Abatetia is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae.

[1] It contains a single species, Abatetia robusta, and is found in New Zealand.

The genus was originally known as Nelsonia, named by Octave Parent in 1933.

Due to Nelsonia being preoccupied, Abatetia became the name of the genus.

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