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LacewingMAP:   17514
Province:   Western Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3423AA
Observer:   Lewarne D
Date of record:   2020-11-26
Number of photos:   2
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-08 17:33:15
Sp. code:   321120
Species name:   Proctarrelabis capensis
Common name:   Owlfly
Family:   Ascalaphidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Antlion
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LacewingMAP-17514
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 17514 - photo: 1
VM-number: 17514 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Mervyn Mansell
Comment:   This is a Cape endemic, largely confined to the Cape Peninsula. Known from Newlands, Rondebosch, Cape Point, Rosebank. it extends as far east as Plettenberg Bay and Sedgefield. Always exciting to see a specimen. Larvae unknown
Date:   2020-12-08 17:33:15
Species name:   Proctarrelabis capensis -- Owlfly
Species code:   321120

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