Cricotopus obscurus Freeman, 1953

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

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.3897/afrinvertebr.65.111920

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:CD3A2816-4574-42F6-AF5D-442E232B4239

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13306039

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/798D986B-7DC8-5818-B19F-52A807F00532

treatment provided by

African Invertebrates by Pensoft

scientific name

Cricotopus obscurus Freeman, 1953
status

 

Cricotopus obscurus Freeman, 1953 View in CoL

Material examined.

Namibia • 3 ♂; KHOMAS; Windhoek, Arebbusch river ; 22 ° 34 ' 28.92 " S, 17 ° 3 ' 15.84 " E; 7 Dec. 2018; G. M. Kvifte leg.; sweep net; NMNW GoogleMaps ; 119 ♂ ♀; OTJOZONDJUPA; Von Bach Dam Nature Reserve, Swakop river outflow ; 22 ° 0 ' 53.28 " S, 16 ° 57 ' 12.24 " E; 2 Dec. 2018; V. Baranov leg.; sweep net; NMNW GoogleMaps 115 ♂ ♀; 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 GoogleMaps 1 ♂; OTJOZONDJUPA; Gross Barmen ; 22 ° 6 ' 38.16 " S, 16 ° 44 ' 42 " E; 4 Dec. 2018; X. Lin leg.; sweep net; SHOU GoogleMaps ; No specimens of this species were successfully barcoded as a part of this project.

Distribution.

Species is present in Namibia ( Harrison 2004). Lesotho, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Senegal (uncertain) ( Ashe and O’Connor 2012).

NMNW

National Museum of Namibia

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Chironomidae

SubFamily

Tanypodinae

Genus

Cricotopus