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 newsteadi Austen, 1921 Culicoides newsteadi Austen, 1921 [ Austen 1921 : 113]. Type locality: Israel (Jerisheh). Culicoides biclavatus Kieffer, 1924 [ Kieffer 1924a : 14]. Type locality: Germany. Culicoides halophilus Kieffer, 1924 [ Kieffer 1924b : 404]. Type locality: Norway. Culicoides pulicaris var. edwardsi Goetghebuer, 1933 [ Goetghebuer 1933c : 46], preoccupied by Culicoides edwardsi Goetghebuer, 1921. Type locality: Europe. Culicoides pulicaris var. edwardsianus Goetghebuer, 1933 [ Goetghebuer 1933a : 367]. Type locality: Great Britain. Distribution PA: Algeria, Egypt, Europe (distributed through much of Europe), Iran, Iraq, Israel, Morocco. Local distribution in Egypt: Sinai: Sheikh Zowaiid (N. Sinai). Western Desert: El-Bustan. Dates of collection in Egypt: February and March.