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LacewingMAP:   9133
Province:   Free State
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2826CD
Observer:   du Plessis D
Date of record:   2006-08-12
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   Winburg Grassy Shrubland
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:43
Sp. code:   326920
Species name:   FAMILY Myrmeleontidae
Common name:   Unidentified Myrmeleontidae
Family:   Myrmeleontidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Myrmeleontidae
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LacewingMAP-9133
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 9133 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Mervyn Mansell
Comment:   This could be any of three genera, Myrmeleon, Hagenomyia or Cueta. But to judge from the grassy shrubland habitat and apparently unprotected habitat it is probably a Cueta. Cueta species always build pits in the open in direct sun. During the heat of the day, they burrow downwards, but are nonetheless able to withstand very high temperatures. They have to be reared to identify the adults
Date:   2016-01-08 12:12:17
Species name:   FAMILY Myrmeleontidae -- Unidentified Myrmeleontidae
Species code:   326920

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