Ablabesmyia pulchripennis
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 pulchripennis
Visual Description
Ablabesmyia pulchripennis is a species of midge within the family Chironomidae. Based on observations of specimens in the TreeOfLife-200M dataset, the adult form exhibits characteristic chironomid morphology, including slender, elongated bodies and delicate, multi-segmented legs.[1]
Biology and Ecology
Ablabesmyia pulchripennis (Lundbeck, 1898) is an accepted species name, with Tanypus prudens Walley, 1925 recognized as a junior synonym.[2][3] The species is sometimes referred to by the common name "Pretty Banded-leg Midge".[3]
Ecological interaction data indicates that Ablabesmyia pulchripennis has been associated with host plants such as Carex subspathacea and Puccinellia phryganodes.[4]
Gallery
References
- 1 2 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Chironomidae / Ablabesmyia / pulchripennis constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Fabio Laurindo da Silva. CHIRONOMIDAE TYPES AT THE MUSEUM OF COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY, BOSTON. CHIRONOMUS Journal of Chironomidae Research. 2011. https://doi.org/10.5324/cjcr.v0i24.1308.
- 1 2 Ablabesmyia pulchripennis (Lundbeck, 1898). GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1450444. Accessed 2026-07-14.
- ↑ Ablabesmyia pulchripennis. Global Biotic Interactions. https://www.globalbioticinteractions.org/?targetTaxon=Ablabesmyia%20pulchripennis. Accessed 2026-07-14.