Atlas of African Neuroptera and Megaloptera

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LacewingMAP:   16401
Province:  
Country:   eSwatini
Locus:   2631AA
Observer:   Braun K
Date of record:   2019-12-24
Number of photos:   2
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-08-25 13:37:00
Sp. code:   323580
Species name:   Dysochrysa furcata
Common name:  
Family:   Chrysopidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Dysochrysa furcata
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LacewingMAP-16401
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 16401 - photo: 1
VM-number: 16401 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Mervyn Mansell
Comment:   This beautiful and delicate chrysopid is frequently encountered in houses. Many records from Johannesburg and Pretoria. Also from Mpumalanga, Limpopo, North West. Nothing is known about its immature stages, but the larvae may be inquilines in ant’s nests. Reared larvae feed on ant larvae, supporting the idea that they are ant-associated.
Date:   2020-01-14 11:21:04
Species name:   Dysochrysa furcata
Species code:   323580

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