Atlas of African Neuroptera and Megaloptera

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LacewingMAP:   9866
Province:   Western Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3319CA
Observer:   Boer B
Date of record:   2016-11-11
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:43
Sp. code:   327260
Species name:   SUBFAMILY Myrmeleontinae
Common name:  
Family:   Myrmeleontidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Myrmeleon lanceolatus
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LacewingMAP-9866
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 9866 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Mervyn Mansell
Comment:   This could be either Myrmeleon lanceolatus or Creoleon africanus, but cannot be sure as the wing venation is obscured. They look very similar when concealed in this pose, but C. africanus usually has the wings wrapped around the bosy, and sometime also, partly, the stem on which it is perched
Date:   2016-12-05 18:18:50
Species name:   SUBFAMILY Myrmeleontinae
Species code:   327260

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