Dixidae

Dixidae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Culicoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Antliophora Ordo: Diptera Subordo: Nematocera Infraordo: Culicomorpha Superfamilia: Culicoidea

Familia: Dixidae
Genera (8 + 2†): Asiodixa – Dixa – Dixella – Meringodixa – Mesodixa – Metadixa – Neodixa – Nothodixa – †Eucorethrina – †Syndixa
[source: Catalogue of Life: 2013 Annual Checklist, except fossils]

Name

Dixidae Schiner, 1868: 48

References

Primary references

• Schiner, I.R. 1868. Diptera. vi + 388 pp., 4 pls. In: Reise der österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Befehlen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf. Zoologischer Theil. 2(1)B. K. Gerold’s Sohn, Wien. BHL. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Belkin, J.N. 1968. Mosquito studies (Diptera, Culicidae). VII. The Culicidae of New Zealand. Contributions of the American Entomological Institute 3(1): 1–182. BHL. Reference page. 
• Lukashevich, E.D. 1996. Mesozoic Dixidae (Insecta: Diptera) and the systematic position of the genera Dixamima Rohdendorf, 1964 and Rhaetomyia Rohdendorf, 1962. Paleontologicheskii zhurnal 1996(1): 48–53. [In Russian, English translation in Paleontological journal 30(1): 46–51.] Abstract [not seen]
• Papp, L., Merz, B. & Földvári, M. 2006. Diptera of Thailand. A summary of the families and genera with references to the species representations. Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 52(2): 97–268. PDF. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

suomi: Sinkilähyttyset
日本語: ホソカ科
中文: 细蚊科

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