Published April 29, 2024 | Version v1
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Tanytarsus pallidulus Freeman 1954

  • 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

Tanytarsus pallidulus Freeman, 1954

Fig. 9 C

Material examined.

Namibia • 430 ♂ ♀; 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 • 1 ♂; KHOMAS, Windhoek, 22 ° 36 ' 43.2 " S, 17 ° 5 ' 27.6 " E; 8 Dec. 2018; G. M. Kvifte, V. Baranov, X. Lin leg.; NMNW; BOLD specimen code: NAM-Chiro 6; BOLD sequence ID: NAMOE 006-22; BOLD BIN: BOLD: AAH 9824.

Distribution.

This is the first record of the species from Namibia (Freeman 1956; Freeman and Cranston 1980; Curtis 1991; Harrison 2004). Otherwise, this species is occurring in South Africa, Mozambique, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Democratic Republic of Congo and Saudi Arabia (Freeman 1956; Freeman and Cranston 1980; Cranston and Judd 1989; Ekrem 2001; Harrison 2004).

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
Material sample ID
NAM-Chiro 6, NAMOE 006-22, AAH 9824
Event date
2018-12-02 , 2018-12-08
Verbatim event date
2018-12-02/10 , 2018-12-08
Scientific name authorship
Freeman
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Diptera
Family
Chironomidae
Genus
Tanytarsus
Species
pallidulus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Tanytarsus pallidulus Freeman, 1954 sec. Baranov, Lin, Hübner & Chimeno, 2024

References

  • Freeman P (1956) A study of the Chironomidae (Diptera) of Africa south of the Sahara. Part II. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology 4: 285–368.
  • 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
  • Cranston PS, Judd DD (1989) Diptera: Family Chirononlidae of the Arabian Peninsula. Fauna Saudi Arabia 10: 236–289.
  • Ekrem T (2001) A review of Afrotropical Tanytarsus van der Wulp (Diptera: Chironomidae). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 144 (1): 5–40. https://doi.org/10.1163/22119434-99900054