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 Atrichopogon osiris Kieffer, 1925 Atrichopogon osiris Kieffer, 1925 [ Kieffer 1925c : 250]. Type locality: Egypt (Maadi). Distribution PA: Egypt. Local distribution in Egypt: Lower Nile Valley & Delta: Maadi. Dates of collection in Egypt: October. Notes Alwin-Kownacka et al. (2016) treated this species as a nomen dubium because it is poorly described and types most probably not preserved