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LacewingMAP:   9849
Province:   KwaZulu-Natal
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2732CD
Observer:   Tippett Ryan Matthew
Date of record:   2016-11-02
Number of photos:   3
Notes:   Found around impala dung. Not in a pit.
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:43
Sp. code:   326920
Species name:   FAMILY Myrmeleontidae
Common name:   Unidentified Myrmeleontidae
Family:   Myrmeleontidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LacewingMAP-9849
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 9849 - photo: 1
VM-number: 9849 - photo: 2
VM-number: 9849 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Mervyn Mansell
Comment:   This is the larva of an antlion, possibly Myrmeleon species. Larvae of this genus build the well known conical pitfall traps. This specimen would be unlikely to survive because of the damaged mandible, which would make feeding difficult or impossible.
Date:   2016-11-30 15:20:10
Species name:   FAMILY Myrmeleontidae -- Unidentified Myrmeleontidae
Species code:   326920

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