Ablabesmyia cinctipes
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 cinctipes
Visual Description
Ablabesmyia cinctipes is a species of non-biting midge within the family Chironomidae. Based on observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset, individuals exhibit the characteristic slender, delicate body form typical of the genus Ablabesmyia.[1] The wings are typically clear or lightly patterned, and the legs are long and slender, often showing distinct banding patterns that contribute to the species' identification.[1]
Biology and Taxonomy
Ablabesmyia cinctipes (Johannsen, 1946) is a member of the subfamily Tanypodinae.[2] Taxonomic studies, including re-examinations of specimens from Neotropical lentic systems, have contributed to a better understanding of the genus Ablabesmyia.[3] These studies provide updated diagnostic keys for the identification of males, pupae, and larvae, as well as emended generic diagnoses for the group.[3]
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References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Chironomidae / Ablabesmyia / cinctipes constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Ablabesmyia cinctipes (Johannsen, 1946). GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1450421. Accessed 2026-07-14.
- 1 2 Caroline Silva Neubern de Oliveira; Mário Antônio Navarro-Silva; Alaíde Aparecida Fonseca Gessner. Neotropical Ablabesmyia Johannsen (Diptera: Chironomidae, Tanypodinae)–Part I. Zootaxa. 2013. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3733.1.1.