Atlas of the Neuroptera and Megaloptera

Record details

   [ Record 4 of 42 ]   
LacewingMAP:   15477
Province:   Northern Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2921AC
Observer:   Kemp Luke
Date of record:   2018-10-17
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:43
Sp. code:   330680
Species name:   Nemopterella sp.
Common name:  
Family:   Nemopteridae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LacewingMAP-15477
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 15477 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Mervyn Mansell
Comment:   This specimen is a female of a large and taxonomically complex genus, which is endemic to the Western and Northern Cape provinces of South Africa, and also occurs in Namibia. The species are all superficially difficult to distinguish, especially the females without associated males. They are often attracted to light in large numbers. Larvae live freely in sand.
Date:   2018-10-21 18:23:47
Species name:   Nemopterella sp.
Species code:   330680

[ Page served: March 28, 2024, 06:40 +0200]

The Biodiversity and Development Institute (BDI)
and
The FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town
 
This work, except photographs, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Copyright of images uploaded into the Virtual Museum remains with the photographers.

The Biodiversity and Development Institute (BDI)          The Biodiversity and Development Institute (BDI)          The FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology          UCT