Note on some antlions from Mozambique (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae)
Author
Letardi, Agostino
text
Biodiversity Data Journal
2014
2
1050
1050
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.2.e1050
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.2.e1050
1314-2828--1050
Jaya dasymalla (Gerstaecker, 1863)
Materials
Type status:
Other material
. Occurrence: recordedBy:
P. Cerretti, D. Birtele, A. Campanaro
; individualCount:
1
; sex:
female
; Location: country:
Mozambique
; verbatimLocality: Matutuine, distr. Tinti Gala Lodge; verbatimLatitude:
26°38'44.3"S
; verbatimLongitude:
32°50'25.1"E
; Event: samplingProtocol:
light trap
; eventDate:
31.I.2008
; Record Level: institutionCode:
CNBFVR
Distribution
An antlion is widespread in Africa (Mansell, pers. com;
Oswald 2013
), particularly in south-eastern part of Africa, from Tanzania to South Africa (Mozambique included) according to
Prost (1996)
; in
Stange (2004)
, this taxa was reported in Kenya, Tanzania and Namibia; recently this species has been reported also in a generical forestry coastal area of North-eastern Mozambique (
Pascal 2011
). Nevertheless I was able to find in literature only some specimens cited for a precise locality (in the Illustrated database of African
Neuroptera
(http://www.africamuseum.be/collections/browsecollections/naturalsciences/biology/neuroptera/collection), 37 localities are reported, mostly from South Africa and a very few from Somalia): the present female specimen is the first cited for a precise locality in Mozambique.