Insect or Invertebrates Identification - DONE

[ExFmem]

According to ADU site this is Myrmeleon alcestris. Will write it up when company leaves. The rest are still pending ID.

[ExFmem]

Bark Antlion Syngenes sp
Family: Myrmeleontidae

© Super Mongoose
Marakele National Park, Bontle campsite's bathroom

There are two genera of "Bark Antlion":
Centroclisis Bark antlions have a wingspan of 84 mm, stout-bodied, grey, hairy, with broad and short wings.
Syngenes Bark antlions are larger (wingspan 102 mm), hairy and less stout than Centroclisis and have more pointy wingtips. Legs and abdomen are banded. The larvae of Syngenes do not construct pits.

© ExFmem
Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Oct. 2013

The KTP one can not be Syngenes due to distribution (S. not recorded anywhere in the west ), must be Centroclisis! Or another one?

ADU has ID'd "mine" as " Neuroleon sp.; Myrmeleontidae ; Cannot determine further, probably undescribed."

Can you remove it from the AW entry as Syngenes sp. please, and I will re-enter in the book as above.

[ExFmem]

KTP

Family Myrmeleontidae
Genus Creoleon ????? If so, which ones are found in the Northern Cape, if any??

Per ADU: " Creoleon luteipennis; Myrmeleontidae; Fairly common and widespread, but nothing know of its biology, or real taxonomic status"

Will write up entry for this one.

[ExFmem]

Toko, I need to edit some of my entries to either add species name, or delete species name ( such as changing the Crambomorphus entry to "sp.", as ADU says this is a Kalahari endemic, which is currently being described. Also Cueta infima to C. sp., as this is an undescribed species)

How best to let you know the changes so you can edit the Index pg., or will you automatically be alerted to the edits? Thanks!

[Toko]

Best way is just post new entries and then I can delete the old ones and update the index

This is cool stuff, ExFmem

for investigsting further



Or you do the edits in the index if it is only that what is to do, will change poster name and you can edit the index

[ExFmem]

Or you do the edits in the index if it is only that what is to do, will change poster name and you can edit the index

Toko,I have edited my entries and the corresponding Index Listing.

Can you please edit/remove my pic from: Syngenes sp Bark Antlion viewtopic.php?f=247&t=3223&p=175883#p175883

I will let you know when I write up the three that need new Topic entries so you can add to the Index.

Thanks for all you do!!

[Toko]

ExFmem

I have removed this one:

© ExFmem
Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Oct. 2013

Now I am going to read what you have put up in your edit and re-name mission, will learn all the new insights you discovered

This rocks

[ExFmem]

Yes, that's the one. Thank you.

As far as additional info., ADU only makes the ID and adds a very concise sentence or two (undescribed species, etc.), nothing very detailed at all.

Hopefully I can find something more on the 3 I need to write up, but not holding my breath.

[Toko]

sometimes there is just nothing to find

[Toko]

Day 11 Tuesday 20 November : Crocodile Bridge.

Back at Croc I found some interesting bugs.
Some Bees.

I think these are males of Spatunomia rubra

a red metasoma and without bands of tomentum on the terga. The most remarkable
features of the genus are the simple mandibles in the female and the pedunculate
last antennal segment in the male.

BluTuna, can you please have a look at ABC Taxa Bee Genera of Southern Africa doc, page 43, 13C