Dixidae - Dixid or Meniscus Midges

This is a preliminary list of species based on records at UMMZ-Insect Division, Ann Arbor, Michigan, and the A. J. Cook Arthropod Research Collection, MSU, East Lansing, Michigan, as well as information in Hubert (1965). Note: species denoted in bold-blue have been recorded in Michigan, other are likely to be found in the state based on existed regional distribution records.

Dixa Meigen, 1818

Dixa modesta Johannsen, 1903 - widespread

Dixella Dyar and Shannon, 1924

Dixella cornuta Johannsen, 1923 - Cook Museum, MSU
Dixella indiana Dyar, 1925 - IN
Dixella nova Walker, 1848

References

Hubert AA. 1965. Family Dixidae, pp. 100-102 in A Catalog of the Diptera of America North of Mexico. Stone A et al. (ed.). Agricultural Research Service, Agricultural Handbook 267, United States Department of Agriculture. Smithsonian Institution Press 1983 reprint: Washington, D. C. iv + 1696.

Page created: November 20, 2002 - Page last reviewed: June 3, 2011 (EB)