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LacewingMAP:   10349
Province:   Inhambane
Country:   Mozambique
Locus:   2434DC
Observer:   de Beer Len ; Jemma de Beer
Date of record:   2017-10-11
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:43
Sp. code:   328540
Species name:   Myrmeleon sp.
Common name:  
Family:   Myrmeleontidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LacewingMAP-10349
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 10349 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Mervyn Mansell
Comment:   This is a neat, undescribed species of Myrmeleon (or a possible new genus), characterized by the strongly clubbed, white tipped antennae. In SA known only from the coastal forests of northern Zululand (Cape Vidal, Sodwana, Sibaya, Kosi Bay), and widespread in Mozambique. The characteristically pale larvae build pitfall traps, sheltered by dune forest.
Date:   2017-11-27 18:38:35
Species name:   Myrmeleon sp.
Species code:   328540

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