Atlas of African Neuroptera and Megaloptera

Record details

   [ Record 2 of 208 ]   
LacewingMAP:   61
Province:   Gauteng
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2528CB
Observer:   Young Joan
Date of record:   2008-10-22
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:   Red Lacewing larvae (Dysochrysa furcata)
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LacewingMAP-61
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 61 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Mervyn Mansel
Comment:   where was the larva collected. did it come from a pit?
Date:   2014-12-23 13:27:20
Species name:   FAMILY Myrmeleontidae -- Unidentified Myrmeleontidae
Species code:   326920
Comment number:   2
By:   Mervyn Mansel
Comment:   Have now received further pictures that indicate that it is a species of Cueta. They alw - often in a very hard substrates. The species are almost impossible o differentiate morphologically in the larval stage.
Date:   2015-02-28 09:14:18
Species name:   Cueta sp.
Species code:   327840

[ Page served: June 15, 2024, 07:01 +0200]

The Biodiversity and Development Institute (BDI)
and
The FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town
 
This work, except photographs, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Copyright of images uploaded into the Virtual Museum remains with the photographers.

The Biodiversity and Development Institute (BDI)          The Biodiversity and Development Institute (BDI)          The FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology          UCT