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 punctiventris Goetghebuer Dasyhelea punctiventris Goetghebuer, 1940: 71 ( Germany ) . Material examined. Lebanon . Tyre, N 33° 15.535 E 35°12.726, 06.V.2012 , beach, net, 2 males , leg. A. Alwin & P. Dominiak (LU & UG). Distribution. A distribution of this species ranges from Spain to China ( Dominiak & Szadziewski 2010 ). In the region of the Near East it was mentioned from Israel ( Dominiak et al . 2007 ) and Turkey ( Szadziewski 1985 ). The present record is first for Lebanon .