LacewingMAP: |
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16486 |
Province: |
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Western Cape |
Country: |
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South Africa |
Locus: |
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3319CD |
Observer: |
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Hodgson Andrew & Heather; Seth Musker; Sharon Stanton; Corné Rautenbach; Wilna Steenkamp; Heleen Louw; Darryl and Lynette de Beer |
Date of record: |
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2020-01-17 |
Number of photos: |
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1 |
Notes: |
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Last updated: |
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2024-07-18 16:34:00 |
Sp. code: |
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329560 |
Species name: |
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Palpares speciosus |
Common name: |
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Family: |
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Myrmeleontidae |
Record status: |
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ACCEPTED |
Collector's species id: |
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Spotted Veld Antlion (Palpares speciosus) |
Institution: |
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ADU-UCT |
Record URL: |
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https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LacewingMAP-16486 |
Links: |
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• Locus: Summary | Records • Species: Records | Distribution map |
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Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:
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Comment number: |
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1 |
By: |
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Mervyn Mansell |
Comment: |
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This is a Cape endemic, widespread in the Western Cape and parts of Northern and Eastern Cape Provinces. Frequently found in fynbos and Karoo biomes. Extends about as far eastwards as Grahamstown and is then replaced by its adelphotaxon (sister-species) Palpares caffer to the north as far as Zimbabwe. This was the first antlion to be described from Africa, by Linnaeus. The large black larvae live in soil among grass tussocks. |
Date: |
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2020-01-18 15:12:57 |
Species name: |
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Palpares speciosus |
Species code: |
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329560 |
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