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 bifida Zilahi-Sebess Dasyhelea fascigera Kieffer var. bifida , Zilahi-Sebess 1936a : 44 (male, Hungary ); Zilahi-Sebess 1940 : 48 (male, Hungary ). Dasyhelea bifida : Remm 1967 : 21 (male, Azerbaijan ); Damian-Georgescu 1975 : 97 (male, Romania ); Navai 1994 : 364 (male, Afghanistan ); Yu et al. 2006 : 237 (male, China ); Dominiak et al. 2007a : 260 (male, Israel ). New country records. Poland . Krościenko on the river Dunajec, 12 August 1988 , at light, 1 male , leg. C. Majkowska. Inowrocław Mątwy, Apiaceae , 19 August 2009 , net, 4 males , leg. P. Dominiak. Ukraine . Crimea, Near Armians’k, at the freshwater lake, 46°10.897'N 33°31.924'E , 1 m BMSL, 25 May 2008 , net, 6 males , leg. P. Dominiak. Distribution. An arboreal Palaearctic faunal element reported from Poland , Hungary , Romania , Ukraine (Crimea), Azerbaijan , Afghanistan , Israel , China . Discussion. In their taxonomic revision of the fasciigera species group, Borkent & Forster (1986) proposed to treat Dasyhelea bifida as a senior synonym of D . furva Remm, 1967 . Our examination of new materials from Europe revealed that they both represent valid, distinct species (see D . furva below). The specimens previously recorded from Poland ( Szadziewski 1991 ) actually belong to D . furva . The records from Moldova , Armenia , Kazakhstan , Middle Asia, Siberia ( Remm 1988 ) and Germany ( Havelka & Aguilar 1999 ) are questionable because they did not provide locality data, and therefore, we have not included these countries in this section.