2023
DOI: 10.18690/agricsci.20.2.5
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Diversity Analysis of Adult Chironomidae in the Lake Victoria Basin of Kenya

Walter Odhiambo Otieno,
Reuben Oyoo Mosi,
Peter Bulli

Abstract: Chironomidae commonly inhabits most aquatic habitats and often dominate aquatic insect communities in abundance and species richness. Despite their ecological importance, the diversity and distribution of chironomids in the Lake Victoria ecosystem of Kenya have not been studied to date. Here we report on the diversity and distribution of adult Chironomidae in Usenge, Mbita and Ogal beaches of the Lake Victoria ecosystem in Kenya using morphological features and sequence data of Cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (… Show more

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