Atlas of African Neuroptera and Megaloptera

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LacewingMAP:   457
Province:   other
Country:   Malawi
Locus:   1233BB
Observer:   Brown Gary
Date of record:   2015-03-12
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:43
Sp. code:   327360
Species name:   Banyutus sp.
Common name:  
Family:   Myrmeleontidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LacewingMAP-457
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 457 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Mervyn Mansel
Comment:   This species is not known from SA. Known from Zimbabwe and northwards
Date:   2015-04-07 10:07:34
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   2
By:   Mervyn Mansel
Comment:  
Date:   2015-04-07 10:07:55
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   3
By:   Mervyn Mansel
Comment:  
Date:   2015-04-09 06:30:29
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   4
By:   Mervyn Mansel
Comment:   This is Banyutus idoneus. It is not known from SA, but occurs from Zimbabwe and northwards. Obviously common in Malawi.Nothing is know of its biology, but presumably the larvae live freely in sand like its well known congener B. lethalis.
Date:   2015-04-10 17:29:27
Species name:   Banyutus sp.
Species code:   327360

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