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LacewingMAP:   15321
Province:   Northern Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2822CB
Observer:   Kemp L
Date of record:   2018-01-23
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:43
Sp. code:   327300
Species name:   Annulares annulatus
Common name:  
Family:   Myrmeleontidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LacewingMAP-15321
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 15321 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Mervyn Mansell
Comment:   This is a Kalahari endemic, known from SA, Botswana and Namibia. Its large white and reddish larvae live freely in dune sand. It is fairly common and widespread in the northern parts of the northern Cape, and almost always associated with Kalahari dunes. Closely related to A. lanner.
Date:   2018-06-04 18:09:14
Species name:   Annulares annulatus
Species code:   327300

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