Dixidae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Culicoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Antliophora
Ordo: Diptera
Subordo: Nematocera
Infraordo: Culicomorpha
Superfamilia: Culicoidea

Familia: Dixidae
Genera (8 + 2†): Asiodixa Dixa Dixella Meringodixa Mesodixa Metadixa Neodixa Nothodixa – †Eucorethrina – †Syndixa

[source: Catalogue of Life: 2013 Annual Checklist, except fossils]

Name

Dixidae Schiner, 1868: 48

References

Primary references

  • Schiner, I.R. 1868. Diptera. vi + 388 pp., 4 pls. In: Reise der österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Befehlen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf. Zoologischer Theil. 2(1)B. K. Gerold’s Sohn, Wien. BHL. Reference page. 

Additional references

  • Belkin, J.N. 1968: Mosquito studies (Diptera, Culicidae) VII. The Culicidae of New Zealand. Contributions of the American Entomological Institute, 3(1): 1–182.
  • Lukashevich, E.D. 1996: Mesozoic Dixidae (Insecta: Diptera) and the systematic position of the genera Dixamima Rohdendorf, 1964 and Rhaetomyia Rohdendorf, 1962. Paleontologicheskii zhurnal, 1996(1): 48–53. [in Russian, English translation in Paleontological journal, 30(1): 46–51.] Abstract [not seen]

Vernacular names

suomi: Sinkilähyttyset
日本語: ホソカ科
中文: 细蚊科
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