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LacewingMAP:   15411
Province:   Northern Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3022CA
Observer:   Tippett RM
Date of record:   2018-09-15
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:43
Sp. code:   329120
Species name:   Obus sp.
Common name:  
Family:   Myrmeleontidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LacewingMAP-15411
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 15411 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Mervyn Mansell
Comment:   This is a species of Obus, possibly O. elizabethae, but not sure. This genus is fairly common and widespread in the drier western parts of South Africa and Namibia. But the genus is in need of revision. The brown and white larvae live freely in sand.
Date:   2018-09-30 18:18:36
Species name:   Obus sp.
Species code:   329120

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