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LacewingMAP:   244
Province:   Northern Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2919AB
Observer:   Jessnitz V
Date of record:   2014-12-09
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:43
Sp. code:   327120
Species name:   Cymothales illustris
Common name:  
Family:   Myrmeleontidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LacewingMAP-244
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 244 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Mervyn Mansel
Comment:   This species of Cymothales is fairly common in the western drier parts of SA, unlike the others that occur in the northern and eastern regions. Larvae are unknown, but other species of Cymothales live in detritus in tree holes or, some, on rock ledges
Date:   2014-11-16 17:55:01
Species name:   Cymothales illustris
Species code:   327120

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