Dixella Dyar and Shannon 1924 (meniscus midge)

Insecta - Diptera - Dixidae

Alternative spelling: Dixa (Dixella)

Synonym: Paradixa Tonnoir 1924

Parent taxon: Dixidae according to E. Lukashevich 2019

See also Carpenter 1992, Evenhuis 1994 and Greenwalt and Moulton 2016

Sister taxa: Dixa, Dixa cimbrica, Eucorethrina, Syndixa

Subtaxa: Dixella curvistyla Dixella distans Dixella eomarginata Dixella filiforceps Dixella intacta Dixella lirio Dixella priscula Dixella spinilobata Dixella succinea

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Type: Dixella lirio

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Eocene of Poland (1 collection), the Russian Federation (2), the United Kingdom (2), United States (3: Montana)

Total: 8 collections including 10 occurrences

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