Biting midges of Egypt (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) Author El-Hawagry, Magdi S. Entomology Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9162-5265 elhawagry@gmail.com Author El-Azab, Salah El-Din A. Insect Taxonomy Department, Plant Protection Research Institute, Dokki, Giza, Egypt Author Abdel-Dayem, Mahmoud S. College of Food and Agricultural Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6276-1740 Author Al Dhafer, Hathal M. College of Food and Agricultural Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4911-2332 text Biodiversity Data Journal 2020 8 52357 52357 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.8.e52357 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.8.e52357 1314-2828-8-e52357 CEB65C20D7855AD294A989CBC7F67ED6 Culicoides imicola Kieffer, 1913 Culicoides imicola Kieffer, 1913 [ Kieffer 1913d : 11]. Type locality: Kenya. Ceratopogon pallidipennis Carter, Ingram and Macfie, 1920 [ Carter et al. 1920 : 265]. Type locality: Ghana. Culicoides iraqensis Khalaf, 1957 [ Khalaf 1957 : 343]. Type locality: Iraq. Culicoides minutus Sen and Das Gupta, 1959 [ Sen and Das Gupta 1959 : 622]. Type locality: India. Culicoides pseudoturgidus Das Gupta, 1962 [ Das Gupta 1962 : 537]. Type locality: India. Distribution AF: Widespread. OR: India, Laos, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam. PA: Algeria, Cyprus, France, the Near and Middle East, Morocco, Portugal, Spain. Local distribution in Egypt: Eastern Desert: Ismailia (Moascar), Suez. Lower Nile Valley & Delta: Giza, Bulaq El-Dakrour. Dates of collection in Egypt: February to May.