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LacewingMAP:   9668
Province:   Free State
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2727DA
Observer:   du Plessis D
Date of record:   2008-04-02
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   Central Free State Grassland (short Themeda triandra grassland)
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:   Myrmeleontidae
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LacewingMAP-9668
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 9668 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Mervyn Mansell
Comment:   This is the larva of a Myrmeleon species - not possible to determine the species without observation of the leg markings. Myrmeleon is the most widespread of all antlion genera and is represented on all continents. pits are frequently encountered, mostly in sheltered situation, but frequently in the open.
Date:   2016-05-14 14:57:12
Species name:   Myrmeleon sp.
Species code:   328540

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