Aagaardia

Aagaardia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Chironomidae
Subfamily:	Orthocladiinae
Genus:	Aagaardia Sæther, 2000 [1] [2] [3] [4]
Species
See text.

Aagaardia is a genus of fly in the Chironomidae family. ^{[2] [3] [4] [5]} Aagaardia have been found in Northern Europe, ^{[3] [4] [6]} Turkey, Russian Far East, and Canada. ^[6]

Aagaardia are small flies with the adults measuring less than 2.5 mm (0.098 in) and larvae less than 4 mm (0.16 in). ^{[1] [6]}

Species

There are five recognized species within the genus: ^{[2] [3] [5]}

• Aagaardia longicalcis Sæther, 2000
• Aagaardia oksanae Makarchenko & Makarchenko, 2005
• Aagaardia protensa Sæther, 2000
• Aagaardia sivertseni (Aagaard, 1979)
• Aagaardia triangulata Sæther, 2000

References

1. Sæther, O.A. (2000). "Aagaardia, a new Holarctic orthoclad genus (Diptera: Chironomidae)" (PDF). Aquatic Insects. 22 (3): 177–196. doi:10.1076/0165-0424(200006)22:3;1-I;FT177.
2. "Aagaardia Saether, 2000". Catalogue of Life . Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
3. "Aagaardia Saether, 2000". Global Biodiversity Information Facility . Retrieved 11 May 2025.
4. "Aagaardia Saether, 2000". Fauna Europaea . 2011. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
5. "Aagaardia Saether, 2000". The Encyclopedia of Life . Retrieved 11 May 2025.
6. Makarchenko, E.A.; Makarchenko, M.A. (2005). "A new species, Aagaardia oksanae sp. n. (Diptera, Chironomidae, Orthocladiinae) from Sikhote-Alin' Biosphere Nature Reserve" (PDF). Euroasian Entomological Journal. 4 (3): 235–236.

Further reading

• New records of chironomids (Diptera, Chironomidae) in the Russian Far East I. subfamily Orthocladiinae.