Uncovering the hidden diversity of non-biting midges (Diptera, Chironomidae) from central Namibia, using morphology and DNA barcodes Author Baranov, Viktor 0000-0003-1893-3215 Estación Biológica de Doñana-CSIC / Doñana Biological Station-CSIC, Seville, Spain Author Lin, Xiaolong 0000-0001-6544-6204 Engineering Research Center of Environmental DNA and Ecological Water Health Assessment, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, China Author Hübner, Jeremy https://orcid.org/0009-0007-5624-8573 Bavarian State Collection of Zoology (SNSB-ZSM), Munich, Germany Author Chimeno, Caroline 0000-0001-9933-6492 Bavarian State Collection of Zoology (SNSB-ZSM), Munich, Germany text African Invertebrates 2024 2024-04-29 65 1 13 36 journal article 10.3897/afrinvertebr.65.111920 CD3A2816-4574-42F6-AF5D-442E232B4239 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 ).