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LacewingMAP:   15762
Province:   Northern Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3022CC
Observer:   van Dyk Zenobia
Date of record:   2019-01-15
Number of photos:   2
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:43
Sp. code:   321560
Species name:   Melambrotus simia
Common name:   Owlfly
Family:   Ascalaphidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Owlfly
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LacewingMAP-15762
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 15762 - photo: 1
VM-number: 15762 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Mervyn Mansell
Comment:   In South Africa, this species is known only from the Northern Cape. It is also widespread in Namibia and occurs in Botswana. It is easily confused with other species of Melambrotus, but can be distinguished by the markings beyond the pterostigma and the shape of the angular projection at the base of the forewing. Nothing is known of its larval stages.
Date:   2019-01-21 08:50:34
Species name:   Melambrotus simia -- Owlfly
Species code:   321560

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