Record details
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:   16701
Province:   KwaZulu-Natal
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3030BC
Observer:   Small Christopher Peter
Date of record:   2020-02-28
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-03-31 18:21:16
Sp. code:   327020
Species name:   Cymothales sp.
Common name:  
Family:   Myrmeleontidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=-16701
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
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Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Mervyn Mansell
Comment:   This is a species of Cymothales - not possible to identify from the photo. Possibly C. eccentros. This exquisite species is widespread in the eastern and northern parts of South Africa, known from ECape, WCape, Mpumalanga, KZN, Limpopo. Beyond SA, only known from Kenya. Adults are fairly rare. Larvae live in tree holes and on sheltered rock ledges, where they are "sit and wait" predators in dust-filled crevices.
Date:   2020-03-09 15:59:09
Species name:   Cymothales sp.
Species code:   327020

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