African Invertebrates (Apr 2024)

Uncovering the hidden diversity of non-biting midges (Diptera, Chironomidae) from central Namibia, using morphology and DNA barcodes

  • Viktor Baranov,
  • Xiaolong Lin,
  • Jeremy Hübner,
  • Caroline Chimeno

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3897/afrinvertebr.65.111920
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 65, no. 1
pp. 13 – 36

Abstract

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The first study results on the Chironomidae fauna of central Namibia (Khomas, Otjozondjupa and Hardap regions) are presented, based on morphology and DNA-barcoding. The preliminary investigation led to the discovery of a new species Paraphaenocladius namibiae sp. nov. (Chironomidae, Orthocladiinae) and 17 new country records for Namibia.