Atlas of African Neuroptera and Megaloptera

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LacewingMAP:   10468
Province:   Western Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3218BB
Observer:   van Dyk Zenobia
Date of record:   2017-12-16
Number of photos:   2
Notes:   Found dead on the stoep.
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:43
Sp. code:   330540
Species name:   Nemia costalis
Common name:  
Family:   Nemopteridae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Nemia sp.
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LacewingMAP-10468
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 10468 - photo: 1
VM-number: 10468 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Mervyn Mansell
Comment:   This species of arrow-winged lacewings is known only from the Western Cape Provinces and it is centred in the Clanwilliam area – it could be termed the “Clanwillaim arrow wing”. They are characteristically yellow with brown abdominal stripes, with a prominent pterostigma. Strongly attracted to light. Larvae are thought to live freely in sand.
Date:   2017-12-17 12:41:07
Species name:   Nemia costalis
Species code:   330540

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