The presence of solifuges in Lampedusa island (Strait of Sicily) has been discovered for the first time in 1956. Since then, no more findings occurred until recently, when after a targeted search we were able to rediscover e redefine the identity of Lampedusa' solifuges and give a first assessment on their ecological preferences.
The results were just published on the European Zoological Journal:

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/325082994_Rediscovery_of_the_enigmatic_solifuges_Arachnida_Solifugae_at_Lampedusa_Island_Italy