Dixella

Dixella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Dixidae
Genus:	Dixella Dyar & Shannon, 1924

Dixella is a genus of meniscus midges in the family Dixidae. There are at least 60 described species in Dixella.

Species

These 68 species belong to the genus Dixella:

• Dixella aegyptiaca Wagner, Freidberg & Ortal, 1992 ^{c g}
• Dixella aestivalis (Meigen, 1818) ^{c g}
• Dixella alexanderi Peters, 1970 ^{i c g}
• Dixella amphibia (De Geer, 1776) ^{c g}
• Dixella andeana (Lane, 1942) ^{c g}
• Dixella argentina (Alexander, 1920) ^{c g}
• Dixella atra (Lane, 1942) ^{c g}
• Dixella attica (Pandazis, 1933) ^{c g}
• Dixella aurora Peters and Cook, 1966 ^{i c g}
• Dixella autumnalis (Meigen, 1838) ^{c g}
• Dixella bankowskae (Vaillant, 1969) ^{c g}
• Dixella californica Johannsen, 1923 ^{i g}
• Dixella campinosica (Tarwid, 1938) ^{c g}
• Dixella chapadensis (Lane, 1939) ^{c g}
• Dixella clavulus (Williston, 1896) ^{c g}
• Dixella cornuta Johannsen, 1923 ^{i c g}
• Dixella cumbrica Peters and Cook, 1966 ^{i c g}
• Dixella deltoura Peters and Cook, 1966 ^{i c g}
• Dixella dorsalis ^b
• Dixella fernandezae Chaverri & Borkent, 2007 ^{c g}
• Dixella filicornis (Edwards, 1926) ^{c g}
• Dixella fuscinervis (Tonnoir, 1924) ^{c g}
• Dixella goetghebueri (Seguy, 1921) ^{c g}
• Dixella golanensis Wagner, Freidberg & Ortal, 1992 ^{c g}
• Dixella graeca (Pandazis, 1937) ^{c g}
• Dixella hansoni Chaverri & Borkent, 2007 ^{c g}
• Dixella harrisi (Tonnoir, 1925) ^{c g}
• Dixella harrisoni (Freeman, 1956) ^{c g}
• Dixella hernandezi Chaverri & Borkent, 2007 ^{c g}
• Dixella horrmani (Lane, 1942) ^{c g}
• Dixella humeralis (Tonnoir, 1923) ^{c g}
• Dixella hyperborea (Bergroth, 1889) ^{c g}
• Dixella israelis Wagner, Freidberg & Ortal, 1992 ^{c g}
• Dixella jironi Chaverri & Borkent, 2007 ^{c g}
• Dixella laeta (Loew, 1849) ^{c g}
• Dixella limai (Santos, 1940) ^{c g}
• Dixella lirio (Dyar & Shannon, 1924) ^{c g}
• Dixella lobata Chaverri & Borkent, 2007 ^{c g}
• Dixella maculata Chaverri & Borkent, 2007 ^{c g}
• Dixella marginata (Loew, 1863) ^{i c g}
• Dixella martinii (Peus, 1934) ^{c g}
• Dixella monticola (Nielsen, 1937) ^{c g}
• Dixella neozelandica (Tonnoir, 1924) ^{c g}
• Dixella nicholsoni (Tonnoir, 1923) ^{c g}
• Dixella nigra (Staeger, 1840) ^{c g}
• Dixella nixiae Peters, 1980 ^{c g}
• Dixella nova Walker, 1948 ^{i g b}
• Dixella obscura (Loew, 1849) ^{c g}
• Dixella paulistana (Lane, Forattini & Rabello, 1955) ^{c g}
• Dixella peruviana (Edwards, 1931) ^{c g}
• Dixella pilosiflagellata Papp, 2007 ^g
• Dixella serotina (Meigen, 1818) ^{c g}
• Dixella shannoni (Lane, 1942) ^{c g}
• Dixella simiarum (Vaillant, 1959) ^{c g}
• Dixella solomonis Belkin, 1962 ^{c g}
• Dixella subobscura (Takahashi, 1958) ^{c g}
• Dixella suzukii Chaverri & Borkent, 2007 ^{c g}
• Dixella tasmaniensis (Tonnoir, 1923) ^{c g}
• Dixella techana Peters and Cook, 1966 ^{i c g}
• Dixella tonnoiri (Belkin, 1968) ^{c g}
• Dixella torrentia Lane, 1939 ^{c g}
• Dixella trinitensis Lane, 1943 ^{c g}
• Dixella unipunctata (Tonnoir, 1923) ^{c g}
• Dixella venezuelensis (Lane, 1942) ^{c g}
• Dixella verna (Vaillant, 1969) ^{c g}
• Dixella vespertina Peters and Cook, 1966 ^{i c g}
• Dixella woodi Chaverri & Borkent, 2007 ^{c g}
• Dixella wygodzinskyi (Lane, 1945) ^{c g}

Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

Further reading

• Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico (2nd ed.). CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9.
• Charles, H. Curran (1934). "The families and genera of North American Diptera". doi:10.5962/bhl.title.6825. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
• McAlpine, J.F.; Petersen, B.V.; Shewell, G.E.; Teskey, H.J.; et al. (1987). Manual of Nearctic Diptera. Research Branch Agriculture Canada. ISBN 978-0660121253.

External links

• "Diptera.info". Retrieved 2018-05-02.