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LacewingMAP:   270
Province:   KwaZulu-Natal
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2830DA
Observer:   Manson A.
Date of record:   2012-01-28
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-270
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 270 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Mervyn Mansel
Comment:   Fairly common and widespread in grassland areas of south Africa. it is replaced in the Western cape by its sister-species, P. speciosus. Large black larvae live freely in soil under vegetation
Date:   2014-12-23 08:40:22
Species name:   Palpares caffer
Species code:   329340

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