Abstract
Six new species of the genus Ablabesmyia are described and illustrated from Oriental China: A. (Ablabesmyia) lyrata sp. n. and A. (Ablabesmyia) pectinata sp. n. each based on the male adult and pupa; and A. (Ablabesmyia) huananensis sp. n., A. (Ablabesmyia) praegracilis sp. n., A. (Ablabesmyia) bifurca sp. n. and A. (Karelia) daiensis sp. n. each based on the male adult. The subgenus Karelia is recorded from China for the first time. In addition, A. (Ablabesmyia) alba Chaudhuri, Debnath et Nandi and A. (Ablabesmyia) maculitibialis Chaudhuri, Debnath et Nandi are redescribed based on the male adult, and new distribution records are given for A. (Ablabesmyia) prorasha Kobayashi et Kubota, A. (Ablabesmyia) amamisimplex Sasa and A. (Ablabesmyia) jogancornua Sasa et Okazawa.
References
Ashe, P. & O’Connor, J.P. (2009) A World Catalogue of Chironomidae (Diptera). Part 1. Buchonomyiinae, Chilenomyiinae, Podonominae, Aphroteniinae, Tanypodinae, Usambaromyiinae, Diamesinae, Prodiamesinae and Telmatogetoninae. Irish Biogeographical Society & National Museum of Ireland, Dublin, 445 pp.
Ashe, P. & O’Connor, J.P. (2012) Additions and corrections to Part 1 of ‘A World Catalogue of Chironomidae (Diptera)’. Fauna norvegica, 31, 125–136.
https://doi.org/10.5324/fn.v31i0.1366
Chaudhuri, P.K., Debnath, R.K. & Nandi, S.K. (1983) Tanypodinae midges of the genus Ablabesmyia Johannsen (Diptera: Chironomidae) from West Bengal with a note on their seasonal incidence and sex ratios. Journal of Natural History, 17, 901–917.
https://doi.org/10.1080/00222938300770711
Cranston, P.S. & Epler, J.H. (2013) 5. The larvae of Tanypodinae (Diptera: Chironomidae) of the Holarctic Region—Keys and diagnoses. Insect Systematics & Evolution, 66 (Supplement), 39–136.
Fittkau, E.J. (1962) Die Tanypodinae (Diptera: Chironomidae). Die Tribus Anatopyniini, Macropelopiini und Pentaneurini. Abhandlungen zur Larvalsystematik der Insekten, 6, 1–453.
Fittkau, E.J. & Murray, D.A. (1986) 5. The pupae of Tanypodinae (Diptera: Chironomidae) of the Holarctic region—Keys and diagnoses. Entomologica scandinavica, 28 (Supplement), 31–113.
Freeman, P. (1955) A study of the Chironomidae (Diptera) of Africa south of the Sahara. Part I. The Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomological series, 4, 1–67.
Freeman, P. (1961) The Chironomidae (Diptera) of Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology, 9, 611–737.
https://doi.org/10.1071/ZO9610611
Harrison, A.D. (1978) New genera and species of Tanypodinae (Diptera: Chironomidae) from Africa south of the Sahara. Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa, 41, 63–80.
Harrison, A.D. (1991) Chironomidae from Ethiopia. Part 1. Tanypodinae (Insecta, Diptera). Spixiana, 14 (1), 45–69.
Hazra, N., Niitsuma, H. & Chaudhuri, P.K. (2016) Checklist of chironomid midges (Diptera: Chironomidae) of the Oriental Region. Occasional Paper No. 376. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata, 204 pp.
Hazra, N., Saha, G.K., Mazumdar, A. & Chaudhuri, P.K. (2011) Records of chironomids of the tribe Pentaneurini (Diptera: Chironomidae) in the Eastern Himalayas of India. Annales de la Société entomologique de France (Nouvelle série), 47 (3–4), 330–339.
Johannsen, O.A. (1905) Aquatic nematocerous Diptera II. Chironomidae. In: Needham, J.G., Morton, K.J. & Johannsen, O.A. (Eds.), May flies and midges of New York. New York State Museum Bulletin, 86, 76–331.
Johannsen, O.A. (1907) Notes on the Chironomidae. In: Skinner, H. (Ed.), Notes and news. Entomological News, 18, 400–401.
Kieffer, J.J. (1910) Etude sur les Chironomides des Indes Orientales, avec description de quelques nouvelles especes d’Egypte. Memoirs of the Indian Museum, 2, 181–242.
Kobayashi, T. & Kubota, K. (2002) A revision of male adult Ablabesmyia (Diptera: Chironomidae: Tanypodinae) from Japan, with a description of A. prorasha,, new species, and a key to adult male species of the genus. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 50 (2), 317–326.
Lehmann, J. (1981) Chironomidae (Diptera) aus Fließgewässern Zentralafrikas. Teil II: Die Region um Kisangani, Zentralzaire. Spixiana Supplement, 5, 1–85.
Murray, D.A. & Fittkau, E.J. (1989) 5. The adult males of Tanypodinae (Diptera: Chironomidae) of the Holarctic region–Keys and diagnoses. Entomologica scandinavica, 34 (Supplement), 37–123.
Niitsuma, H. (2005) Tanypodinae. In: Kawai, T. & Tanida, K. (Eds), Aquatic Insects of Japan: Manual with Keys and Illustrations. Tokai University Press, Hadano, pp. 1044–1059. [in Japanese]
Niitsuma, H. (2013) Revision of the Japanese Ablabesmyia (Diptera: Chironomidae: Tanypodinae), with descriptions of three new species. Zootaxa, 3664 (4), 479–504.
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3664.4.4
Oliveira, C.S.N., Fonseca-Gessner, A.A. & Silva, M.A.N. (2008) The immature stages of Ablabesmyia (Sartaia) metica Roback, 1983 (Diptera: Chironomidae) with keys to subgenera. Zootaxa, 1808, 61–68.
Oliveira, C.S.N., Silva, M.A.N. & Gessner, A.A.F. (2013) Neotropical Ablabesmyia Johannsen (Diptera: Chironomidae, Tanypodinae)—Part I. Zootaxa, 3733 (1), 1–123.
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3733.1.1
Paul, N., Niitsuma, H. & Mazumdar, A. (2015) A new species of the genus Ablabesmyia Johannsen from the Eastern Himalayan Foothills in India, with a key to Indian species of the nominotypical subgenus (Diptera, Chironomidae, Tanypodinae). Far Eastern Entomologist, 295, 1–7.
Roback, S.S. (1971) The adults of the subfamily Tanypodinae (= Pelopiinae) in North America (Diptera: Chironomidae). Monographs of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 17, 1–410.
Roback, S.S. (1982a) The immature stages of some Australian Tanypodinae (Diptera), with some notes on the adults. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society, 21, 147–160.
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-6055.1982.tb01783.x
Roback, S.S. (1982b) The Tanypodinae (Diptera: Chironomidae) of Australia II. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 134, 80–112.
Roback, S.S. (1983) Ablabesmyia (Sartaia) metica, a new subgenus and species (Diptera: Chironomidae: Tanypodinae). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 135, 236–240.
Roback, S.S. (1985) The immature chironomids of the eastern United States VI. Pentaneurini - genus Ablabesmyia. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 137, 153–212.
Sæther, O.A. (1980) Glossary of chironomid morphology terminology (Diptera: Chironomidae). Entomologica scandinavica, 14 (Supplement), 1–51.
Sæther, O.A. (2011) Notes on Canadian Ablabesmyia Johannsen, with keys to known Nearctic immatures of the genus (Diptera: Chironomidae). Zootaxa, 3069, 43–62.
Sasa, M. (1990) Studies on the chironomid midges (Diptera, Chironomidae) of the Nansei Islands, southern Japan. Japanese Journal of Experimental Medicine, 60, 111–165.
Sasa, M. & Okazawa, T. (1991) The chironomids of the Joganji River and other places. Part 1. Studies on the chironomids of the Joganji River, Toyama (Diptera, Chironomidae). Research Report from Toyama Prefectural Environmental Pollution Research Center, 1991, 52–67.
Sasa, M., Suzuki, H. & Sakai, T. (1998) Studies on the chironomid midges collected on the shore of Shimanto River in April 1998. Part 2. Description of additional species belonging to Orthocladiinae, Diamesinae and Tanypodinae. Tropical Medicine, 40, 99–147.
Siri, A. & Paggi, A.C. (2010) A new species of the genus Ablabesmyia Johannsen from the Neotropics and description of the pupa of Ablabesmyia bianulata Paggi (Diptera: Chironomidae: Tanypodinae). Zootaxa, 2386 (1), 49–58.
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2386.1.3
Wang, X.H. (2000) A revised checklist of Chironomidae from China (Diptera). In: Hoffrichter, O. (Ed.), Late 20th Century Research on Chironomidae: an Anthology from the 13th International Symposium on Chironomidae. Shaker Verlag, Aachen, pp. 629–652.