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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).
It was assigned to Nematocera by Carpenter (1992); to Culicomorpha by Evenhuis (1994); and to Culicoidea by Yeates et al. (2007).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1877 | Dixidae Van der Wulp p. 336 |
1992 | Dixa cimbrica Ansorge p. 514 figs. 1-3 |
1992 | Dixidae Carpenter |
1994 | Dixidae Evenhuis |
2007 | Dixidae Yeates et al. |
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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
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
Measurements
No measurements are available
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References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004 |
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Hettangian to the top of the Chattian or 201.30000 to 23.03000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 190.8 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 190.8 Ma
Collections (22 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Hettangian - Sinemurian | Kyrgyzstan (Tonskiy) | Syndixa liasina (105084) | |
Bajocian - Bathonian | Russian Federation (Krasnoyarsk) | Eucorethrina flexa, Syndixa sibirica, Syndixa mollis (118010) | |
Callovian - Oxfordian | Kazakhstan (Chimkent) | Eucorethrina sp. (105426) | |
Tithonian | Mongolia | Eucorethrina convexa (104748) | |
Early/Lower Berriasian | United Kingdom (England) | Eucorethrina westwoodi (118914) | |
Late/Upper Berriasian | United Kingdom (England) | Dixidae indet. (104003) Eucorethrina westwoodi (103833) | |
Berriasian - Barremian | Russian Federation (Yakutiya) | Eucorethrina sp. (110818) | |
Late/Upper Aptian | Australia (Victoria) | Dixidae indet. (77192) | |
Ypresian | Denmark | Dixa cimbrica (123796) | |
Lutetian | USA (Montana) | Dixella curvistyla (135665) Dixella eomarginata, Dixella spinilobata (135666) Dixella intacta (183409) | |
Priabonian | Poland | Dixa minuta, Paradixa filiforceps, Paradixa distans (109625) | |
Priabonian | United Kingdom (England) | Dixa priscula (123960) Dixella priscula (21976) Dixidae indet. (123959) | |
Priabonian | Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) | Dixa minuta (123420) Dixa succinea (123927) Paradixa succinea (123926) | |
Chattian | France (Bouches-Du-Rhone) | Eriopterites tertiaria (113712) | |
Chattian | France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) | Dixa hyalipennis (122488) |