Atlas of African Neuroptera and Megaloptera

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LacewingMAP:   10304
Province:  
Country:   Tanzania
Locus:   0737BB
Observer:   Grimm Martin
Date of record:   2016-10-16
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:43
Sp. code:   320480
Species name:   FAMILY Ascalaphidae
Common name:   Unidentified Ascalaphidae
Family:   Ascalaphidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LacewingMAP-10304
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 10304 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Mervyn Mansell
Comment:   This is a species of owlfly, or long-horned antlion. unfortunately, it is not possible to offer a finer identification from the photo. ascalaphids are swift flyers, often hawking their prey at dusk. The larvae also resemble antlions and are "sit and wait or ambush predators" that sit on dry twigs or bark. Some cryptic species live under rocks in very hot dry situations.
Date:   2017-08-29 18:03:46
Species name:   FAMILY Ascalaphidae -- Unidentified Ascalaphidae
Species code:   320480

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