Atlas of African Neuroptera and Megaloptera

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LacewingMAP:   17992
Province:  
Country:   Namibia
Locus:   2315CA
Observer:   Houlden Michael
Date of record:   2021-04-02
Number of photos:   3
Notes:  
Last updated:   2021-05-26 14:36:02
Sp. code:   327320
Species name:   Annulares aspoecki
Common name:  
Family:   Myrmeleontidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LacewingMAP-17992
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 17992 - photo: 1
VM-number: 17992 - photo: 2
VM-number: 17992 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Mervyn Mansell
Comment:   A. aspoecki is a fairly rare species, known only from Namibia, in the Namib, mainly around Gobabeb, with only one record from the northern Cape, South Africa. As far as is known, the large whitish larvae live freely in loose sand. A first for the VM
Date:   2021-04-19 10:35:20
Species name:   Annulares aspoecki
Species code:   327320

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