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Dixidae (meniscus midge)

Insecta - Diptera - Dixidae

Taxonomy
Dixidae was named by Van der Wulp (1877). It is extant.

It was assigned to Nematocera by Carpenter (1992); to Culicomorpha by Evenhuis (1994); and to Culicoidea by Yeates et al. (2007).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1877Dixidae Van der Wulp p. 336
1992Dixa cimbrica Ansorge p. 514 figs. 1-3
1992Dixidae Carpenter
1994Dixidae Evenhuis
2007Dixidae Yeates et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
orderDiptera
infraorderCulicomorpha
superfamilyCulicoidea
familyDixidaeVan der Wulp 1877
familyDixidaeVan der Wulp 1877

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. Dixidae Van der Wulp 1877 [meniscus midge]
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G. Dixa Meigen 1818
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Dixa minuta Meunier 1906
Dixa tertiaria Meunier 1915
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Invalid names: Dixa hyalipennis Theobald 1937 [synonym]
Invalid names: Eriopterites Meunier 1915 [synonym]
G. Dixella Dyar and Shannon 1924
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Dixella curvistyla Greenwalt and Moulton 2016
Dixella distans Hennig 1966
Dixella eomarginata Greenwalt and Moulton 2016
Dixella filiforceps Hennig 1966
Dixella intacta Greenwalt and Moulton 2016
Dixella lirio Dyar and Shannon 1924
Dixella priscula Cockerell 1921
Dixella spinilobata Greenwalt and Moulton 2016
Dixella succinea Meunier 1906
Invalid names: Paradixa Tonnoir 1924 [synonym]
G. †Eucorethrina Kalugina 1985
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Eucorethrina convexa Lukashevich 1996
Eucorethrina flexa Kalugina 1985
Eucorethrina westwoodi Lukashevich et al. 2001
G. †Syndixa Lukashevich 1996
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Syndixa liasina Lukashevich 1996
Syndixa mollis Lukashevich 1996
Syndixa sibirica Lukashevich 1996
Invalid names: Dixa cimbrica Ansorge 1992 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available