Kiefferulus brevipalpis (Kieffer, 1918)

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

Kiefferulus brevipalpis (Kieffer, 1918)

Fig. 10 E

Material examined.

Namibia • 3 ♂ 2 ♀; 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-Chiro 46 ; NAM 67 ; NAM 64 ; NAM 63 ; NAM 62 ; BOLD sequence ID: NAMOE 046-22 ; NAMCH 057-20 ; NAMCH 054-20 ; NAMCH 053-20 ; NAMCH 052-20 ; BOLD BIN: BOLD: AFG 1076 ; BOLD: ACK 6259 • 7 ♂; KHOMAS; Windhoek ; 22 ° 36 ' 43.2 " S, 17 ° 5 ' 27.6 " E; 3 Dec. 2018; X. Lin leg.; light trap; SHOU; BOLD specimen code: NAM-Chiro 22 ; BOLD sequence ID: NAMOE 022-22 ; BOLD BIN: BOLD: AFG 1076 .

Distribution.

This is the first record of the species from Namibia, otherwise being recorded from Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia and Uganda, (as. Nilodorum brevipalpis (Kieffer, 1918 )) ( Freeman 1956; Freeman and Cranston 1980; Curtis 1991; Martin 1999).

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.