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LacewingMAP:   17013
Province:  
Country:   Angola
Locus:   0913AA
Observer:   van der Merwe Carel
Date of record:   2019-03-16
Number of photos:   3
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-05-03 10:17:13
Sp. code:   339130
Species name:   Palpares praetor
Common name:  
Family:   Myrmeleontidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LacewingMAP-17013
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 17013 - photo: 1
VM-number: 17013 - photo: 2
VM-number: 17013 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Mervyn Mansell
Comment:   This is a very rare and seldom-seen species, known only from Angola, Gabon and the DRC. It is very similar to the southern African species, P. inclemens that inhabits the east coast of Africa. It would be very useful to obtain specimens for DNA analyses as the two are undoubtedly closely related, but seem to occupy different sides of the continent! Virtually nothing is known about this species, apart from a few old isolated records. This is a significant record of a very poorly known species!
Date:   2020-05-03 08:17:13
Species name:   Palpares praetor
Species code:   339130

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