Atlas of African Neuroptera and Megaloptera

Record details

LacewingMAP:   18394
Province:   Northern Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3022CD
Observer:   Tippett RM
Date of record:   2022-02-24
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2022-07-10 11:39:55
Sp. code:   328960
Species name:   Nesoleon boschimanus
Common name:  
Family:   Myrmeleontidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LacewingMAP-18394
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 18394 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Ryan Matthew Tippett
Comment:   Fairly common and widespread in the driers of western South Africa, extending into Zimbabwe, Botswana and Namibia. Wing marking can vary considerably. Larvae are unknown.
Date:   2022-07-10 11:39:55
Species name:   Nesoleon boschimanus
Species code:   328960

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