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LacewingMAP:   10186
Province:   Mpumalanga
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2530BA
Observer:   Heymans J
Date of record:   2017-04-09
Number of photos:   3
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:43
Sp. code:   327980
Species name:   Distoleon pulverulentus
Common name:  
Family:   Myrmeleontidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LacewingMAP-10186
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 10186 - photo: 1
VM-number: 10186 - photo: 2
VM-number: 10186 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Mervyn Mansell
Comment:   This species usually occurs in high altitude grassland, and is widespread in SA, having been recorded from all provinces. It is fairly common in the Drakensberg grasslands. Also known from Lesotho and Swaziland. Nothing is known of its larvae.
Date:   2017-04-10 17:54:49
Species name:   Distoleon pulverulentus
Species code:   327980

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