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LacewingMAP:   18795
Province:   Western Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3222AD
Observer:   Rautenbach C
Date of record:   2023-10-19
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2023-11-11 16:33:50
Sp. code:   324160
Species name:   Turnerochrysa mirifica
Common name:  
Family:   Chrysopidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LacewingMAP-18795
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 18795 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Mervyn Mansell
Comment:   This beautiful species is unmistakable, but rarely encountered. It is known from only three localities in S.A abnd one in Namibia. It has been taken at light. Nothing is known of its biology
Date:   2023-11-11 16:33:50
Species name:   Turnerochrysa mirifica
Species code:   324160

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