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LacewingMAP:   9860
Province:   Northern Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2823BA
Observer:   Liebenberg Aletta Gesina
Date of record:   2016-11-12
Number of photos:   3
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:43
Sp. code:   320480
Species name:   FAMILY Ascalaphidae
Common name:   Unidentified Ascalaphidae
Family:   Ascalaphidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LacewingMAP-9860
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 9860 - photo: 1
VM-number: 9860 - photo: 2
VM-number: 9860 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Mervyn Mansell
Comment:   This is possibly a species of Tytomyia, but cannot be sure. The third picture shows a male in typical pheromone-emitting posture. An intriguing specimen.
Date:   2016-12-05 18:40:06
Species name:   FAMILY Ascalaphidae -- Unidentified Ascalaphidae
Species code:   320480

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