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Chironomus transvaalensis Kieffer 1923

Authors/Creators

  • 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

Chironomus transvaalensis Kieffer, 1923

Fig. 10 A, B

Material examined.

Namibia • 30 ♂ 24 ♀; KHOMAS; Windhoek, Arebbusch river; 22 ° 34 ' 28.92 " S, 17 ° 3 ' 15.84 " E; 3 Dec. 2018; X. Lin leg.; sweep net; SHOU; BOLD specimen code: NAM-Chiro 3; BOLD sequence ID: NAMOE 003-22 • 3 ♀; 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-Chiro 23; NAM-Chiro 54; NAM-Chiro 3; BOLD sequence ID: NAMOE 023-22; NAMOE 054-22; NAMOE 003-22; BOLD BIN: BOLD: AAW 3995 • 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; BOLD specimen code: NAM-Chiro 34; BOLD sequence ID: NAMOE 034-22; BOLD BIN: BOLD: AAW 3995 • 1 ♂ 14 ♀; OTJOZONDJUPA; Düstenbrook; 22 ° 15 ' 11.52 " S, 16 ° 54 ' 1.44 " E; 4 Dec. 2018; G. M. Kvifte leg.; NMNW.

Distribution.

The species is widely distributed in Namibia and the rest of the Afrotropics, as well as southern Palaearctic (Lindner 1976; Curtis 1991; 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

Identifiers

URL
http://treatment.plazi.org/id/3C0FBE1E073A5F08A0014C6D1F609019

Cites
Publication: http://www.ru.ac.za/academic/departments/zooento/Martin/chironomidae (URL)
Figure: 10.3897/afrinvertebr.65.111920.figure10 (DOI)
Figure: https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1038072 (URL)
Is part of
Journal article: 10.3897/afrinvertebr.65.111920 (DOI)
Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/6EA720D42CFD5102BD6BB9BC90A46948 (URL)
Journal article: http://zoobank.org/CD3A2816-4574-42F6-AF5D-442E232B4239 (URL)
Is source of
https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/3C0FBE1E073A5F08A0014C6D1F609019 (URL)
https://www.gbif.org/species/238309733 (URL)
https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/301440/taxon/3C0FBE1E073A5F08A0014C6D1F609019.taxon (URL)

Biodiversity

Collection code
NMNW , SHOU
Material sample ID
NAM-Chiro 23, NAM-Chiro 54, NAM-Chiro 3, NAMOE 023-22, NAMOE 054-22, NAMOE 003-22, AAW 3995 , NAM-Chiro 3, NAMOE 003-22 , NAM-Chiro 34, NAMOE 034-22, AAW 3995
Event date
2018-12-02 , 2018-12-03 , 2018-12-04
Verbatim event date
2018-12-02/10 , 2018-12-03 , 2018-12-04
Scientific name authorship
Kieffer
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Diptera
Family
Chironomidae
Genus
Chironomus
Species
transvaalensis
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Chironomus transvaalensis Kieffer, 1923 sec. Baranov, Lin, Hübner & Chimeno, 2024

References

  • Lindner E (1976) Zur Kenntnis der Dipterenfauna Sudwestafrikas. VI VIII. Journa of South West African Scientific Society 30: 75–86.
  • 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