Atlas of African Neuroptera and Megaloptera

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LacewingMAP:   15933
Province:   Limpopo
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2331CC
Observer:   Troskie Eugene Anton; Lerm Rion
Date of record:   2019-03-16
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:43
Sp. code:   328320
Species name:   Lachlathetes moestus
Common name:  
Family:   Myrmeleontidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LacewingMAP-15933
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 15933 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Mervyn Mansell
Comment:   Fairly common and widespread in the northern provinces of SA, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West, extending into Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Tanzania, Swaziland, with very few records from Zambia. Flies very late in summer - March to April. It is one of the largest species of antlions known anywhere in the world. The large black larvae live freely in soil and sand.
Date:   2019-03-29 18:45:48
Species name:   Lachlathetes moestus
Species code:   328320

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