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LacewingMAP:   10490
Province:   KwaZulu-Natal
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2732BB
Observer:   Tippett RM
Date of record:   2017-12-19
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:43
Sp. code:   327380
Species name:   Banyutus lethalis
Common name:  
Family:   Myrmeleontidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LacewingMAP-10490
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 10490 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Mervyn Mansell
Comment:   This species has a very wide distribution in eastern South Africa, extending northwards into Mozambique, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, DRC. It often flies in mixed swarms with Hagenomyia tristis, which it closely resembles - in a mimicry complex. The black larvae live freely in sand and often prey on other antlion larvae.
Date:   2017-12-28 18:28:49
Species name:   Banyutus lethalis
Species code:   327380

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