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LacewingMAP:   126
Province:   Northern Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2823BA
Observer:   Liebenberg Aletta Gesina
Date of record:   2014-03-15
Number of photos:   2
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:43
Sp. code:   328480
Species name:   Macronemurus tinctus
Common name:  
Family:   Myrmeleontidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LacewingMAP-126
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 126 - photo: 1
VM-number: 126 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Mervyn Mansel
Comment:   common and widespread in SA. Inhabits long grass. Males are characterized by the long ectoprocts. Nothing is known of its biology
Date:   2014-12-23 11:09:56
Species name:   Macronemurus tinctus
Species code:   328480

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