Ablabesmyia (Karelia) pulchripennis Lundbeck ...

• Main Author: Saether, Ole A.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2011
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Insecta; Diptera; Chironomidae; Ablabesmyia; Ablabesmyia pulchripennis; Beaver Creek
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5679767; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.5679767

Ablabesmyia (Karelia) pulchripennis (Lundbeck) (Figs 2 C; 3 C; 4 C, J; 5 E; 7 A–C) Material examined. CANADA: Saskatchewan, Tobin Lake, on aquatic plants, depth 0.1 m, male reared from larva, 10.viii. 1966, A. L. Hamilton; Manitoba, gravel pit north of Seddon's Corner, male reared from larva, 27.vii. 1968, J. F. Flannagan and G. P. McRae; Alberta, shallow pond near Edmonton, male, date unknown, G. R. Daborn. Lake Winnipeg records: Gull Harbour, 1 male, 16.vii. 1969; Hecla Island, 1 male, 27.vii. 1971; Beaver Creek, emergence traps, 2 males, 22.vii. & 26.viii. 1971. Pupa (n = 2). Total length 7.15–8.34 mm. Exuviae pale, yellowish brown. Cephalothorax. Thoracic horn (Fig. 2 C) 761–834 µm long, 337–368 µm wide, 2.26–2.27 times as long as wide; respiratory duct (Fig. 2 C) forms a rounded "T" at apex. Thoracic comb (Fig. 2 C) consisting of 12–15 long and apically rounded spines and a few smaller ones, longest spine 72–115µm long. Abdomen. Anal lobe (Fig. 3 C) 1.08–1.11 times as long as wide; outer margin ... : Published as part of Saether, Ole A., 2011, Notes on Canadian Ablabesmyia Johannsen, with keys to known Nearctic immatures of the genus (Diptera: Chironomidae), pp. 43-62 in Zootaxa 3069 on pages 50-51, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.279010 ...