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 Bryophaenocladius cristatus Wang, Sæther & Andersen, 2002 Fig. 4 A – C Material examined. Namibia • 1 ♂ ; 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 (Fig. 1 B – D ). No specimens of this species were successfully barcoded as a part of this project . Orthocladiinae A – C Bryophaenocladius cristatus D, E Cricotopus flavozonatus F Cricotopus scottae G Parametriocnemus scotti A, E head, adult male B, D, F, G hypopygium C virga. Distribution. This is the first record of this species from Namibia , and outside of the species’ type location in Ghana ( Wang et al. 2002 ; Harrison 2004 ; Ashe and O’Connor 2012 ).