Genus Amphicteis Grube, 1850

Amphicteis gunneri (M. Sars, 1835)

DISTRIBUTION: NA, CA, SA.

LITERATURE RECORDS: Fauvel 1940; Vatova 1942, 1949a; Gamulin-Brida et al 1968; Bellan 1969; Zavodnik 1971; Katzmann 1972, 1973a, 1973b, 1973f; Avčin et al. 1974; Bellan 1976; Amoureux 1976, 1983a; Avčin & Vrišer 1983; Fassari 1983; Katzmann 1983; Požar-Domac 1983, Stjepčević et al. 1984; Gillet 1985/1986; Požar- Domac 1986; Zavodnik & Zavodnik 1986; Zavodnik & Vidaković 1987; Aleffi et al. 1988; Špan et al. 1989; Županović & Jardas 1989; Gherardi et al. 1993; Požar-Domac 1994; Zahtila 1995, 1997; Martinelli et al. 1998; Zavodnik & Kovačić 2000; Cantone & Di Pietro 2002; Aleffi et al. 2003; Solis-Weiss et al. 2007; Castelli et al. 2008; Mikac et al. 2011; Musco et al. 2011.

NEW RECORDS: BM11, BM28, BM42, BM43, BM45, BM46, BM48, BM52, BM53, BM54, BM66, BM97, BM99.

Amphicteis midas (Gosse, 1855)

DISTRIBUTION: NA.

LITERATURE RECORDS: Crema et al. 1993; Martinelli et al. 1998; Castelli et al. 2008. NEW RECORDS: BM34, BM45, BM47, BM49.

REMARKS: According to Castelli et al. (1995) some specimens previously determined as Amphicteis gunneri (M. Sars, 1835) might actually belong to A. midas (Gosse, 1855); thus the distribution of the latter may be wider, extending also to the CA and SA.