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 riethi Kieffer, 1914 Culicoides riethi Kieffer, 1914 [ Kieffer 1914a : 237]. Type locality: Germany. Culicoides cordatus Kieffer, 1921 [ Kieffer 1921b : 114 (1921d: 275)]. Type locality: Latvia. Culicoides crassiforceps Kieffer, 1924 [ Kieffer 1924a : 15]. Type locality: Germany. Culicoides gigas Root and Hoffman, 1937 [ Root and Hoffman 1937 : 172]. Type locality: Canada (Saskatchewan). Distribution NE: from Alaska to Manitoba, south to British Columbia, Wyoming and Nebraska. PA: China, Egypt, Europe (widespread), Iran, Japan, Mongolia, Morocco. Local distribution in Egypt: Coastal Strip: Roseta. Fayoum: El-Siliyin Lower Nile valley & Delta: Abu-Rawash. Upper Nile Valley: Asswan (Botanical Garden, High Dam), Minya. Western Desert: Wadi El-Natroun. Dates of collection in Egypt: throughout the year.