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 lutea Remm Dasyhelea lutea Remm , in Remm & Zhogolev, 1968 : 834 (male, female, Azerbaijan , Ukraine : Crimea); Remm 1967 : 22 (nomen nudum); Knoz & Tóthová 2008 : 165 ( Czech Republic ). New country record. Algeria . Oasis 30 km North of Biskra, 27 April 1981 , 3 males , leg. R. Szadziewski. Chegga n. Biskra, saline habitat, 2 May 1981 , 14 males , leg. R. Szadziewski; saline habitat, 3 May 1981 , 2 males , leg. R. Szadziewski. Distribution and biology. Czech Republic , Ukraine (Crimea), Azerbaijan , Algeria . Discussion. Adults were collected in saline habitats and steppes (present observations). This is a western Palaearctic meridional faunal element.