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LacewingMAP:   17216
Province:  
Country:   Zimbabwe
Locus:   1832AC
Observer:   Rautenbach D. L.
Date of record:   2020-09-27
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2021-02-25 18:28:05
Sp. code:   334180
Species name:   Nesochrysa ruficeps
Common name:  
Family:   Chrysopidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LacewingMAP-17216
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 17216 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Mervyn Mansell
Comment:   This exquisite species is extremely rare, only previously recorded from two localities in Zimbabwe. Like its congeners,it probably frequents forested areas, and is easily confused with the South African Nesochrysa virgata. The genus is characyterized by their very long antennae and predominantly red colour. Nothing is known of the biology of the genus.
Date:   2021-02-25 18:28:05
Species name:   Nesochrysa ruficeps
Species code:   334180

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