Atlas of African Neuroptera and Megaloptera

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LacewingMAP:   9251
Province:   Maputo
Country:   Mozambique
Locus:   2532DB
Observer:   de Beer Len
Date of record:   2015-10-30
Number of photos:   2
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:43
Sp. code:   328540
Species name:   Myrmeleon sp.
Common name:  
Family:   Myrmeleontidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LacewingMAP-9251
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 9251 - photo: 1
VM-number: 9251 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Mervyn Mansell
Comment:   This is an interesting, undescribed species of Myrmeleon (or a possible new genus), ish tipped antennae. In SA known only from the coastal forests of northern Zululand (Cape Vidal, Sodwana, Sibaya, Kosi Bay), and widespread in Mozambique. The characteristically pale larvae build pitfall traps, sheltered by dune forest.
Date:   2015-12-10 05:18:38
Species name:   Myrmeleon sp.
Species code:   328540

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