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The "biodiversity sanctuary" was closed, but that's ok -- we ended up exploring some of the jebels (hills) around the park and spotted a lot of cool stuff!
https://www.inaturalist.org/journal/sambiology/90830-trip-to-middle-east-wow

Undescribed genus; covered protracheoniscus type lungs places this in Agnaridae and not any of the other families. Exoantennal conglobation and coxal plates 2-4 demarcated from the pereionite proper are notable. Coxal plates 4-5 being modified for conglobation but not 3 or 2 seems very unique, I don't think this is yet known from any other crinochetan; All other conglobating groups I've checked seem to have coxal plates 2/3-4/5 modified.

The 5 first pictures were not taken in situ, I collected this and another specimen today thinking they were A. hirsutus and Only now noticed the triangular telson. I'm IDing them as C. breuili just because it's the only species recorded in Málaga as far as I know. Last picture is in situ.

iNatting with @emma_brockes.
Native bush, The population was originally found by @emma_blockes.
(https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/144458915)

I managed to find two individuals myself afterwards.
The images include multiple individuals.

Beneath stones in damp soil and decaying leaf litter, in riparian area. I thought these were immature individuals at first, but they appear to lack eyes. They were not associated closely with any ants, though Prenolepis and Stenamma were present under adjacent stones.
https://bugguide.net/node/view/2199010

Update:
Dr. Stefano Taiti has confirmed that this represents an undescribed species of Venezillo that is most likely distinct from the blind Venezillo recorded from Malibu, CA. I'm working on collecting samples for a description.