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Chironomus calipterus Kieffer 1908

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 calipterus Kieffer, 1908

Fig. 10 C

Material examined.

Namibia • 67 ♂; 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.

Distribution: The species is widely distributed in Namibia and rest of the Afrotropics as well as the southern Palaearctic (Freeman 1957; Lindner 1976; Curtis 1991; Harrison 2004; Andersen and Mendes 2010).

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/51F31BFCE0DD587285349E6E3E93977D

Cites
Publication: 10.5962/bhl.part.1515 (DOI)
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/51F31BFCE0DD587285349E6E3E93977D (URL)
https://www.gbif.org/species/238309732 (URL)
https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/301440/taxon/51F31BFCE0DD587285349E6E3E93977D.taxon (URL)

Biodiversity

Collection code
NMNW
Event date
2018-12-02
Verbatim event date
2018-12-02/10
Scientific name authorship
Kieffer
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Diptera
Family
Chironomidae
Genus
Chironomus
Species
calipterus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Chironomus calipterus Kieffer, 1908 sec. Baranov, Lin, Hübner & Chimeno, 2024

References

  • Freeman P (1957) A study of the Chironomidae (Diptera) of Africa South of the Sahara. Part III. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology 5: 321–428. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.1515
  • 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
  • Andersen T, Mendes H (2010) Order Diptera, family Chironomidae (with the exception of the tribe Tanytarsini). Arthropod fauna of the UAE 3: 564–598.