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LacewingMAP:   10332
Province:  
Country:   eSwatini
Locus:   2631AA
Observer:   Braun K
Date of record:   2017-09-25
Number of photos:   3
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:43
Sp. code:   323880
Species name:   Italochrysa rufostigma
Common name:  
Family:   Chrysopidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Italochrysa sp.?
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LacewingMAP-10332
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 10332 - photo: 1
VM-number: 10332 - photo: 2
VM-number: 10332 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Mervyn Mansell
Comment:   This species is seldom encountered, so a very useful record. It is known from SA, Mozambique and Swaziland, and in SA from KZN and Mpumalanga. The only previous record from Swaziland is from Malalotja Reserve. Nothing is known about its biology, but Italochrysa species are known to be inquilines in ant's nests in the larval stage, similar to lycaenid butterflies.
Date:   2017-10-03 17:59:51
Species name:   Italochrysa rufostigma
Species code:   323880

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