Family Dixidae Van der Wulp 1877 (meniscus midge)
Parent taxon: Culicoidea according to D. K. Yeates et al. 2007
See also Carpenter 1992 and Evenhuis 1994
Sister taxa: Chaoboridae, Corethrellidae, Culicidae
Subtaxa: Dixa Dixa cimbrica Dixella Eucorethrina Syndixa
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Oligocene of France (2 collections)
• Eocene of Denmark (1), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (3), the United Kingdom (3), United States (3: Montana)
• Cretaceous of Australia (1), the Russian Federation (1), the United Kingdom (3)
• Jurassic of Kazakhstan (1), Kyrgyzstan (1), Mongolia (1), the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 22 collections including 27 occurrences