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Polypedilum abyssiniae Kieffer 1918

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

Polypedilum abyssiniae Kieffer, 1918

Fig. 10 H

Material examined.

Namibia: • 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.

Distribution.

The species was previously recorded from Namibia (Kunene river) (Harrison 2004), otherwise it was recorded from Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Mali, South Africa, Sudan and Tanzania (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

Identifiers

URL
http://treatment.plazi.org/id/F75A05B8AF19567193BB4F98921AB060

Cites
Publication: http://www.ru.ac.za/academic/departments/zooento/Martin/chironomidae (URL)
Publication: 10.1080/00305316.2005.10417443 (DOI)
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/F75A05B8AF19567193BB4F98921AB060 (URL)
https://www.gbif.org/species/238309708 (URL)
https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/301440/taxon/F75A05B8AF19567193BB4F98921AB060.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
Polypedilum
Species
abyssiniae
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Polypedilum abyssiniae Kieffer, 1918 sec. Baranov, Lin, Hübner & Chimeno, 2024

References

  • 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
  • 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.