Cricotopus scottae Freeman, 1956

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.13306041

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/F1BCCE73-A55A-56C9-95E1-1DF350A877D5

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African Invertebrates by Pensoft

scientific name

Cricotopus scottae Freeman, 1956
status

 

Cricotopus scottae Freeman, 1956 View in CoL

Fig. 4 F View Figure 4

Material examined.

Namibia • 1 ♂ 14 ♀; 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-Chiro 7 ; BOLD sequence ID NAMOE 007-22 ; BOLD BIN: BOLD: ADM 9835 GoogleMaps 1 ♂ 1 ♀; OTJOZONDJUPA; Düsternbrook ; 22 ° 15 ' 11.52 " S, 16 ° 54 ' 1.44 " E; 4 Dec. 2018; G. M. Kvifte leg.; sweep net; SHOU GoogleMaps 8 ♂ 1 ♀, 1 larva; 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; BOLD specimen code: NAM-Chiro 13 , NAM-Chiro 12 ; BOLD sequence ID: NAMOE 013-22 , NAMOE 012-22 ; BOLD BIN: BOLD: ADM 9835 , BOLD: ACL 1477 GoogleMaps ; both, males and females, were barcoded (Fig. 6 F View Figure 6 ).

Distribution.

Species is present in Namibia ( Harrison 2004). Species is otherwise known from Chad, D. R. Congo, Ethiopia, Niger, Nigeria, South Africa, Zimbabwe ( Ashe and O’Connor 2012).

NMNW

National Museum of Namibia

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Chironomidae

Genus

Cricotopus