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Ablabesmyia

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Description

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

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ablabesmyia, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	1450386	https://www.gbif.org/species/1450386
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	271694	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=271694

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Chironomidae : Ablabesmyia

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Ecdysozoa
-	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
subphylum	Mandibulata
-	Pancrustacea
superclass	Hexapoda	Latreille 1825
-	Cercofilata	Kukalová-Peck 1987
class	Insecta	Linnaeus 1758
-	Dicondylia
-	Paranotalia	Sroka et al. 2014
subclass	Pterygota	Brauer 1885
-	Neopterygota	Crampton 1924
infraclass	Neoptera	Martynov 1923
-	Holometabola
-	Aparaglossata
-	Mecopterida
superorder	Antliophora
order	Diptera	Linnaeus 1758
infraorder	Culicomorpha
superfamily	Chironomoidea	Macquart 1838
family	Chironomidae	Macquart 1838
subfamily	Tanypodinae	Skuse 1889
tribe	Pentaneurini	Hennig 1950
genus	Ablabesmyia	Johannsen 1905

Scientific Name

Ablabesmyia Johannsen, 1905

Name Published In

Bull. N. York Mus., 86

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Ablabesmyia	genus	belongs to Tanypinae	stated with evidence	Kieffer, 1906
Ablabesmyia	genus	belongs to Pentaneurini	stated with evidence	Doitteau and Nel, 2007
Ablabesmyia	genus	belongs to Tanypodinae	stated without evidence	Zelentsov et al., 2012

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

2 (50%)

First Recorded Appearance

55.8 - 48.6 Ma
Eocene

Environment

terrestrial (based on Insecta)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Arthropoda)

Taphonomy

chitin (based on Insecta)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

N. I. Zelentsov, V. A. Baranov, and E. E. Perkovsky, N. A. Shobanov. 2012. First records on non-biting midges (Diptera: Chironomidae) from the Rovno amber. Russian Entomological Journal 21:79-87

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ablabesmyia

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Ablabesmyia (Karelia) subgenus	listed (PBDB)		1	55.8 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Ablabesmyia adamantis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ablabesmyia aequidensi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ablabesmyia akemiae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ablabesmyia alaskensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ablabesmyia alba species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ablabesmyia amamisimplex species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ablabesmyia annandalei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ablabesmyia annulata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ablabesmyia annulatipes species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ablabesmyia appendiculata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ablabesmyia arietina species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ablabesmyia aspera species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ablabesmyia atromaculata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ablabesmyia basalis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ablabesmyia bianulata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ablabesmyia callicoma species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ablabesmyia cinctipes species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ablabesmyia costarricensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ablabesmyia digitata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ablabesmyia dusoleili species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ablabesmyia ebbae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ablabesmyia eggeri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ablabesmyia electrohispaniolana ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	20.4 Ma Miocene	20.4 Ma Miocene
Ablabesmyia ensiceps species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ablabesmyia eocenica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ablabesmyia formulosus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ablabesmyia freemani species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ablabesmyia hauberi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ablabesmyia hilli species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ablabesmyia idei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ablabesmyia illinoensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ablabesmyia infumata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ablabesmyia janta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ablabesmyia jogancornua species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ablabesmyia johannseni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ablabesmyia kisanganiensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ablabesmyia lata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ablabesmyia limbata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ablabesmyia longistyla species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ablabesmyia macrocercus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ablabesmyia maculitibialis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ablabesmyia makarchenkoi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ablabesmyia mala species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ablabesmyia mallochi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ablabesmyia melaleuca species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ablabesmyia metica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ablabesmyia moniliformis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ablabesmyia monilis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ablabesmyia monticola species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ablabesmyia notabilis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ablabesmyia ornatipes species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ablabesmyia paivai species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ablabesmyia parajanta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ablabesmyia pectinata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ablabesmyia peleensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ablabesmyia perexilis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ablabesmyia phatta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ablabesmyia philosphagnos species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ablabesmyia philosphagnus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ablabesmyia photophilus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ablabesmyia pictipes species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ablabesmyia platensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ablabesmyia prorasha species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ablabesmyia pruinosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ablabesmyia pruninosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ablabesmyia pseudornata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ablabesmyia pulchripennis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ablabesmyia pulchripes species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ablabesmyia punctulata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ablabesmyia quadrinotata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ablabesmyia rasha species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ablabesmyia reissi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ablabesmyia rhamphe species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ablabesmyia rimae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ablabesmyia rubicundulus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ablabesmyia rufa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ablabesmyia setosicornis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ablabesmyia simpsoni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ablabesmyia sulphurea species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ablabesmyia suturalis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ablabesmyia transversus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ablabesmyia truncata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ablabesmyia tucuxi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ablabesmyia variipes species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ablabesmyia virduliventris species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Isoplastus Skuse, 1889	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Chironomidae : *Isoplastus*
Sartaia Roback, 1983	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Chironomidae : *Sartaia*
Asaia Roback, 1985	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Chironomidae : *Asaia*
Karelia Roback, 1971	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Chironomidae : *Karelia*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1905	Ablabesmyia Johannsen
1906	Ablabesmyia Kieffer p. 42
2005	Ablabesmyia Grund p. 31
2007	Ablabesmyia Doitteau and Nel p. 19
2012	Ablabesmyia Zelentsov et al. p. 80

References

Zelentsov N. I., Baranov V. A., et al (2012) First records on non-biting midges (Diptera: Chironomidae) from the Rovno amber, Russian Entomological Journal 21, 79-87

Kieffer J. J. (1906) Diptera, Fam. Chironomidae, Genera Insectorum 42, 1-78

Grund M. (2005) Chironomids (Diptera: Chironomidae) of Dominican amber. Ablabesmyia electrohispaniolana, sp. n. and paleoecological indications due to subfamily proportions, Insect Systematics & Evolution 36, 29-34

Doitteau G., Nel A. (2007) Chironomid midges from early Eocene amber of France (Diptera: Chironomidae), Zootaxa 1404, 1-66

CoL2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

as per included species - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Bull. N. York Mus., 86 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Brodin, Yngve (2007) Svenska fjädermyggor (Diptera: Chironomidae). Excelfil. - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

Wiederholm, T. (ed.) (1983) - via Taxa Watermanagement the Netherlands (TWN)

Wiederholm, T. (ed.) (1986) - via Taxa Watermanagement the Netherlands (TWN)

Vallenduuk, H., Moller Pillot, H.K.M. (2007) - via Taxa Watermanagement the Netherlands (TWN)

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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