| Identification | 
			
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							| Current: | species Elasmopoda atramentaria (Germar, 1837) |  
							| Historical: | Cerbus atramentaria; syntype of species Elasmopoda atramentaria (Germar, 1837); cited by Germar. 1837. Fauna Insectorum Europae. Fasciculus XIX. Insectorum protogaeae specimen sistens insecta carbonum fossilium. 3 unnumbered pp, pls 1–25 with captions |  | 
			
				| Specimen | 
			
				|  | Basis of record: preserved specimen Counts: Females 1
 Depository: BMNH, London NH Mus.; catalog number 884309
 Data source: Bantock. 2011. Specimens examined at The Natural History Museum, London.
 Other: no data
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				| Locality | 
			
				|  | Southern Africa, Cape Province, Western Cape Province: Cape of Good Hope; S 34.358056, E 18.488611; Modern (is included in map) | 
			
				| Collecting event | 
			
				|  | [no data recorded] | 
			
				| Images | 
			
				|  |  Cerbus atramentarius Germar, 1837 (Syntype: female) – BMNH London – 
(CC BY-NC 3.0) Attribution: The Natural History Museum, London.  Photograph taken by Tristan Bantock. 
  Cerbus atramentarius Germar, 1837 (Syntype: female) – BMNH London – 
(CC BY-NC 3.0) Attribution: The Natural History Museum, London.  Photograph taken by Tristan Bantock. 
  Cerbus atramentarius Germar, 1837 (Syntype: female) – BMNH London – 
(CC BY-NC 3.0) Attribution: The Natural History Museum, London.  Photograph taken by Tristan Bantock. 
  Cerbus atramentarius Germar, 1837 (Syntype: female) – BMNH London – 
(CC BY-NC 3.0) Attribution: The Natural History Museum, London.  Photograph taken by Tristan Bantock. | 
			
				| Sounds | 
			
				|  | None | 
			
				| Ecological relationships | 
			
				|  | None | 
			
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