Pseudosmittia unniae Ferrington & Sæther, 2011

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, African Invertebrates 65 (1), pp. 13-36 : 13-36

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.3897/afrinvertebr.65.111920
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:CD3A2816-4574-42F6-AF5D-442E232B4239
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13306045
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scientific name	Pseudosmittia unniae Ferrington & Sæther, 2011
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Pseudosmittia unniae Ferrington & Sæther, 2011 View in CoL

Figs 5 A – D View Figure 5 , 6 A – E View Figure 6

Material examined.

Namibia • 1 ♂ 18 ♀; KHOMAS; Windhoek, Arebbusch river, Goreangab Reservoir ; 22 ° 31 ' 44.4 " S, 17 ° 0 ' 3.6 " E; 3 Dec. 2018; X. Lin leg.; sweep net; SHOU; BOLD specimen code NAM 86 BOLD sequence ID NAMCH 072-20 ; NAMCH 070-20 BOLD BIN BOLD: ADW 9545 ; BOLD: ACK 7891 GoogleMaps • 2 ♂; OTJOZONDJUPA; Von Bach Dam Nature Reserve, Swakop river outflow ; 22 ° 31 ' 44.4 " S, 17 ° 0 ' 3.6 " E; 2–10 Dec. 2018; Malaise trap; V. Baranov leg.; NMNW; BOLD specimen code: NAM 81 , NAM 89 , BOLD sequence ID NAMCH 065-20 , NAMCH 072-20 , BOLD BIN: BOLD: ADW 9545 GoogleMaps • 9 ♂ 1 ♀, 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 61 , NAM 60 , NAM 59 , NAM-Chiro 51 , NAM-Chiro 50 , NAM-Chiro 49 , NAM-Chiro 48 , NAM-Chiro 45 ; BOLD sequence ID: NAMCH 051-20 , NAMCH 050-20 , NAMCH 0549-20 , NAMOE 051-22 , NAMOE 050-22 ; NAMOE 049-22 , NAMOE 048-22 , NAMOE 045-22 , NAMOE 044-22 ; BOLD BIN BOLD: AEG 0717 ; BOLD: ADW 9545 GoogleMaps .

Distribution.

This is the first record of this species from Namibia ( Ferrington and Sæther 2011; Ashe and O’Connor 2012). Comparison of current sequences with existing BINs on the BOLD system has shown the presence of this species also in South Africa.