Published April 29, 2024 | Version v1
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Cladotanytarsus pseudomancus

  • 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

Cladotanytarsus pseudomancus (Goetghebuer, 1934)

Fig. 9 A, B

Material examined.

Namibia • 500 ♂ ♀; OTJOZONDJUPA; Von Bach Dam Nature Reserve, Swakop river outflow; 22 ° 0 ' 53.28 " S, 16 ° 57 ' 12.24 " E; 2–10 Dec. 2018; Malaise trap; V. Baranov leg.; NMNW; BOLD specimen code: NAM-Chiro 39; NAM-Chiro 38; NAM-Chiro 37; NAM-Chiro 36; NAM-Chiro 35: NAM 50; NAM 49; NAM 51; NAM-Chiro 41; NAM-Chiro 40; BOLD sequence ID: NAMOE 039-22; NAMOE 038-22; NAMOE 037-22; NAMOE 036-22; NAMOE 035-22; NAMCH 013-19; NAMCH 012-19; NAMCH 048-20; NAMOE 041-22; NAMOE 040-22; BOLD BIN: BOLD: ACK 2243 • 1 ♂; KHOMAS; Windhoek; 22 ° 36 ' 43.2 " S, 17 ° 5 ' 27.6 " E; 1 Dec. 2018; G. M. Kvifte, V. Baranov, X. Lin leg.; NMNW; BOLD specimen code: NAM-Chiro 5; BOLD sequence ID: NAMOE 005-22; BOLD BIN: BOLD: ACK 2243 • 1 ♂; KHOMAS; Windhoek, Arebbusch river, Goreangab Reservoir; 22 ° 31 ' 44.4 " S, 17 ° 0 ' 3.6 " E; 3 Dec. 2018; X. Lin leg.; sweep net; SHOU; BOLD specimen code: NAM 97; NAM 93; BOLD sequence ID: NAMCH 080-20; NAMCH 076-20; BOLD BIN: BOLD: ACK 2243 • 1 larva, 1 pupa; OTJOZONDJUPA; Gross Barmen; 22 ° 6 ' 38.16 " S, 16 ° 44 ' 42 " E; 4 Dec. 2018; X. Lin leg.; sweep net; SHOU.

Distribution.

This is the first record of the species from Namibia (Freeman 1956; Freeman and Cranston 1980; Curtis 1991; Harrison 2004). Cladotanytarsus pseudomancus is a widespread species, thus far recorded from the Afrotropical Region, including Madagascar, from the Oriental Region: India (West Bengal), China (Hainan) and the Palaearctic Region: Russian far east, France, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Oman (Gilka 2009).

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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References

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  • Freeman P, Cranston P (1980) Family Chironomidae. Catalogue of the Diptera of the Afrotropical Region. British Museum (Natural History), London: 175–202. Ghonaim, M., Ali, A., & Amer, M. (2005). Cladotanytarsus (Diptera: Chironomidae) from Egypt with description of a new species. Oriental Insects 39 (1): 323–329. https://doi.org/10.1080/00305316.2005.10417443
  • Curtis B (1991) Freshwater macro-invertebrates of Namibia. Madoqua 1991: 163–187.
  • 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
  • Gilka W (2009) Order Diptera, family Chironomidae, Tribe Tanytarsini. In: van Harten A (Ed.) Arthropod Fauna of the United Arab Emirates. Dar Al Ummah Print, Abu Dhabi, 667–682.