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					Identification | 
			
			
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							| Current:  | 
							species Petalocnemis asper (Dallas, 1852) | 
						 
						
							| Historical:  | 
							Acanthocoris asper; syntype of species Petalocnemis asper (Dallas, 1852); cited by Dallas. 1852. List of the specimens of hemipterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. II:369-592 | 
						 
					 
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				| Specimen | 
			
			
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				Basis of record: preserved specimen Counts: Males 1 Depository: BMNH, London NH Mus.; catalog number 884166 Data source: Bantock. 2011. Specimens examined at The Natural History Museum, London.  Other: no data | 
			
			
				| Locality | 
			
			
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				Southern Africa; Modern (is included in map) | 
			
			
				| Collecting event | 
			
			
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				(No date recorded); Dr Smith | 
			
			
				| Images      
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				  Acanthocoris asper Dallas, 1852 (Syntype: male) – BMNH London – (CC BY-NC 3.0) Attribution: The Natural History Museum, London.  Photograph taken by Tristan Bantock.
   Acanthocoris asper Dallas, 1852 (Syntype: male) – BMNH London – (CC BY-NC 3.0) Attribution: The Natural History Museum, London. Photograph taken by Tristan Bantock.  | 
			
			
				| Sounds      
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				None | 
			
			
				| Ecological relationships      
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				None | 
			
			
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