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LacewingMAP:   15399
Province:   Central District
Country:   Botswana
Locus:   2026DA
Observer:   du Plessis D
Date of record:   2018-08-30
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   Mixed Mopane Bushveld (closed Colophospermum mopane woodland)
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-15399
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 15399 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Mervyn Mansell
Comment:   This is the pit of a larva of a Myrmeleon or Cueta species. Myrmeleon is the most widespread of all antlion genera and is represented on all continents. Pits are frequently encountered, mostly in sheltered situation, but frequently in the open. The pits of Cueta species are always encountered in the open, never sheltered, and they are able to endure very high temperatures, but can retreat to a vertical shaft, constructed below the pit to escape extreme heat.
Date:   2018-09-03 17:34:14
Species name:   FAMILY Myrmeleontidae -- Unidentified Myrmeleontidae
Species code:   326920

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