Atlas of African Neuroptera and Megaloptera

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LacewingMAP:   337
Province:   Western Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3118DC
Observer:   Basson Handre; Professor Clarke Scholtz; Jonathan Neumann
Date of record:   2015-01-08
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   Found in a cave
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:43
Sp. code:   330200
Species name:   Tjederia namaquensis
Common name:  
Family:   Nemopteridae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Thread-wing Lacewing larva ( Laurhervasia setacea)
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LacewingMAP-337
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 337 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Mervyn Mansel
Comment:   long necked larva. Lives under rock overhangs and actively pursues prey. Adults are known as "thread-winged lacewings" This is a southern African endemic and fairly common in the Cedarberg area
Date:   2015-01-24 17:04:16
Species name:   Tjederia namaquensis
Species code:   330200

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