Parachironomus acutus (Goetghebuer, 1936)

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

Parachironomus acutus (Goetghebuer, 1936)

Fig. 10 F

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.

This is the first record of the species from Namibia, otherwise species is recorded from Cameroon, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Madagascar, Nigeria and South Africa ( Freeman 1956; Freeman and Cranston 1980; Curtis 1991; Harrison 2004). No specimens of this species were successfully barcoded as a part of this project. This species is often treated as " unplaced ” within Chironomini ( Freeman and Cranston 1980) , we are following Ekrem et al. (2017) in placing this species in Parachironomus .

Figures

Figure 10. Chironomini, adult males A, B Chironomus transvaalensis C Chironomus calipterus D Dicrotendipes septemmaculatus E Kiefferulus brevipalpis F Parachironomus acutus G Paracladopelma rhodesianus H Polypedilum abyssiniae A, C – H hypopygia B head.