''Diversibipalium multilineatum'' is a species of large

predatory Predation is a biological interaction where one organism, the predator, kills and eats another organism, its prey. It is one of a family of common feeding behaviours that includes parasitism and micropredation (which usually do not kill th ...

land flatworm. The species is native to Japan. Makino N, Shirasawa Y (1983). Morphological and ecological comparison with two new species of elongated-slender land planarians having several stripes and their new scientific names. Bulletin of Tokyo Medical College 9: 69-83 n Japanese, English summary/ref> It has been recorded in 2016 for the first time outside Asia, from

Bologna Bologna (, , ; egl, label= Emilian, Bulåggna ; lat, Bononia) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in Northern Italy. It is the seventh most populous city in Italy with about 400,000 inhabitants and 150 different nat ...

Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...

(from a finding in September 2014), and in several localities in France. More records in 2021 confirmed its presence in various regions of Italy. It is thus an alien species to Europe.

Diversibipalium multilineatum from Italy - Fig 1 a - Body

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Diversibipalium multilineatum Geoplanidae Fauna of Japan Fauna of Italy