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 bifurcus Freeman, 1958 Fig. 9 D Material examined. Namibia • 6 ♂ ; 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 ♂ ; HARDAP ; Naukluft Mountain Zebra Park , Tufa waterfalls ; 24 ° 15 ' 47.88 " S , 16 ° 13 ' 44.76 " E ; 1–5 Dec. 2018 ; sweep net ; G. M. Kvifte , V. Baranov , X. Lin leg.; SHOU ; BOLD specimen code: NAM-Chiro 19 ; BOLD sequence ID: NAMOE 019-22 ; BOLD BIN: BOLD: ADU 6503 . Distribution. This is the first record of the species from Namibia ( Freeman and Cranston 1980 ; Curtis 1991 ; Harrison 2004 ). Otherwise this species is occurring in Burkina Faso , Chad , Mali , Nigeria and Ghana ( Freeman 1958 ; Dejoux 1968 a , 1968 c, 1974 ; Freeman and Cranston 1980 ; Ekrem 2001 ).