Chironomidae (Diptera) of Florida: 1. Pentaneurini (Tanypodinae)

Abstract

The Florida Chironomidae of the tribe Pentaneurini (as defined by Fittkau, 1962) were studied from specimens collected in the wild and reared in the laboratory. The 27 species reared are placed in 11 genera; larvae, pupae, and adults are described and diagnostic characteristics defined. Information on methods and ecological data are included. The following 17 new species are described: Ablabesmyia philosphagnos, A. hauberi, A, ornata; Pentaneura inculta, Guttipelopia currani; Monopelopia boliekae, M. tillandsia; Labrundinia floridana, L. neopilosella, L. johannseni, L. virescens; Paramerina anomala; Conchapelopia fasciata, C. gigas, Nilotanypus americanus; Larsia berneri, L, turida, L. indistincta; and Arctopelopia fittkaui.

The following taxonomic changes are noted: Pentaneura janta, P. peleensis, P. aspera, P. auriensis, P. annulata, P. cinctipes, P. prudens, P. aequifasciata, and P. mallochi are now species of the genus Ablabesmyia. Pentaneura pilosella is Labrundinia pilosella, and Pentaneura carnea (of Johannsen, not of Fabricius) is now Zavrelimyia carneosa Fittkau.