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LacewingMAP:   9942
Province:   KwaZulu-Natal
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2729DC
Observer:   Bushell Garth
Date of record:   2016-12-26
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:43
Sp. code:   321000
Species name:   Nephoneura collusor
Common name:   Owlfly
Family:   Ascalaphidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Antlion
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LacewingMAP-9942
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 9942 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Mervyn Mansell
Comment:   This species occurs in high-lying grasslands. It is well known from the Drakensberg. Also from the Soutpansberg, although infrequently encountered. It is known from several provinces of SA, also from Swaziland. it is a South African and Swaziland endemic. Larvae are unknown.
Date:   2017-01-04 17:13:08
Species name:   Nephoneura collusor -- Owlfly
Species code:   321000

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