Dixa

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
Genus: Dixa
Species (112): D. abiettica – D. adleri – D. aliciae – D. amabilis – D. appalachiensis – D. arge – D. babai – D. barraudi – D. bicolor – D. bifasciata – D. binotata – D. bistriata – D. blax – D. borealis – D. brachycaula – D. brevis – D. byersi – D. calciphila – D. californica – D. camerounensis – D. capensis – D. caudatula – D. christophersi – D. cincta – D. claripennis – D. clavata – D. corensis – D. dilatata – D. distincta – D. dolichostyla – D. dorsalis – D. dyari – D. elkmontensis – D. falcata – D. fluvica – D. fraterna – D. frizzii – D. fujianensis – D. fusca – D. gutianshana – D. guttipennis – D. hegemonica – D. hikosana – D. hova – D. indiana – D. inextricata – D. intrudens – D. johannseni – D. kaplani – D. kashmirensis – D. kyushuensis – D. lepnevae – D. lobata – D. longistyla – D. lunata – D. maculata – D. maculatala – D. maculipennis – D. martensi – D. meihuashana – D. melanderi – D. melanosoma – D. mera – D. minutiformis – D. modesta – D. montana – D. naevia – D. nebulosa – D. neoaliciae – D. neohegemonica – D. nigrella – D. nipponica – D. notata – D. nova – D. nubilipennis – D. obsoleta – D. obtusa – D. ochrilineata – D. orientale – D. perexilis – D. platystyla – D. platystyloides – D. pollex – D. pseudindiana – D. puberula – D. pulchripennis – D. pullogruma – D. punctata – D. quinta – D. recens – D. repanda – D. rhathyme – D. rostrata – D. rudis – D. serrata – D. serrifera – D. sexta – D. stuckenbergi – D. submaculata – D. terna – D. tetrica – D. thomasi – D. trilineata – D. trinotata – D. ubiquita – D. universitatis – D. venosa – D. vockerothi – D. xavia – D. yamatona – D. zernovi – D. zeylanica
Source(s) of checklist:
Checklist based uncritically on Catalogue of Life: 2014 Annual Checklist
Name

Dixa Meigen, 1818: Syst. Beschr. Zweifl. Insekt., 1, 216.
References

Meigen, J. 1818. Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europäischen zweiflügeligen Insekten 1, v–xii, xxxvi + 1–332. Friedrich Wilhelm Forstmann, Aachen. BHL. Reference page.
Ivković, M. & Ivanković, L. 2019. The genus Dixa (Diptera, Dixidae) in Croatian lotic habitats, with a checklist of species and relationships with the fauna of neighbouring countries. Zookeys, 867: 45–54. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.867.36613 Reference page.
Moulton, J.K. 2016. The Dixa inextricata Dyar & Shannon (Diptera: Dixidae) species group, with two new cryptic species from the eastern Nearctic Region. Zootaxa 4121(4): 458–472. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4121.4.6. Reference page.
Moulton, J.K. 2017. The true identity of Dixa modesta Johannsen (Diptera: Dixidae) resolved: synonymy of Dixa similis Johannsen, designation of the Dixa ubiquita species group, and description of three new eastern Nearctic species. Zootaxa 4216(3): 247–260. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4216.3.3. Reference page.
Moulton, J.K. 2018. Rediscovery of Dixa repanda Peters and description of its putative sister species, Dixa falcata sp. nov., from the south-central United States (Diptera: Dixidae). Zootaxa 4459(1): 171–178. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4459.1.8 Paywall Reference page.

Dixa is a genus of midges, belonging to the family Dixidae.[2]

The genus was described in 1818 by Johann Wilhelm Meigen.[2]

The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.[1]

Species include:

Dixa dilatata
Dixa nebulosa
Dixa nubilipennis

References

"Dixa". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
"WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Dixa Meigen, 1818". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 14 January 2021.