Taxonomy of Family Dixidae Schiner, 1868
Dixid Midges, meniscus midge, Meniscus midges
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 4179
190570
2444470 | Families
Genera
Species |
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 3816
189502
2439455 | Families
Genera
Species |
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 3399
186457
2415487 | Families
Genera
Species |
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 1891
142849
2048615 | Families
Genera
Species |
Order
| Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies | 412
22844
306890 | Families
Genera
Species |
Suborder
| Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns | 101
5519
102901 | Families
Genera
Species |
Infraorder
| Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges | 11
1863
38890 | Families
Genera
Species |
Superfamily
| Culicoidea
Meigen, 1818
| 4
442
8992 | Families
Genera
Species | | Family | Dixidae
Schiner, 1868
Dixid Midges, Meniscus midge, Meniscus midges | 15
358 | Genera
Species |
Subnodes of Dixidae Schiner, 1868 | Genus | Asiodixa
Papp, 2006
| 2 | Species | | Genus | Dixa
Meigen, 1818
| 216 | Species | | Genus | Dixella
Dyar & Shannon, 1924 ⇒ Neodixa
| 109 | Species | | Genus | Dixina
Enderlein, 1936
| 2 | Species | | Genus | Eriopterites
Meunier, 1915
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Meringodixa
Williston, 1901
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Mesodixa
Belkin, Heinemann & Page, 1970
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Metadixa
Peters in Peters & Savary, 1994
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Microdixa
Müller, 1927
| 2 | Species | | Genus | Neodixa
Tonnoir, 1925
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Nothodixa
Edwards, 1930
| 10 | Species | | Genus | Palaeodixa
Contini, 1965
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Paradixa
Tonnoir, 1924 ⇒ Dixella
| 8 | Species | | Genus | Pardixa ⇒ Paradixa
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Syndixa ♰
Lukashevich, 1996
| 3 | Species |
Synonyms
Native, vernacular names and spellings of Dixidae
| German | Doppeladermücken, Tastermücken | | English | Dixid Midges, Meniscus midge, Meniscus midges | | Dutch | Meniscusmuggen | | Swedish | U-myggor | | Finnish | Sinkiläsääsket | | Norwegian | U-mygg |
Distribution and Species lists of Dixidae Schiner, 1868
Distribution on islands
Ecozone Lakes, Wetland
Links, sources and further information Dixidae at artfakta.se
Dixidae at dyntaxa.se
Dixidae at gbif.org
Dixidae at irmng.org
Dixidae at itis.gov
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