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LacewingMAP:   9831
Province:   KwaZulu-Natal
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3030CD
Observer:   Heymans JA (Joseph); Joubert Heymans
Date of record:   2016-10-25
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:43
Sp. code:   322500
Species name:   Ankylopteryx venusta
Common name:  
Family:   Chrysopidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LacewingMAP-9831
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 9831 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Mervyn Mansell
Comment:   This beautiful species is known from KwaZulu-Natal, Mozambique and Tanzania. It is poorly represented in collections in SA. it appears to be confined to forested areas and may occasionally be attracted to light. Nothing is known of its immature stages.
Date:   2016-11-05 16:31:25
Species name:   Ankylopteryx venusta
Species code:   322500

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