Atlas of African Neuroptera and Megaloptera

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LacewingMAP:   9111
Province:   Gauteng
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2627BB
Observer:   Kennedy D.
Date of record:   2015-08-02
Number of photos:   3
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:43
Sp. code:   323580
Species name:   Dysochrysa furcata
Common name:  
Family:   Chrysopidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Red Lacewing Dysochrysa sp.
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LacewingMAP-9111
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 9111 - photo: 1
VM-number: 9111 - photo: 2
VM-number: 9111 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Mervyn Mansell
Comment:   This beautiful and delicate chrysopid is frequently encountered in houses in Gauteng. Many records from Johannesburg and Pretoria. Also from Mpumalanga, Limpopo, North West. Nothing is known about its biology.
Date:   2016-01-08 09:18:51
Species name:   Dysochrysa furcata
Species code:   323580

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