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LacewingMAP:   10668
Province:   Western Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3219AA
Observer:   van Dyk Zenobia
Date of record:   2018-02-18
Number of photos:   2
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:43
Sp. code:   330040
Species name:   Concroce capensis
Common name:  
Family:   Nemopteridae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Unknown
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LacewingMAP-10668
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 10668 - photo: 1
VM-number: 10668 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Mervyn Mansell
Comment:   This species of thread-winged lacewing is endemic to the Western Cape if South Africa, and is fairly common in the Cedarberg – but rarely encountered –. The larvae are short-necked (unlike species of Laurhervasia that have an elongated prothorax. They live in detritus in rock crevices, often associated with rodent’s nest. This is afirst record for the Lacewing map.
Date:   2018-02-22 18:00:36
Species name:   Concroce capensis
Species code:   330040

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