Cricotopus flavozonatus Freeman, 1953 a

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

Cricotopus flavozonatus Freeman, 1953 a

Fig. 4 D, E

Material examined.

Namibia • several hundred ♂ ♀; HARDAP; Naukluft Mountain Zebra Park, Tufa waterfalls ; 24 ° 15 ' 47.88 " S, 16 ° 13 ' 44.76 " E; 1–5 Dec. 2018; G. M. Kvifte / V. Baranov / X. Lin leg.; sweep net; NMNW; SHOU; BOLD specimen code: NAM 14 , NAM 04 , NAM 13 , NAM 12 ; BOLD sequence ID: NAMCH 024-20 , NAMCH 023-20 , NAMCH 017-20 , NAMCH 006-19 ; BOLD BIN: BOLD: ACG 906 • 1 ♂ 2 ♀; KHOMAS; Windhoek ; 22 ° 36 ' 43.2 " S, 17 ° 5 ' 27.6 " E; 1 Dec. 2018; G. M. Kvifte / V. Baranov / X. Lin leg.; NMNW; BOLD specimen code: NAM-Chiro 31 , NAM-Chiro 32 ; BOLD sequence ID: NAMOE 031-22 , NAMOE 032-22 ; BOLD BIN: BOLD: ACG 9062 .

Distribution.

This is the first record of the species from Namibia. Cricotopus flavozonatus was previously recorded from Ethiopia, Uganda, South Africa, and Zimbabwe ( Freeman 1956; Freeman and Cranston 1980; Curtis 1991; Harrison 2004; Ashe and O’Connor 2012).

Figures

Figure 4. Orthocladiinae A – C Bryophaenocladius cristatus D, E Cricotopus flavozonatus F Cricotopus scottae G Parametriocnemus scotti A, E head, adult male B, D, F, G hypopygium C virga.