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 Chironomidae / Ablabesmyia
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| omattelart |
Posted on 26-12-2011 14:34
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This one has been taken close to the lake of Louvain-la-neuve, the 09 September 2011. Perhaps you have an idea? Olivier omattelart attached the following image:  [109.52Kb] Edited by omattelart on 04-04-2012 09:24 ----- Olivier Mattelart | Nature Photography http://www.mattel... |
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 26-12-2011 15:40
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Chironomidae
Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University |
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| John Carr |
Posted on 26-12-2011 16:37
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 Super Administrator Location: Colorado, USA Posts: 10656 Joined: 22.10.10 |
Female Ablabesmyia, possibly A. (Karelia). Roback (1971:362) wrote that he had seen a European species resembling A. (K.) peleensis. As far as I know nobody has put a name on any European species in that subgenus. I'm speculating about subgenus based on wing spot pattern. That works in North America but the "real" distinction between subgenera is in the shape of a small bristle on the male sex organ. |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 26-12-2011 16:53
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Fauna Europaea treats Karelia as a synonym of Ablabesmyia, rather than as a subgenus. It lists six species from Europe: Ablabesmyia (Ablabesmyia) aspera (Roback 1959) Ablabesmyia (Ablabesmyia) dusoleili Goetghebuer 1935 Ablabesmyia (Ablabesmyia) longistyla Fittkau 1962 Ablabesmyia (Ablabesmyia) mallochi (Walley 1925) Ablabesmyia (Ablabesmyia) monilis (Linnaeus 1758) Ablabesmyia (Ablabesmyia) phatta (Egger 1864) Paul - - - - Paul Beuk on https://diptera.info |
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| John Carr |
Posted on 26-12-2011 17:11
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I believe the division into subgenera is generally accepted. They are recognized in the guide to Holarctic Tanypodinae by Murray and Fittkau (1989), who describe Ablabesmyia (Karelia) as Holarctic. The species in Fauna Europeae are all Ablabesmyia s. str. if you divide the genus into subgenera. Three of them are explicitly listed as such by Roback and he wrote that none of the species in the revision of Fittkau (1962) belonged to his new subgenus Karelia. |
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| omattelart |
Posted on 29-12-2011 11:37
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Member Location: Louvain la neuve Posts: 238 Joined: 29.11.07 |
Thanks for all these details! 
----- Olivier Mattelart | Nature Photography http://www.mattel... |
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