Dixidae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Culicoidea
Main Page Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Ordo: Diptera Subordo: Nematocera Infraordo: Culicomorpha Superfamilia: Culicoidea

Familia: Dixidae
Genera (10): Asiodixa – Dixa – Dixella – Meringodixa – Mesodixa – Metadixa – Neodixa – Nothodixa – †Eucorethrina – †Syndixa
[sources: Lukashevich (1996), Catalogue of Life: 2010 Annual Checklist]

Name

Dixidae Schiner, 1868

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]
• Papp, L.; Merz, B.; Földvári, M. 2006: Diptera of Thailand. A summary of the families and genera with references to the species representations. Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, 52(2): 97-269. PDF

Vernacular names

日本語: ホソカ科
suomi: Sinkilähyttyset

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