Present Status of Meniscus Midges (Insecta: Diptera: Dixidae) in India
Bulganin Mitra1★, Sumana Halder1★, Sankarsan Roy1★, Subhrajit Bhaumik2★★ Corresponding author
- 1Zoological Survey of Kolkata- 700053, Kolkata, INDIA.
- 2Post Graduate Department of Zoology, Vidyasagar College, Sector 2, CL Block, Saltlake City, Kolkata- 700091, INDIA.
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Bulganin Mitra
Sumana HalderZoological Survey of Kolkata- 700053, INDIA.
Received: 07-02-2016; Revised: 01-03-2016; Accepted: 29-03-2016.
Volume 5, Issue 1 · pp. 88–92 · PUBLISHED Jan-Apr 2016 · DOI:
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A total of 11 species belonging to the single genus Dixa Meigen of the family Dixidae of the order Diptera are reported from India, which is 5.58% of the total world fauna of Dixidae. Among these, only a lone species is distributed in Arid, Semi- Arid and Hot Desert Region and nine are restricted their distribution only in Himalayan Region. This present article provides information on the current status, distributional pattern and gaps in knowledge of the family Dixidae from India.
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Mitra, B., Halder, S., Roy, S., & Bhaumik, S. (2016). Present Status of Meniscus Midges (Insecta: Diptera: Dixidae) in India. Asian Journal of Biological and Life sciences, 5(1), 88–92.