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LacewingMAP:   16715
Province:   Erongo
Country:   Namibia
Locus:   2215AC
Observer:   Reddig Katharina
Date of record:   2020-03-01
Number of photos:   2
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-03-31 18:21:16
Sp. code:   320480
Species name:   FAMILY Ascalaphidae
Common name:   Unidentified Ascalaphidae
Family:   Ascalaphidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Proctolyra / Tailed Owlfly ?
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LacewingMAP-16715
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 16715 - photo: 1
VM-number: 16715 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Mervyn Mansell
Comment:   This is a very interesting owlfly, that I cannot place at the moment. It is possibly a Proctolyra, but may be undescribed. The two spots on the metascutellum should be a give-away, but nothing seems to match this.
Date:   2020-03-17 18:34:59
Species name:   FAMILY Ascalaphidae -- Unidentified Ascalaphidae
Species code:   320480

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