Insecta - Diptera - Dixidae

Alternative combination: Paradixa distans

Full reference: W. Hennig. 1966. Dixidae aus dem Baltischen Bernstein, mit Bemerkungen über einige andere fossile Arten aus der Gruppe Culicoidea (Diptera Nematocera). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde 153:1-16

Belongs to Dixella according to D. E. Greenwalt and J. K. Moulton 2016

See also Evenhuis 1994 and Hennig 1966

Sister taxa: Dixella curvistyla, Dixella eomarginata, Dixella filiforceps, Dixella intacta, Dixella lirio, Dixella priscula, Dixella spinilobata, Dixella succinea

Type specimen: Its type locality is Baltic Amber, Berendt collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Poland

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber, Berendt collection

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