Culicoides distinctipennis Austen, 1912

El-Hawagry, Magdi S., El-Azab, Salah El-Din A., Abdel-Dayem, Mahmoud S. & Al Dhafer, Hathal M., 2020, Biting midges of Egypt (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), Biodiversity Data Journal 8, pp. 52357-52357 : 52357

Culicoides distinctipennis Austen, 1912

Culicoides distinctipennis Austen, 1912 [ Austen 1912: 101]. Type locality: Nigeria.

Forcipomyia multiguttata Goetghebuer, 1935 [ Goetghebuer 1935: 156]. Type locality: Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: individualCount: 1; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; disposition: personal collection of El-Hawagry; Taxon: scientificName: Culicoidesdistinctipennis Austen, 1912; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Ceratopogonida; Location: continent: Africa; country: Egypt; stateProvince: El-Dakahlyia; locality: El-Mansoura ; Event: samplingProtocol: light trap; eventDate: 17 Nov 199 Type status: Other material. Occurrence: individualCount: 1; sex: male; lifeStage: adult; disposition: personal collection of El-Hawagry; Taxon: scientificName: Culicoidesdistinctipennis Austen, 1912; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Ceratopogonida; Location: continent: Africa; country: Egypt; stateProvince: El-Dakahlyia; locality: El-Mansoura ; Event: samplingProtocol: light trap; eventDate: 17 Nov 199

Distribution

AF: Widespread. PA: Egypt.

Local distribution in Egypt: Eastern Desert: Ismailia. Fayoum: EI-Siliyin. Lower Nile Valley & Delta: Abbassiya, Abu-Rawash, Ashmoun, Ayiat, Bulaq El-Dakrour, Cairo, El-Khanka, El-Mansoura, EI-Qanatir, Etay El-Baroud, Kafr Hamza, Kafr Tarkhan, Maadi, Mit Yaish (Mit Ghamr), Shatanuf. Upper Nile Valley: Assiout. Western Desert: El-Bustan, Itay El-Baroud.

Dates of collection in Egypt: May to December.