Crambomorphus sinuatus (Olivier 1811)

Thorax densely covered with long white pubescence, completely obscuring thoracic patterns.
Wings narrow, heavily marked with dark-brown, hind margins of both fore- and hind wings sinuate with acute falcate tips.
Forewings with four brown markings; posterior margin with broad sinuate brown stripe in apical half.
Hind wings brown with three pale bands and pale area basally.
Abdomen blood-red.

Distribution: Cape endemic, largely centred in the Karoo and Namaqualand.

The large black larvae live freely in sand.

Rediscribed and illustrated in:
Mansell, M. W. 2018. Antlions of southern Africa: genus Crambomorphus McLachlan, 1867, including extra-limital species (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae: Palparinae: Palparini). Zootaxa, 4382(3), 465–. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4382.3.3
https://sci-hub.ee/10.11646/zootaxa.4382.3.3

iNat observation:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/197330710

Publicado el 23 de enero de 2024 por traianbertau