Metoponorthus sexfasciatus Budde-Lund, 1885: 167.
Metoponorthus ( Polytretus) sexfasciatus lusitanus – Vandel 1946: 269, figs 80b–d.
Gruta do Algar, Mexilhoeirinha, Lagoa; Algarão, Pechão, Algarve Province ( Vandel 1946).
Western Mediterranean region, Atlantic coast of Europe and northern Africa, including Atlantic islands. It has also been introduced to many other parts of the world.
Epigean species, trogloxene.