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Dixa

Insecta - Diptera - Dixidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1818Dixa Meigen p. 216
1905Dixa Aldrich p. 105
1915Eriopterites Meunier
1937Dixa Theobald p. 346
1992Dixa Carpenter
1994Dixa Evenhuis
2016Dixa Greenwalt and Moulton p. 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
Athalassocarida
LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
Cercofilata
RankNameAuthor
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Panorpida
superorderAntliophora
orderDiptera
infraorderCulicomorpha
superfamilyCulicoidea
familyDixidaeVan der Wulp 1877
genusDixa

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Dixa Meigen 1818
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Dixa minuta Meunier 1906
Dixa tertiaria Meunier 1915
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Invalid names: Dixa hyalipennis Theobald 1937 [synonym]
Invalid names: Eriopterites Meunier 1915 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: base of the Priabonian to the top of the Chattian or 37.71000 to 23.04000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) D. minuta (123420)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Poland D. minuta (109625)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04France (Bouches-Du-Rhone) Eriopterites tertiaria (113712)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) D. hyalipennis (122488)