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LacewingMAP:   15415
Province:   Northern Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3022CA
Observer:   Tippett RM
Date of record:   2018-09-15
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:43
Sp. code:   327700
Species name:   Creoleon indet.
Common name:   Creoleon indet.
Family:   Myrmeleontidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LacewingMAP-15415
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 15415 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Mervyn Mansell
Comment:   This is an undescribed species of Creoleon, that is fairly widespread in the western parts of SA. The genus Creoleon is fairly large and widespread through the Afrotropical and Palaearctic Regions. There are several species that inhabit SA, many as yet undescribed. Creoleon larvae live freely in sand and do not make pits.
Date:   2018-09-30 18:14:37
Species name:   Creoleon indet. -- Creoleon indet.
Species code:   327700

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