Ablabesmyia Explained

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

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

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• Ablabesmyia alaskensis Roback, 1971

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• 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

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• Ablabesmyia ebbae Lehmann, 1981

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• Ablabesmyia eggeri (Goetghebuer & Lenz, 1936)

^{c g}

• Ablabesmyia ensiceps Chaudhuri, Debnath & Nandi, 1983

^{c g}

• Ablabesmyia formulosus (Skuse, 1889)

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• 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)

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• Ablabesmyia maculitibialis Chaudhuri, Debnath & Nandi, 1983

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• 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)

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• 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)

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• Ablabesmyia transversus Chaudhuri, Debnath & Nandi, 1983

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• 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, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

Notes and References

1. Int Panis . L . Goddeeris B. Bervoets L. Verheyen R . Ablabesmyia longistyla Fittkau, 1962 (Diptera: Chironomidae), new for the Belgian fauna. . Bull. Ann. Soc. R. Ent. Belg. . 128 . 316–318 . 1992 .
2. Int Panis L (1995). The spatial distribution of benthic invertebrates in standing waters. PhD thesis. University of Antwerp