Sergentia

Sergentia
Sergentia coracina, Belgium
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Chironomidae
Subfamily: Chironominae
Tribe: Chironomini
Genus: Sergentia
Kieffer, 1922
Subgenera
  • Baicalosergentia Linevich, 1959
  • Sergentia Kieffer, 1922
Synonyms[1]
  • Baicalosergentia Linevich, 1959


Sergentia is a genus of non-biting midges in the family Chironomidae. There are about 11 described species in Sergentia. They are found primarily in northern Europe, but also in North America, Asia, and Africa.[1][2][3][4]

Species

These 11 species belong to the genus Sergentia:[1]

  • Sergentia albescens (Townes, 1945)
  • Sergentia albodentata Pankratova, 1983
  • Sergentia baicalensis Chernovsky, 1949
  • Sergentia baueri Wülker, Kiknadze & Kerkis, 1998
  • Sergentia brachicephala Pankratova, 1983
  • Sergentia coracina (Zetterstedt, 1850)
  • Sergentia flavodentata Chernovsky, 1949
  • Sergentia koschowi Linevich, 1948
  • Sergentia nebulosa Linevich, Aleksandrov & Proviz, 1984
  • Sergentia prima Proviz & Proviz, 1997
  • Sergentia rynocephala Linevich, Samburova & Aleksandrov, 1991

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Catalogue of Life, Sergentia Kieffer, 1922". Retrieved 2026-06-24.
  2. ↑ Evenhuis, N.L.; Pape, T. (2026). "Systema Dipterorum". doi:10.48580/d3bz. Retrieved 2026-06-20.
  3. ↑ Papoucheva, Ekaterina; Proviz, Valentina; Lambkin, Christine; Goddeeris, Boudewijn; Blinov, Alexander (2003-10-01). "Phylogeny of the endemic Baikalian Sergentia (Chironomidae, Diptera)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 29 (1): 120–125. doi:10.1016/S1055-7903(03)00075-7. ISSN 1055-7903. PMID 12967613.
  4. ↑ "GBIF, Sergentia". Retrieved 2026-06-24.