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LacewingMAP:   10290
Province:  
Country:   Tanzania
Locus:   0639CC
Observer:   Grimm Martin
Date of record:   2017-07-18
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   at night at light
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:43
Sp. code:   322500
Species name:   Ankylopteryx venusta
Common name:  
Family:   Chrysopidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Green Lacewing
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LacewingMAP-10290
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 10290 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Mervyn Mansell
Comment:   This beautiful species is known from KwaZulu-Natal, Mozambique and Tanzania. It is poorly represented in collections in SA. it appears to be confined to forested areas and may occasionally be attracted to light. Nothing is known of its immature stages.
Date:   2017-08-20 18:33:33
Species name:   Ankylopteryx venusta
Species code:   322500

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