Genus Dixella Dyar & Shannon, 1924
- Dixella Dyar, H.G. & Shannon, R.C. 1924. Some new species of American Dixa Meigen (Diptera, Culicidae). Insecutor Inscitiae Menstruus. Washington 12: 193-201 [Date published 22/Oct/1924] [200] [originally introduced as a subgenus of Dixa Meigen, 1818].
Type species:
Dixa (Dixella) liro Dyar & Shannon, 1924 by monotypy. - Paradixa Tonnoir, A.L. 1924. New Zealand Dixidae (Dipt.). Records of the Canterbury Museum 2: 221-233 [Date published 4/Dec/1924] [223] [originally introduced as a subgenus of Dixa Meigen, 1818].
Type species:
Dixa neozelandica Tonnoir, 1924 by subsequent designation, see Edwards, F.W. 1932. Diptera. Fam. Culicidae. Genera Insectorum 194: 1-258 [9].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Lane, J. 1951. Synonymy of Neotropical Culicidae. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 53: 333-336 [336]
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Tasmania
Extra Distribution Information
New Zealand, Neotropical, Nearctic, Afrotropical and Palaearctic Regions.
IBRA
ACT, NSW, Tas: Australian Alps (AA), Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE)
Distribution References
- Hutson, A.M. 1980. 6. Family Dixidae. pp. 110-111 in Crosskey, R.W. (ed.). Catalogue of the Diptera of the Afrotropical Region. London : British Museum 1437 pp. [111]
- Peters, T.M. 1981. Dixidae. pp. 329-333 in McAlpine, J.F., Peterson, B.V., Shewell, G.E., Teskey, H.J., Vockeroth, J.R. & Wood, D.M. (coordinators) (eds). Manual of Nearctic Diptera. Ottawa : Research Branch, Agriculture Canada. Monograph 27 Vol. 1 674 pp. [331]
- Peters, T.M. 1989. Superfamily Culicoidea. 19. Family Dixidae. pp. 187-188 in Evenhuis, N.L. (ed.). Catalog of the Diptera of the Australasian and Oceanian Regions. Honolulu and Leiden : Bishop Museum Press and E.J. Brill 1155 pp. [187]
- Rozkošný, R. 1990. Family Dixidae. pp. 66-71 in Soós, Á. & Papp, L. (eds). Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera. Volume 2. Psychodidae—Chironomidae. Amsterdam : Elsevier 499 pp. [Date published 30 November] [69]
- Stone, A. 1966. A Cataogue of the Diptera of the Americas south of the United States. Departamento de Zoologia, Secretaria da Agricultura, São Paulo 10: 1-4 [1]
General References
Belkin, J.N. 1968. Mosquito Studies (Diptera, Culicidae). VII. The Culicidae of New Zealand. Contributions of the American Entomological Institute 3: 1-182 [31] (taxonomy, disagreement with the synonymy of Paradixa Tonnoir, 1924 with Dixella Dyar & Shannon, 1924)
Nowell, W.R. 1951. The Dipterous Family Dixidae in Western North America (Insecta: Diptera). Microentomology 16: 187-270 [225] (new status as Dixella Dyar & Shannon, 1924 and Paradixa Tonnoir, 1924)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 10-Jun-2011 | 04-Jul-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |