DIXIDAE
(meniscus midges)

DIXIDAE (meniscus midges) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

DIXIDAE (meniscus midges) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

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Dixella
a genus of meniscus midges
Genus 1 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyDIXIDAE (meniscus midges)
SuperfamilyCULICOIDEA (mosquitoes, gnats, meniscus & phantom midges)
InfraorderCulicomorpha (mosquitoes, gnats, midges & blackflies)
SuborderNEMATOCERA (thread-horned flies, gnat)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for DIXIDAE (meniscus midges)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
() Disney, R.H.L. 1999 British Dixidae (meniscus midges) and Thaumaleidae (trickle midges): Keys with ecological notes Scientific Publications, no. 56, 129pp, Freshwater Biological Association

DIXIDAE (meniscus midges) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to DIXIDAE (meniscus midges):

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