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 pulicaris (Linnaeus, 1758) Culex pulicaris Linnaeus, 1758 [ Linnaeus 1758 : 603]. Type locality: Europe. Culicoides setosinervis Kieffer, 1913 [ Kieffer 1913a : 8]. Type locality: Germany. Culicoides pullatus Kieffer, 1915 [ Kieffer 1915 : 474]. Type locality: Germany. Culicoides stephensi Carter, 1916 [ Carter 1916 : 135]. Type locality: Egypt. Culicoides cinerellus Kieffer, 1919 [ Kieffer 1919 : 40]. Type locality: Ukraine. Culicoides quinquepunctatus Goetghebuer, 1921 [ Goetghebuer 1921 : 177]. Type locality: Belgium. Culicoides flaviplumus Kieffer, 1924 [ Kieffer 1924a : 19]. Type locality: Germany. Culicoides sawamotoi Kono and Takahasi, 1940 [ Kono and Takahasi 1940 : 75.] Type locality: Russia. Distribution PA: Widespread. Local distribution in Egypt: Eastern Desert: Ismailia (Moascar). Sinai: Bir El-Abd. Dates of collection in Egypt: March to July.