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LacewingMAP:   16605
Province:   Northern Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3024DC
Observer:   van Dyk Zenobia
Date of record:   2020-02-12
Number of photos:   2
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-03-31 18:21:16
Sp. code:   329200
Species name:   Palparellus dubiosus
Common name:  
Family:   Myrmeleontidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Unknown
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LacewingMAP-16605
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 16605 - photo: 1
VM-number: 16605 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Mervyn Mansell
Comment:   This species is confined to South Africa, Botswana and Namibia. In South Africa, it occurs in the drier western regions of the country. It could be confused with Palpares speciosus, but the characteristic thoracic patterns and male terminalia easily distinguish it from P. speciosus and P. caffer. Larvae are unknown. This specimen is a male - note long ectoprocts.
Date:   2020-02-20 15:20:20
Species name:   Palparellus dubiosus
Species code:   329200

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