Bipalium admarginatum, de Beauchamp, 1933 De Beauchamp, 1933

Justine, Jean-Lou, Gastineau, Romain & Winsor, Leigh, 2024, Land flatworms (Tricladida: Geoplanidae) in France and French overseas territories: ten years of research, Zoologia (e 24004) 41, pp. 1-25 : 7-8

Bipalium admarginatum

Thanks to a collection by an amateur naturalist, Bipalium admarginatum was found 95 years after its description ( De Beauchamp 1933) on an island off the coast of the Malaysian peninsula. We have described its mitogenome and clarified its phylogenetic position ( Soo et al. 2023). So far, there are no mentions of the species in the literature outside Malaysia.

as French Guiana and Reunion Island in the Indian Ocean ( Justine et al. 2018b). Other islands in the Caribbean region have also been invaded ( Brown et al. 2022). The species was recently reported in Italy ( Mori et al. 2022a) and it is not impossible that it has already invaded the warmest parts of Europe ( Spain and the South of France). Modelling studies show that this species could invade large parts of Europe under different hypotheses of global warming ( Fourcade et al. 2022b). The species consumes molluscs.