Atlas of African Neuroptera and Megaloptera

Record details

LacewingMAP:   10168
Province:   Sofala
Country:   Mozambique
Locus:   1835AD
Observer:   Wursten B.
Date of record:   2017-03-25
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:43
Sp. code:   327100
Species name:   Cymothales exilis
Common name:  
Family:   Myrmeleontidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Cymothales exilis
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LacewingMAP-10168
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 10168 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Mervyn Mansell
Comment:   This exquisite species if fairly widespread in central and eastern Africa, but is very rare. It is known from SA, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Kenya and Malawi. There is only one previous record from Mozambique, and 2 from SA. The larvae are thought to live in tree holes or rocky ledges. This is a first for ADU Lacewingmap.
Date:   2017-04-09 12:13:04
Species name:   Cymothales exilis
Species code:   327100

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