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LacewingMAP:   15303
Province:   Eastern Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3024DD
Observer:   Kemp L
Date of record:   2018-03-02
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:43
Sp. code:   329560
Species name:   Palpares speciosus
Common name:  
Family:   Myrmeleontidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LacewingMAP-15303
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 15303 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Mervyn Mansell
Comment:   This is a Cape endemic, widespread in the Western Cape and parts of Northern and Eastern Cape Provinces. Frequently found in fynbos and Karoo biomes. Extends about as far east as Grahamstown and is then replaced by its adelphotaxon (sister-species) Palpares caffer to the north as far as Zimbabwe. This was the first antlion to be described from Africa, by Linnaeus. The large black larvae live in soil among grass tussocks.
Date:   2018-05-15 18:05:12
Species name:   Palpares speciosus
Species code:   329560

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