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
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133
144
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3683.2.3
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Dasyhelea flava
Carter, Ingram & Macfie
Dasyhelea flava
Carter, Ingram & Macfie, 1921: 196
(
Ghana
)
.
Material examined.
Lebanon
.
Damour River, N 33°
42.369 E
35°27.637, 48 m asl,
26.X.2012
, net,
1 male
, leg. P. Dominiak (UG). Near Ras el-Ain, Tyre, N 33˚
12.927 E
35˚13.056, 5 m asl,
06.V.2012
, banana plantation, net,
1 male
, leg. A. Alwin (UG). Ras el-Ain, Tyre, avocado plantation,
15.IX–20.X.2012
, yellow sticky trap,
2 males
, leg. H. Abdul-Nour (UG); citrus plantation,
15.IX–20.X.2012
, yellow sticky trap,
20 males
, leg. H. Abdul-Nour (LU & UG).
Distribution.
Gambia
(
Clastrier & Wirth 1961
),
Ghana
(
Carter
et al
. 1921
),
South Africa
(
de Meillon & Wirth 1981
),
Israel
(
Dominiak
et al
. 2007
),
Yemen
,
Oman
(
Boorman & van Harten 2002
), the
United Arab Emirates
(
Szadziewski
et al
. 2011
), and
Réunion
(
Clastrier 1959
). The record from
Ethiopia
(
de Meillon & Wirth 1981
) is doubtful. This species is new for the Lebanese fauna.