Distribution and new synonymy in European biting midges of the genus Dasyhelea Kieffer (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) Author Dominiak, Patrycja Author Szadziewski, Ryszard text Zootaxa 2010 2437 1 37 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.194838 6369ec00-c6c7-45a4-82ee-03ce5a29f628 1175-5326 194838 Dasyhelea modesta (Winnertz) Ceratopogon modestus Winnertz, 1852 : 43 (female, Germany ). Dasyhelea modesta : Kieffer 1919 : 50 (combination, in key); Kieffer 1925c : 65 (male, female); Goetghebuer 1927 : 95 (female, Belgium ); Goetghebuer 1932 : 125 (male); Goetghebuer 1934a : 34 (male, female); Mayer 1934a : 225 (larva, pupa; Germany , breeding site – saline habitats); Goetghebuer & Timon David 1937 : 411 ( France ); Zilahi- Sebess 1940 : 51 (male, female, syn.: = strobli ; Hungary ); de Meijere 1946 : 8 ( the Netherlands ); Thienemann 1950 : 166 ( Austria , breeding sites – lakes, ponds, mud, swamps); Thienemann 1954 : 614 (syn.: = longipalpis , = halophila ); Remm 1962 : 110 (male, female, syn.: = strobli , Estonia ); Remm 1966 : 58 ( Lithuania ); Remm 1967 : 13 ( Georgia , Russia : North Ossetia); Remm 1969: 208 (male); Remm 1973b : 354 ( Hungary ); Havelka 1976a : 75 ( Germany ); Havelka 1976b : 226 (female); Remm 1979 : 49 ( Estonia ); Remm 1981 : 29 (syn.: = aestivus , = densipilosa ); Szadziewski 1983 : 66 ( Poland ); Szadziewski 1986 : 38 (male, syn.: = aestivus , = longipalpis , = strobli , = pratensis , = bihamata , = moascari , =? densipilosa ; Algeria , Belgium , Egypt , Iran , Poland , breeding site – saline soil); Delécolle & Rieb 1990 : 184 ( France ); Gosseries 1991 : 42 (syn.: = aestiva , = pratensis ); Delécolle & Rieb 1993 : 111 ( Spain ); Knoz 1996 : 87 ( the Netherlands ); Knoz 1997 : 81 ( Czech Republic ); Knoz 1998 : 118 ( Czech Republic ); Chandler 1998 : 55 (= D . holosericea sensu Edwards 1926 , syn.: = aestiva ); Szadziewski 1998 : 103 ( Switzerland ); Przhiboro 1999 : 130 ( Russia : Karelia, breeding sites – littoral zone of lake); Hagan et al. 2000: 471 ( Norway ); Delécolle 2002 : 28 (syn.: = aestiva , = longipalpis , = strobli , = pratensis , = bihamata , = moascari , = densipilosa ; Andorra ); Przhiboro 2004 : 105 ( Russia : Leningrad Oblast, breeding site – margin zone of lake); Tóthová et al. 2004a : 309 ( Czech Republic ); Tóthová et al. 2004b : 146 ( Czech Republic ); Yu et al. 2006 : 324 (male, China ); Chandler et al. 2008 : 84 (male, Great Britain , breeding site – mud). Ceratopogon aestivus Winnertz, 1852 : 42 (female, Germany ). Dasyhelea aestiva : Kieffer 1919 : 50 (combination, in key); Kieffer 1925c : 64 (female); Edwards 1929 : 425 (= D . holosericea sensu Edwards 1926 ); Goetghebuer 1934a : 30 (female); Goetghebuer & Timon David 1937 : 411 ( France ); Zilahi-Sebess 1940 : 47 (female, Hungary ); de Meijere 1946 : 8 ( the Netherlands ); Remm 1962 : 110 (male, female, syn.: =? pratensis ; Estonia ); Remm 1967 : 14 ( Azerbaijan , Georgia ); Remm & Zhogolev 1968 : 831 (Crimea); Damian-Georgescu 1973 : 453 (male, female; Romania ); Remm 1973b : 354 ( Hungary ); Havelka & Aguilar 1999 : 36 (syn.: = modestus , = longipalpis , = densipilosa , =? bihamata ). Dasyhelea longipalpis Kieffer, 1913b : 37 (male, Germany ); Kieffer 1915 : 65 (male); Rieth 1915 : 424 , 425 (pupa, Germany , Sweden , breeding site – saline habitats, peat-bog); Thienemann 1915 : 446 ( Germany , Sweden , breeding site – saline habitats, peat-bog); Thienemann 1925 : 103 ( Germany , breeding site – saline habitats); Goetghebuer 1934a : 33 (male). Dasyhelea inclusa Kieffer, 1918 : 188 (male, Czech Republic ); Goetghebuer 1934a : 33 (male). Syn. nov Dasyhelea strobli Kieffer, 1919 : 63 (new name for Ceratopogon versicolor var. obscurus Strobl nec Winnertz, female, Spain ); Goetghebuer 1934a : 36 (syn.: = versicolor var. obscurus Strobl nec Winnertz, female). Dasyhelea pratensis Goetghebuer, 1920 : 44 (male, Belgium ); Kieffer 1925c : 66 (male); Goetghebuer 1934a : 35 (male). Dasyhelea bihamata Kieffer, 1923 : 667 (male, Algeria ); Goetghebuer 1934a : 31 (male). Dasyhelea holosericea : Edwards 1926 : 402 (male, female, syn.: =? aestiva , = pratensis ). Nec Dasyhelea holosericea ( Meigen, 1804 ) . Dasyhelea moascari Macfie, 1943 : 153 (male, female; Egypt ); Boorman & van Harten 2002 : 445 (male, Yemen ). Dasyhelea densipilosa Tokunaga, 1963 : 41 (female, Japan ). New country records. Afghanistan . Herat Prov., Karukh, 4200 ft , 43 km E Herat, 20 - X 1968 , D.P. Wojcik, black light trap, 1 female , (MHNN). Bulgaria . Rila, Skakavica, 1580 m AMSL, 20 July 1976 , 1 male , leg. R. Szadziewski. Spain . Gran Canaria, Bco. Azuaze, 18 XI 1995 , light trap, Baez, Nilsson & Malmqvist, 1 male . Gran Canaria, Bco. Tirajana, 16 XI 1995 , light trap, Baez, Nilsson & Malmqvist, 7 males , 1 female . Distribution. Great Britain , Norway , Sweden , Russia (Karelia, Leningrad Oblast), Estonia , Lithuania , the Netherlands , Germany , Poland , Belgium , Czech Republic , France , Switzerland , Austria , Ukraine (Crimea), Hungary , Romania , Bulgaria , Andorra , Spain (Spanish mainland, Canary Isl.), Georgia , Azerbaijan , Afghanistan , Iran , Yemen , China , Japan Algeria , Egypt . Discussion. Dasyhelea inclusa described by Kieffer (1918) from the Czech Republic has two radial cells, a fifth palpal segment over four times longer than broad and antennal morphology indicate it is a typical member of the subgenus Dicryptoscena Enderlein. The only European species in this subgenus with a very long fifth palpal segment is D . modesta , and therefore, we consider D . inclusa a new junior synonym of D . modesta . Dasyhelea bihamata determined by Navai (1994) from Afghanistan is a different species than D . bihamata Kieffer described from Algeria ( Kieffer 1923 , Szadziewski 1986 ) which we consider as a junior synonym of D . modesta . This wide ranging Palaearctic species is known from all stages. The aquatic larvae live in lakes, ponds, mud, swamps, peat-bogs and have also been reared from algae in saline meadows. The records from Finland ( Hackman 1980 ), Italy ( Boorman et al. 1995 ) and Denmark ( Petersen & Achim 2001 ) are questionable because they did not contain locality data, and therefore, we have not included these countries in this section.