Published April 29, 2024 | Version v1
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Bryophaenocladius cristatus Wang, Saether & Andersen 2002

  • 1. Estación Biológica de Doñana-CSIC / Doñana Biological Station-CSIC, Seville, Spain
  • 2. Engineering Research Center of Environmental DNA and Ecological Water Health Assessment, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, China
  • 3. Bavarian State Collection of Zoology (SNSB-ZSM), Munich, Germany

Description

Bryophaenocladius cristatus Wang, Sæther & Andersen, 2002

Fig. 4 A – C

Material examined.

Namibia • 1 ♂; OTJOZONDJUPA; Von Bach Dam Nature Reserve, Swakop river outflow; 22 ° 0 ' 53.28 " S, 16 ° 57 ' 12.24 " E; 2–10 Dec. 2018; V. Baranov leg.; Malaise trap; NMNW (Fig. 1 B – D). No specimens of this species were successfully barcoded as a part of this project.

Distribution.

This is the first record of this species from Namibia, and outside of the species’ type location in Ghana (Wang et al. 2002; Harrison 2004; Ashe and O’Connor 2012).

Notes

Published as part of Baranov, Viktor, Lin, Xiaolong, Hübner, Jeremy & Chimeno, Caroline, 2024, Uncovering the hidden diversity of non-biting midges (Diptera, Chironomidae) from central Namibia, using morphology and DNA barcodes, pp. 13-36 in African Invertebrates 65 (1) on pages 13-36, DOI: 10.3897/afrinvertebr.65.111920

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
NMNW
Event date
2018-12-02
Verbatim event date
2018-12-02/10
Scientific name authorship
Wang, Saether & Andersen
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Diptera
Family
Chironomidae
Genus
Bryophaenocladius
Species
cristatus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Bryophaenocladius cristatus Wang, 2002 sec. Baranov, Lin, Hübner & Chimeno, 2024

References

  • Wang XH, Saether OA, Andersen T (2002) Afrotropical Bryophaenocladius Thienemann, 1934 (Diptera: Chironomidae). Studia Dipterologica 8: 447 - 462.
  • Wang XH, Sæther OA, Andersen T (2002) Afrotropical Bryophaenocladius Thienemann, 1934 (Diptera: Chironomidae). Studia Dipterologica 8: 447–462.
  • Harrison A (2004) The non-biting midges (Diptera: Chironomidae) of South Africa. University of Waterloo, Canada. http://www.ru.ac.za/academic/departments/zooento/Martin/chironomidae
  • Ashe P, O'Connor JP (2012) A world catalogue of Chironomidae (Díptera). Part 2. Orthocladiinae. Two volumes (Sections A, B). Irish Biogeographical Society, Dublin, [14] + [xvi +] 468 pp., [6] + 500 pp.