Ablabesmyia

Ablabesmyia is a genus of non-biting midges in the subfamily Tanypodinae of the bloodworm family Chironomidae.

Ablabesmyia
Ablabesmyia sp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Chironomidae
Tribe:	Pentaneurini
Genus:	Ablabesmyia Johannsen, 1905

Ecology

A. longistyla, A. monilis and A. phatta are widespread and common in Europe.[1] Larvae of A. longistyla and A. monilis have been found together and seem to be restricted to the shallow oxygenated littoral zone.[2]

Species

These 85 species belong to the genus Ablabesmyia:

• Ablabesmyia aequidensi Sahin, 1987 ^{c g}
• Ablabesmyia alaskensis Roback, 1971 ^{i c g}
• Ablabesmyia alba Chaudhuri, Debnath & Nandi, 1983 ^{c g}
• Ablabesmyia amamisimplex Sasa, 1991 ^{c g}
• Ablabesmyia annandalei (Kieffer, 1910) ^{c g}
• Ablabesmyia annulata (Say, 1823) ^{i c g b}
• Ablabesmyia annulatipes (Kieffer, 1912) ^{c g}
• Ablabesmyia appendiculata (Kieffer, 1923) ^{c g}
• Ablabesmyia aspera (Roback, 1959) ^{i c g}
• Ablabesmyia atromaculata Edwards, 1928 ^{c g}
• Ablabesmyia aurea ^{i c}
• Ablabesmyia basalis Walley ^g
• Ablabesmyia bianulata Paggi, 1988 ^{c g}
• Ablabesmyia caliptera (Kieffer, 1906) ^c
• Ablabesmyia callicoma (Kieffer, 1911) ^{c g}
• Ablabesmyia cinctipes (Johannsen, 1946) ^{i c g b}
• Ablabesmyia costarricensis (Picado, 1913) ^{c g}
• Ablabesmyia digitata (Kieffer, 1923) ^{c g}
• Ablabesmyia dusoleili Goetghebuer, 1935 ^{c g}
• Ablabesmyia ebbae Lehmann, 1981 ^{c g}
• Ablabesmyia eggeri (Goetghebuer & Lenz, 1936) ^{c g}
• Ablabesmyia ensiceps Chaudhuri, Debnath & Nandi, 1983 ^{c g}
• Ablabesmyia formulosus (Skuse, 1889) ^{c g}
• Ablabesmyia freemani Harrison, 1978 ^{c g}
• Ablabesmyia hauberi Beck and Beck, 1966 ^{i c g}
• Ablabesmyia hilli Freeman, 1961 ^{c g}
• Ablabesmyia idei (Walley, 1925) ^{i c g}
• Ablabesmyia illinoensis Malloch, 1915 ^{i c g}
• Ablabesmyia indicus (Kieffer, 1910) ^c
• Ablabesmyia infumata (Edwards, 1931) ^{c g}
• Ablabesmyia janta (Roback, 1959) ^{i c g}
• Ablabesmyia jogancornua Sasa & Okazawa ^g
• Ablabesmyia johannseni (Roback, 1959) ^{i c g}
• Ablabesmyia kisanganiensis Lehmann, 1981 ^{c g}
• Ablabesmyia lata ^g
• Ablabesmyia limbata (Lundstrom, 1915) ^{c g}
• Ablabesmyia longistyla Fittkau, 1962 ^{c g}
• Ablabesmyia macrocercus (Kieffer, 1910) ^{c g}
• Ablabesmyia maculitibialis Chaudhuri, Debnath & Nandi, 1983 ^{c g}
• Ablabesmyia makarchenkoi ^g
• Ablabesmyia mala (Hutton, 1902) ^{c g}
• Ablabesmyia mallochi (Walley, 1925) ^{i c g}
• Ablabesmyia melaleuca Goetghebuer, 1935 ^{c g}
• Ablabesmyia metica Roback, 1983 ^{c g}
• Ablabesmyia miki (Goetghebuer & Lenz, 1936) ^c
• Ablabesmyia moniliformis Fittkau, 1962 ^{c g}
• Ablabesmyia monilis (Linnaeus, 1758) ^{i c g}
• Ablabesmyia nilotica (Kieffer, 1923) ^c
• Ablabesmyia notabilis (Skuse, 1889) ^{c g}
• Ablabesmyia oriplanus (Kieffer, 1911) ^{c g}
• Ablabesmyia ornatipes (Kieffer, 1910) ^{c g}
• Ablabesmyia paivai (Kieffer, 1910) ^c
• Ablabesmyia parajanta Roback, 1971 ^{i c g}
• Ablabesmyia pectinata (Botnariuc, 1953) ^{c g}
• Ablabesmyia peleensis (Walley, 1926) ^{i c g b}
• Ablabesmyia perexilis ^g
• Ablabesmyia phatta (Egger, 1863) ^{c g}
• Ablabesmyia philosphagnos Beck and Beck, 1966 ^{i c g}
• Ablabesmyia photophilus (Kieffer, 1911) ^c
• Ablabesmyia pictipes (Kieffer, 1923) ^{c g}
• Ablabesmyia platensis ^g
• Ablabesmyia prorasha Kobayashi & Kubota, 2002 ^{c g}
• Ablabesmyia pruinosa Harrison, 1978 ^{c g}
• Ablabesmyia pruninosa Harrison, 1978 ^{c g}
• Ablabesmyia pseudornata (Santos Abreu, 1918) ^{c g}
• Ablabesmyia pulchripennis (Lundbeck, 1898) ^{i c g}
• Ablabesmyia pulchripes (Kieffer, 1910) ^{c g}
• Ablabesmyia punctulata (Philippi, 1865) ^{c g}
• Ablabesmyia quadrinotata (Lundstrom, 1915) ^{c g}
• Ablabesmyia rasha Roback, 1971 ^{i c g}
• Ablabesmyia reissi Paggi & Suarez, 2000 ^{c g}
• Ablabesmyia rhamphe Sublette, 1964 ^{i c g}
• Ablabesmyia rimae Harrison, 1991 ^{c g}
• Ablabesmyia rubicundulus (Santos Abreu, 1918) ^{c g}
• Ablabesmyia rufa (Kieffer, 1923) ^{c g}
• Ablabesmyia setosicornis (Kieffer, 1910) ^{c g}
• Ablabesmyia simpsoni Roback, 1985 ^{i c g}
• Ablabesmyia subrecta (Kieffer, 1923) ^c
• Ablabesmyia sulphurea (Goetghebuer, 1942) ^{c g}
• Ablabesmyia suturalis (Santos Abreu, 1918) ^{c g}
• Ablabesmyia transversus Chaudhuri, Debnath & Nandi, 1983 ^{c g}
• Ablabesmyia truncata (Goetghebuer, 1938) ^{c g}
• Ablabesmyia tucuxi Neubern & Fusari ^g
• Ablabesmyia variipes (Kieffer, 1910) ^{c g}
• Ablabesmyia virduliventris (Santos Abreu, 1918) ^{c g}

Data sources: i = ITIS,[3] c = Catalogue of Life,[4] g = GBIF,[5] b = Bugguide.net[6]

References

1. Int Panis, L; Goddeeris B; Bervoets L; Verheyen R (1992). "Ablabesmyia longistyla Fittkau, 1962 (Diptera: Chironomidae), new for the Belgian fauna". Bull. Ann. Soc. R. Ent. Belg. 128: 316–318.
2. Int Panis L (1995). The spatial distribution of benthic invertebrates in standing waters. PhD thesis. University of Antwerp
3. "Ablabesmyia Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
4. "Browse Ablabesmyia". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
5. "Ablabesmyia". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
6. "Ablabesmyia Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-22.