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LacewingMAP:   9615
Province:   Limpopo
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2430BA
Observer:   Jessnitz V
Date of record:   2016-02-02
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:43
Sp. code:   321060
Species name:   Proctarrelabis sp.
Common name:  
Family:   Ascalaphidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LacewingMAP-9615
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 9615 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Mervyn Mansell
Comment:   Cannot be sure of the identity. A similar species, P. brunni is endemic to the ECape. Larvae are sit-and-wait ambush predators on vegetation, usually tree trunks and branches.
Date:   2016-04-17 18:25:30
Species name:   Proctarrelabis sp.
Species code:   321060

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