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 Forcipomyia (Lepidohelea) pulcherrima Santos Abreu, 1918 Forcipomyia pulcherrima Santos Abreu, 1918 [ Santos Abreu 1918 : 272]. Type locality: Canary Islands (Spain). Lepidohelea ornatipes Kieffer, 1921 [ Kieffer 1921a : 1], preoccupied by Forcipomyia ornatipes (Kieffer 1918a). Type locality: Cameroon. Lepidohelea formosae Kieffer, 1922 [ Kieffer 1922a : 153]. Type locality: Taiwan. Forcipomyia lepidota Ingram and Macfie, 1924 [ Ingram and Macfie 1924 : 566]. Type locality: Ghana. Forcipomyia variegata Goetghebuer, 1933 [ Goetghebuer 1933b : 133]. Type locality: Democratic Republic of the Congo. Forcipomyia marsafae Ghonaim, Ibrahim and Ali, 2001 [ Ghonaim et al. 2001b : 42]. Type locality: Egypt (Qalyubiya: Marsafa). Distribution AF: Widely distributed. AU: Hawaii. NE: USA. OR: Widely distributed. PA: Canary Islands, Egypt, Israel, Japan, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia. Local distribution in Egypt: Lower Nile Valley & Delta: El-Badrasheen, El-Qanatir, Marsafa. Upper Nile Valley: Asswan, Luxor (El-Sammaneen), Sohag (El-Shewash). Dates of collection in Egypt: September to April.