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LacewingMAP:   10664
Province:   Limpopo
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2330CA
Observer:   Altenroxel Bernardine Alice
Date of record:   2018-02-17
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:43
Sp. code:   323780
Species name:   Italochrysa impar
Common name:  
Family:   Chrysopidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LacewingMAP-10664
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 10664 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Mervyn Mansell
Comment:   A beautiful species that can easily be confused with Dysochrysa furcata because of the red coloration of the thorax and abdomen. It is a very widespread species, extending from northern SA (Gauteng, Mpumalanga, Limpopo) into Zimbabwe, Zambia and Malawi. There are also records from DRC and Ethiopia. Nothing is known of its biology, but the larvae are possibly ant-associated.
Date:   2018-03-23 18:34:40
Species name:   Italochrysa impar
Species code:   323780

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