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Malta

Europe · Southern Europe

Total Species
432
Threatened
14
CR + EN + VU
Population
441,539
Area
316 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 3
Endangered 3
Vulnerable 8
Near Threatened 10
Least Concern 119
Data Deficient 3
Not Evaluated 264
Extinct 4

Species by Taxonomic Group

Animalia 238
Plantae 188
Chromista 6

Featured Species

All Species in Malta

Foreign grain beetle

Ahasverus advena

Least Concern

House fly

Hydrotaea aenescens

Not Evaluated

Flat grain beetle

Cryptolestes pusillus

Not Evaluated

Black fungus beetle

Alphitobius laevigatus

Not Evaluated

Depressed flour beetle

Palorus subdepressus

Not Evaluated

Parasitoid wasp

Aphidius colemani

Not Evaluated

Horehound pollen beetle

Meligethes ruficornis

Least Concern

Sap beetle

Epuraea ocularis

Not Evaluated

Sap beetle

Carpophilus marginellus

Least Concern

Beetle

Carpophilus nepos

Not Evaluated

Sap beetle

Carpophilus mutilatus

Not Evaluated

Corn sap beetle

Carpophilus dimidiatus

Not Evaluated

Sap beetle

Urophorus humeralis

Not Evaluated

Herbarium Beetle

Dienerella filum

Least Concern

Black larder beetle

Dermestes ater

Not Evaluated

Wardrobe beetle

Attagenus fasciatus

Not Evaluated

Spanish Gatekeeper

Pyronia bathseba

Least Concern

smooth spider beetle

Gibbium aequinoctiale

Not Evaluated

Common Tiger Blue

Tarucus theophrastus

Least Concern

Beetle

Silvanus lewisi

Not Evaluated

Dark Grass Blue

Zizeeria karsandra

Not Evaluated

banded dye-murex

Hexaplex trunculus

Not Evaluated

Bluebottle

Physalia physalis

Not Evaluated

dye murex

Bolinus brandaris

Not Evaluated

greedy scale

Hemiberlesia rapax

Not Evaluated

Sally Lightfooth crab

Percnon gibbesi

Not Evaluated

pyriform scale

Protopulvinaria pyriformis

Not Evaluated

Florida wax scale

Ceroplastes floridensis

Not Evaluated

Florida dog winkle

Stramonita haemastoma

Not Evaluated

Pleated tunicate

Styela plicata

Not Evaluated

dwarf sea hare

Aplysia parvula

Not Evaluated

West Indian scale

Pseudaulacaspis pentagona

Not Evaluated

euonymus scale

Unaspis euonymi

Not Evaluated

Pergande's scale

Parlatoria pergandii

Not Evaluated

Chinese wax scale

Ceroplastes sinensis

Not Evaluated

rayed pearl oyster

Pinctada radiata

Not Evaluated

lamellose coral shell

Coralliophila meyendorffii

Not Evaluated

Amphipod

Caprella scaura

Not Evaluated

large-spotted sea hare

Aplysia dactylomela

Not Evaluated

Latania scale

Hemiberlesia lataniae

Not Evaluated

Australian spotted jellyfish

Phyllorhiza punctata

Not Evaluated

Beardsley leafhopper

Balclutha saltuella

Not Evaluated

Marine isopod

Paracerceis sculpta

Not Evaluated

coralline sting winkle

Ocinebrina aciculata

Not Evaluated

Isopod

Paranthura japonica

Not Evaluated

Ascidian

Symplegma brakenhielmi

Not Evaluated

violin spiders

Loxosceles rufescens

Not Evaluated

Ant

Tetramorium lanuginosum

Not Evaluated

Red-throated ascidian

Herdmania momus

Not Evaluated

cobweb spiders

Nesticodes rufipes

Not Evaluated

blue-spotted sea hare

Bursatella leachii

Not Evaluated

sucker upsidedown jellyfish

Cassiopea andromeda

Not Evaluated

Buckwheat

Fagopyrum esculentum

Not Evaluated

Big-Leaved Periwinkle

Vinca major

Not Evaluated

Giant reed

Arundo donax

Not Evaluated

Annual canarygrass

Phalaris canariensis

Not Evaluated

Broomcorn

Sorghum bicolor

Not Evaluated

Aleppo Grass

Sorghum halepense

Not Evaluated

Rivet wheat

Triticum turgidum

Not Evaluated

Common wheat

Triticum aestivum

Not Evaluated

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