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LacewingMAP:   186
Province:   KwaZulu-Natal
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2929DB
Observer:   Manson A.
Date of record:   2014-03-11
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:43
Sp. code:   329340
Species name:   Palpares caffer
Common name:  
Family:   Myrmeleontidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LacewingMAP-186
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 186 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Mervyn Mansel
Comment:   fairly common and widespread in grassland and savanna. a southern African endemic, mainly central and eastern SA. Larvae live freely in soil - do not construct pitfall traps.
Date:   2014-11-06 16:22:12
Species name:   Palpares caffer
Species code:   329340

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