Atlas of African Neuroptera and Megaloptera

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LacewingMAP:   240
Province:   Northern Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2821DC
Observer:   Jessnitz V; Richard Jessnitz
Date of record:   2014-11-09
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:43
Sp. code:   327840
Species name:   Cueta sp.
Common name:  
Family:   Myrmeleontidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LacewingMAP-240
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 240 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Mervyn Mansel
Comment:   another undescribed species of a taxomomically complex genus. this particular species is extremely common in the dry western parts of SA. Larvae construct pits in the open - often in hard ground and can endure very high temperatures
Date:   2014-11-16 18:09:37
Species name:   Cueta sp.
Species code:   327840

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