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 Tanytarsus pallidulus Freeman, 1954 Fig. 9 C Material examined. Namibia • 430 ♂ ♀ ; OTJOZONDJUPA ; Von Bach Dam Nature Reserve , Swakop river outflow ; 22 ° 0 ' 53.28 " S , 16 ° 57 ' 12.24 " E ; 2–10 Dec. 2018 ; Malaise trap ; V. Baranov leg.; NMNW • 1 ♂ ; KHOMAS , Windhoek , 22 ° 36 ' 43.2 " S , 17 ° 5 ' 27.6 " E ; 8 Dec. 2018 ; G. M. Kvifte , V. Baranov , X. Lin leg.; NMNW ; BOLD specimen code: NAM-Chiro 6 ; BOLD sequence ID: NAMOE 006-22 ; BOLD BIN: BOLD: AAH 9824 . Distribution. This is the first record of the species from Namibia ( Freeman 1956 ; Freeman and Cranston 1980 ; Curtis 1991 ; Harrison 2004 ). Otherwise, this species is occurring in South Africa , Mozambique , Nigeria , Zimbabwe , Democratic Republic of Congo and Saudi Arabia ( Freeman 1956 ; Freeman and Cranston 1980 ; Cranston and Judd 1989 ; Ekrem 2001 ; Harrison 2004 ).