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LacewingMAP:   145
Province:   Limpopo
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2229AC
Observer:   Jessnitz V
Date of record:   2011-08-31
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:43
Sp. code:   329640
Species name:   Palparidius concinnus
Common name:  
Family:   Myrmeleontidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LacewingMAP-145
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 145 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Mervyn Mansel
Comment:   looks like the larva of P. concinnus, but cannot see mandibles clearly. Adults fairly common, but larvae rarely encountered. One record of this sp. preying on a small scorpion.
Date:   2014-11-06 17:17:10
Species name:   Palparidius concinnus
Species code:   329640

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