Kiefferulus brevipalpis (Kieffer, 1918) Fig. 10 E Material examined. Namibia • 3 ♂ 2 ♀; OTJOZONDJUPA; Gross Barmen; 22 ° 6 ' 38.16 " S, 16 ° 44 ' 42 " E; 4 Dec. 2018; X. Lin leg.; sweep net; SHOU; BOLD specimen code: NAM-Chiro 46; NAM 67; NAM 64; NAM 63; NAM 62; BOLD sequence ID: NAMOE 046-22; NAMCH 057-20; NAMCH 054-20; NAMCH 053-20; NAMCH 052-20; BOLD BIN: BOLD: AFG 1076; BOLD: ACK 6259 • 7 ♂; KHOMAS; Windhoek; 22 ° 36 ' 43.2 " S, 17 ° 5 ' 27.6 " E; 3 Dec. 2018; X. Lin leg.; light trap; SHOU; BOLD specimen code: NAM-Chiro 22; BOLD sequence ID: NAMOE 022-22; BOLD BIN: BOLD: AFG 1076. Distribution. This is the first record of the species from Namibia, otherwise being recorded from Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia and Uganda, (as. Nilodorum brevipalpis (Kieffer, 1918)) (Freeman 1956; Freeman and Cranston 1980; Curtis 1991; Martin 1999).

Published as part of 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, pp. 13-36 in African Invertebrates 65 (1) on pages 13-36, DOI: 10.3897/afrinvertebr.65.111920