title: Neotropical Ablabesmyia Johannsen (Diptera: Chironomidae, Tanypodinae)-part I.
abstract: This is a series of three manuscripts about the genus Ablabesmyia. In the first new species are described, three species are re-examined and keys to males, pupae and larvae of known neotropical species are provided and an emended generic diagnosis of Ablabesmyia is given. The second manuscript will analyze the molecular data of Neotropical species and the third one will check, through a phylogenetic analysis, the truth of subgenera. In this study, twenty-four new species of Ablabesmyia Johannsen are described and figured: A. arquata, A. cauame, A. commata, A. communiba, A. cordeiroi, A, depaulai, A. diversa, A. ducke, A. fazzari, A. fusariae, A. gessnerae, A. gigas, A. jaquirana, A. laurindoi, A. manauara, A. martha, A. novema, A. parannulata, A. parareissi, A. pinhoi, A. rafaeli, A. separata, A. strixinoae and A. suiamissu. We re-examined A. cinctipes (Johannsen), A. infumata (Edwards) and A. metica Roback. The species were collected in Brazil, in lentic systems. Keys to males, pupae and larvae of known neotropical species of the genus Ablabesmyia are provided and an emended generic diagnosis of Ablabesmyia is given.
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Entomologia Aquática, Departamento de Hidrobiologia, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brasil; Email: csneubern@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Caroline Silva Neubern
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: De Oliveira
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná. Caixa Postal. 19020, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Mário Antonio Navarro
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Da Silva
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Entomologia Aquática, Departamento de Hidrobiologia, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brasil; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Alaíde Aparecida Fonseca
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Gessner
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002683:Chironomidae / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development; D007814:Larva / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification; D008297:Male; D011679:Pupa / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification; D013020:South America; D013045:Species Specificity; D014481:United States