Five new species and new records of biting midges of the genus Dasyhelea Kieffer from the Near East (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) Author Dominiak, Patrycja Author Alwin, Alicja text Zootaxa 2013 3683 2 133 144 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.3683.2.3 bb1cc4ed-5a7d-4c04-a042-2deb834b1d21 1175-5326 219725 1CDD7727-E1BF-4C46-B8FD-A13522FFC698 Dasyhelea similaris Remm Dasyhelea similaris Remm, 1972: 77 ( Russia : Buryatia). Material examined. Lebanon . Aarbit Kozhayya, St. Antonios Kozhayya Monaster, N 34° 17.046 E 35°56.689, 28.X.2012 , shallow cave, net, 17 males , leg. P. Dominiak (LU & UG). Distribution. Poland ( Dominiak & Szadziewski 2006 ), Romania ( Dominiak & Szadziewski 2010 ), Estonia ( Remm 1979 ) and Russia (Buryatia) ( Remm 1972 ). Dasyhelea similaris is new for Lebanon and the Near East.