Dasyhelea lucida Remm

Dominiak, Patrycja & Szadziewski, Ryszard, 2010, Distribution and new synonymy in European biting midges of the genus Dasyhelea Kieffer (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), Zootaxa 2437, pp. 1-37 : 18

Dasyhelea lucida Remm

Dasyhelea lucida Remm , in Remm & Zhogolev, 1968: 831 (male, female; Azerbaijan, Georgia, Ukraine: Crimea); Remm 1967: 14 ( Azerbaijan, Georgia); Remm 1979: 49 ( Estonia); Szadziewski 1991: 106 ( Poland); Bernotienė 2002: 290 ( Lithuania); Chandler et al. 2008: 84 (male, Great Britain).

New country records. Algeria. Akbou, 12 May 1981, 1 male, leg. R. Szadziewski. Chegga n. Biskra, saline habitats, 2 May 1981, 2 males, leg. R. Szadziewski. Grarem n. Constantine, Apiaceae , 19 April 1981, 27 males, leg. R. Szadziewski. Kabylie, Souk El Tenine, Euphorbia sp., 14 April 1981, 5 males, leg. R. Szadziewski; 15 April 1981, 1 male, leg. R. Szadziewski. Ras Isly n. Sala Bey, 24-26 April 1981, 1 male, leg. R. Szadziewski; mountains, 24 April 1981, 1 male, leg. R. Szadziewski. Sétif, Apiaceae , 5 May 1981, 4 males, leg. R. Szadziewski. 30 km North of Biskra, oasis, 27 April 1981, 6 males, leg. R. Szadziewski. Pakistan. Peshawar, N.W. Frontier Prov., June 1959, H. Barnett, light trap, 1 male, (MHNN). Romania. Prislop Pass n. Borşa, 47°36.556'N 24°51.898'E, 1433 m AMSL, 24 June 2007, net, 1 male, leg. P. Dominiak. Spain. Gran Canaria, Bco. Azuaze, 18 XI 1995, light trap, Baez, Nilsson & Malmqvist, 2 males. Puerte de Don Manuel n. Torre del Mar, 6 June 1984, 1 male, leg. P. Sura.

Distribution. A Palaearctic arboreal species. Great Britain, Estonia, Lithuania, Poland, Ukraine (Crimea), Romania, Spain (Iberian Peninsula, Canary Isl.), Georgia, Azerbaijan, Pakistan, Algeria.

Discussion. The record from Germany ( Havelka & Aguilar 1999) is questionable because it did not provide locality data, and therefore, we have not included this country in this section.