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LacewingMAP:   17392
Province:   Limpopo
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2430BC
Observer:   Jessnitz V; Douglas cook
Date of record:   2020-11-03
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2021-01-20 16:11:51
Sp. code:   326920
Species name:   FAMILY Myrmeleontidae
Common name:   Unidentified Myrmeleontidae
Family:   Myrmeleontidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Ant lion
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LacewingMAP-17392
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 17392 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Mervyn Mansell
Comment:   This is a species of antlion (Myrmeleontidae). Unfortunately not able to identify further without seeing wing venation or dorsal abdominal patterns. Possibly a species of Myrmeleon– the pit builders.
Date:   2021-01-20 16:11:51
Species name:   FAMILY Myrmeleontidae -- Unidentified Myrmeleontidae
Species code:   326920

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