Ablabesmyia aspera
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Chironomidae
- Genus: Ablabesmyia
- Species: Ablabesmyia aspera
Visual Description
Ablabesmyia aspera is a midge species belonging to the family Chironomidae. Based on observations of museum specimens in the TreeOfLife-200M dataset, the adult form exhibits characteristic chironomid morphology, including slender, elongated bodies and delicate, multi-segmented legs.[1] The wings are typically transparent or lightly patterned, and the antennae are plumose in males, a common trait among many chironomid species.[1]
Biology and Ecology
Ablabesmyia aspera (Roback, 1959) is a member of the tribe Pentaneurini within the subfamily Tanypodinae.[2] Originally described as Pentaneura aspera, it was later reclassified into the genus Ablabesmyia.[3][2]
In Florida, this species has been documented in a variety of aquatic environments, including streams, ditches, and ponds.[3] Specific habitats include weed-choked, enriched sink-hole ponds and roadside ditches that support vegetation such as Sphagnum, algae, and grasses.[3]
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References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Chironomidae / Ablabesmyia / aspera constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- 1 2 Ablabesmyia aspera (Roback, 1959). GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1450408. Accessed 2026-07-14.
- 1 2 3 William M. Beck; Elisabeth C. Beck. Chironomidae (Diptera) of Florida: 1. Pentaneurini (Tanypodinae). Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History. 1966. https://doi.org/10.58782/flmnh.ghpg4269.