Chironomus transvaalensis Kieffer, 1923

Fig. 10 A, B

Material examined.

Namibia • 30 ♂ 24 ♀; KHOMAS; Windhoek, Arebbusch river; 22 ° 34 ' 28.92 " S, 17 ° 3 ' 15.84 " E; 3 Dec. 2018; X. Lin leg.; sweep net; SHOU; BOLD specimen code: NAM-Chiro 3; BOLD sequence ID: NAMOE 003-22 • 3 ♀; KHOMAS; Windhoek, Arebbusch river, Goreangab Reservoir; 22 ° 31 ' 44.4 " S; 17 ° 0 ' 3.6 " E; 3 Dec. 2018; X. Lin leg.; sweep net; SHOU; BOLD specimen code: NAM-Chiro 23; NAM-Chiro 54; NAM-Chiro 3; BOLD sequence ID: NAMOE 023-22; NAMOE 054-22; NAMOE 003-22; BOLD BIN: BOLD: AAW 3995 • 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; BOLD specimen code: NAM-Chiro 34; BOLD sequence ID: NAMOE 034-22; BOLD BIN: BOLD: AAW 3995 • 1 ♂ 14 ♀; OTJOZONDJUPA; Düstenbrook; 22 ° 15 ' 11.52 " S, 16 ° 54 ' 1.44 " E; 4 Dec. 2018; G. M. Kvifte leg.; NMNW .

Distribution.

The species is widely distributed in Namibia and the rest of the Afrotropics, as well as southern Palaearctic (Lindner 1976; Curtis 1991; Harrison 2004).