V.10 2c n.c.

43 Sicily Kamarina 11.V.10 2c A

44 Sicily Oliveri 13.X.10 8s B

45 Sicily San Giorgio 13.X.10 8s n.c.

46 Sicily Marina di Patti 13.X.10 8s n.c.

47 Sicily Foce del torrente Agrò 13.X.10 8s B

48 Sicily Letojanni 13.X.10 8s n.c.

49 Sicily Nizza di Sicilia 13.X.10 8s n.c.

plastic cups (diameter = 7.5 cm) buried with their mouth et al. (2005) give an illustration of the layout of such
flush with the surface of the sand and connected by pitfall trap constellations. Where substrate type (e.g. too
means of thin wooden walkways resting on the surface coarse a sediment) or beach attributes (e.g. too narrow a
of the sand. Such walkways increase the efficiency of beach) precluded the deployment of pitfall trap constel-
the traps as they divert any wandering animal that lations, individual, non-connected traps (plastic cups)
makes contact with the walkways into the traps. Gauci were used instead. Mildly-concentrated vinegar was

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