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LacewingMAP:   438
Province:   KwaZulu-Natal
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2832CB
Observer:   Johnstone Richard Alan
Date of record:   2014-11-14
Number of photos:   3
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:43
Sp. code:   327380
Species name:   Banyutus lethalis
Common name:  
Family:   Myrmeleontidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   ?
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LacewingMAP-438
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 438 - photo: 1
VM-number: 438 - photo: 2
VM-number: 438 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Mervyn Mansel
Comment:   Superficially very similar to Hagenomyia tristis and often occurs in mixed swarms with this species. The two species are part of a mimicry guild with H. tristis mimicking B. lethalis, which has repugnatorial glands. The biology is quite different. H.tristis larvae build pits,B. lethalis are freeliving in sand.
Date:   2015-03-12 15:29:30
Species name:   Banyutus lethalis
Species code:   327380

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