Cedar Creek
Ecosystem Science Reserve
Insects of Cedar Creek
Order DIPTERA
Family DIXIDAE
(Dixid Midges)
(Table of Species)
The Dixid Midges (42 NA spp) resemble Mosquitoes in body form and wing venation but they lack the scales on the wings found in the Culicidae. Two common genera collected are
Dixa
and
Dixella
.
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