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LacewingMAP:   15409
Province:   Northern Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3022CA
Observer:   Tippett RM
Date of record:   2018-09-06
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:43
Sp. code:   330500
Species name:   Nemia sp.
Common name:  
Family:   Nemopteridae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LacewingMAP-15409
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 15409 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Mervyn Mansell
Comment:   This is a species of Nemia, possibly N. karrooa. This genus of arrow-winged lacewings is known only from the Western and Northern Cape Provinces and southern Namibia where it is fairly widespread - although some species are localized. They are characteristically yellow with brown abdominal stripes, with a prominent pterostigma. Strongly attracted to light. Larvae are thought to live freely in sand.
Date:   2018-09-30 18:22:33
Species name:   Nemia sp.
Species code:   330500

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