First record of Arion ater s.l. (Gastropoda: Arionidae) in Ukraine
Journal: Folia Malacologica
Year: 2024

Slugs in the Arion ater complex have been reliably recorded in Ukraine for the first time. In recent years, large specimens with an intense black colouration and very prominent skin tubercles have been observed in two neighbouring villages of the Bohorodchany district of the Ivano-Frankivsk region, Stara Huta and Huta. Even externally, they were very different from Arion vulgaris, which has already become common in western Ukraine. The structure of the distal genitalia of such slugs collected in