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 sternalis Remm Dasyhelea sternalis Remm, 1980 : 110 (male, female; Tajikistan , Turkmenistan , Uzbekistan , Kazakhstan ); Boorman & van Harten 2002 : 446 (male, Oman , Yemen ). New country records. Romania . Between Tulcea and Samova, 45°10.346'N 28°44.831'E , 1 m AMSL, 20 June 2007 , net, 5 males , leg. P. Dominiak. Isaccea n. Brăila, 45°16.256'N 28°25.408'E , 3 m AMSL, 20 June 2007 , net, 1 male , leg. P. Dominiak. Pakistan . Lahore, Punjab, June 1959 , light trap, 1 male , H. Barnett, (MHNN). Distribution. This is a meridional Palaearctic faunal element. It has been recorded from Romania , Kazakhstan , Uzbekistan , Turkmenistan , Tajikistan , Pakistan , Oman and Yemen .