Published April 29, 2024 | Version v1
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Paracladopelma rhodesianus

  • 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

Paracladopelma rhodesianus (Kieffer, 1923)

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Material examined.

Namibia • 1 ♂; KHOMAS; Windhoek, Arebbusch river; 22 ° 34 ' 28.92 " S, 17 ° 3 ' 15.84 " E; 3 Dec. 2018; X. Lin leg.; sweep net; SHOU.

Distribution.

This is the first record of the species from Namibia; the species was otherwise recorded from Botswana, South Africa and Zimbabwe (Freeman 1956; Freeman and Cranston 1980; Curtis 1991; Harrison 2004). No specimens of this species were successfully barcoded as a part of this project.

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
SHOU
Event date
2018-12-03
Verbatim event date
2018-12-03
Scientific name authorship
Kieffer
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Diptera
Family
Chironomidae
Genus
Paracladopelma
Species
rhodesianus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Paracladopelma rhodesianus (Kieffer, 1923) 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