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Steraspis reptilis Thomson, 1879


General distribution: Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe

Province records: OD, OH, OK, ON

♀: NA, Kavango, Mutompo, 60 km S Rundu, 1180 m.s.l., ZMHB.

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Type locality:

“Zambezi” [ambiguous]


Type repository:

Neotypus ♂: MRAC



Ecology:







Flight period:

I, II, III, IV. V


Size:

~31 mm


Remarks:

The species is frequently confused with Sterapis jackal Thomson, 1879, whose presence in Namibia is apparently not confirmed.

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