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LacewingMAP:   279
Province:   Northern Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3119BD
Observer:   Willis C.K.
Date of record:   2014-12-18
Number of photos:   3
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:43
Sp. code:   329720
Species name:   Pamexis sp.
Common name:  
Family:   Myrmeleontidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Pamexis sp. (Mansel, pers. comm)
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LacewingMAP-279
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 279 - photo: 1
VM-number: 279 - photo: 2
VM-number: 279 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Mervyn Mansel
Comment:   An undescribed Pamexis that is a unique lichen mimic. it usually settles on lichen-covered rocks for camouflage, and is only known from the immediate vicinity of Calvinia. Its sister-taxon, P. namaqua from northern Namaqualand and Richtersveld is also a lichen mimic. They are the only two white Pamexis, all the others being bright yellow and butterfly-like. Nice additional locality record.
Date:   2014-12-23 08:20:44
Species name:   Pamexis sp.
Species code:   329720

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