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LacewingMAP:   296
Province:   Cetral
Country:   Madagascar
Locus:   1848DC
Observer:   de Beer Len ; Zuzette de Beer
Date of record:   2012-12-29
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:43
Sp. code:   328340
Species name:   Macroleon sp.
Common name:  
Family:   Myrmeleontidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LacewingMAP-296
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 296 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Mervyn Mansel
Comment:   This is Macroleon validus, endemic to Madagascar - similar to the African M. quinquemaculatus (which also occurs in Madagascar). The larvae construct large pitfall traps in sheltered situations. Very nice record
Date:   2015-01-08 08:51:38
Species name:   Macroleon sp.
Species code:   328340

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