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Published April 29, 2024 | Version v1
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Kiefferulus brevipalpis

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

Kiefferulus brevipalpis (Kieffer, 1918)

Fig. 10 E

Material examined.

Namibia • 3 ♂ 2 ♀; OTJOZONDJUPA; Gross Barmen; 22 ° 6 ' 38.16 " S, 16 ° 44 ' 42 " E; 4 Dec. 2018; X. Lin leg.; sweep net; SHOU; BOLD specimen code: NAM-Chiro 46; NAM 67; NAM 64; NAM 63; NAM 62; BOLD sequence ID: NAMOE 046-22; NAMCH 057-20; NAMCH 054-20; NAMCH 053-20; NAMCH 052-20; BOLD BIN: BOLD: AFG 1076; BOLD: ACK 6259 • 7 ♂; KHOMAS; Windhoek; 22 ° 36 ' 43.2 " S, 17 ° 5 ' 27.6 " E; 3 Dec. 2018; X. Lin leg.; light trap; SHOU; BOLD specimen code: NAM-Chiro 22; BOLD sequence ID: NAMOE 022-22; BOLD BIN: BOLD: AFG 1076.

Distribution.

This is the first record of the species from Namibia, otherwise being recorded from Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia and Uganda, (as. Nilodorum brevipalpis (Kieffer, 1918)) (Freeman 1956; Freeman and Cranston 1980; Curtis 1991; Martin 1999).

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/3F3DBB3596EB5CCE8987C7B30E707D19

Cites
Publication: 10.1080/00305316.2005.10417443 (DOI)
Publication: https://www.chironomidae.net/Martin/Chironfiles/Kiefffile/Kieff.htm (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/3F3DBB3596EB5CCE8987C7B30E707D19 (URL)
https://www.gbif.org/species/238309728 (URL)
https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/301440/taxon/3F3DBB3596EB5CCE8987C7B30E707D19.taxon (URL)

Biodiversity

Collection code
SHOU
Material sample ID
NAM-Chiro 22, NAMOE 022-22, AFG 1076 , NAM-Chiro 46, NAM 67, NAM 64, NAM 63, NAM 62, NAMOE 046-22, NAMCH 057-20, NAMCH 054-20, NAMCH 053-20, NAMCH 052-20, AFG 1076, ACK 6259
Event date
2018-12-03 , 2018-12-04
Verbatim event date
2018-12-03 , 2018-12-04
Scientific name authorship
Kieffer
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Diptera
Family
Chironomidae
Genus
Kiefferulus
Species
brevipalpis
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Kiefferulus brevipalpis (Kieffer, 1918) 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.
  • Martin J (1999) Listing of names which have been applied in the genus Kiefferulus Goetghebuer. https://www.chironomidae.net/Martin/Chironfiles/Kiefffile/Kieff.htm [Accessed: 15 / 12 / 2023]