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LacewingMAP:   17303
Province:   Northern Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3022CA
Observer:   Tippett RM
Date of record:   2020-10-13
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   About 9mm long.
Last updated:   2021-02-20 16:34:29
Sp. code:   326000
Species name:   Micromus oblongus
Common name:  
Family:   Hemerobiidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LacewingMAP-17303
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 17303 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Mervyn Mansell
Comment:   Possibly Micromus oblongus, but cannot be sure. This species is fairly widespread, known from Gauetng, ECape and WCape. Extends northwards into Kenya and DRC. Immature stages unknown. Micromus africanus One of the “brown lacewings” This species is very widespread in southern Africa, but seems to be absent from the drier areas. It also extends far north into Africa, having been recorded from Ethiopia, Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya. Its larvae live freely on vegetation and are voracious predators of mainly small Homoptera, including aphids.
Date:   2021-02-20 16:34:29
Species name:   Micromus oblongus
Species code:   326000

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