Ablabesmyia mallochi
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 mallochi
Overview
Ablabesmyia mallochi (Walley, 1925) is a species of non-biting midge in the family Chironomidae, subfamily Tanypodinae, and tribe Pentaneurini [2]. It was originally described as Tanypus mallochi by G.S. Walley in 1925 [2].
Ecology and Distribution
In Florida, Ablabesmyia mallochi has been documented in calcareous stream environments, such as Waddell's Mill Creek in Jackson County. These habitats are typically characterized by substrates composed of a mixture of sand, silt, plant detritus, rocks, and logs [3].
Visual Description
The TreeOfLife-200M dataset contains records for Ablabesmyia mallochi[1]. As these images represent museum specimens, they show the characteristic morphology of adult chironomids, including slender bodies, long, delicate legs, and plumose antennae typical of the family. Specific diagnostic features for this species are not resolvable from the available dataset imagery.
Gallery
References
- 1 2 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Chironomidae / Ablabesmyia / mallochi constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- 1 2 Ablabesmyia mallochi (Walley, 1925). GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1450394. Accessed 2026-07-14.
- ↑ 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.