Culicoides riethi Kieffer, 1914

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

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scientific name	Culicoides riethi Kieffer, 1914
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Culicoides riethi Kieffer, 1914 [ Kieffer 1914a: 237]. Type locality: Germany.

Culicoides cordatus Kieffer, 1921 [ Kieffer 1921b: 114 (1921d: 275)]. Type locality: Latvia.

Culicoides crassiforceps Kieffer, 1924 [ Kieffer 1924a: 15]. Type locality: Germany.

Culicoides gigas Root and Hoffman, 1937 [ Root and Hoffman 1937: 172]. Type locality: Canada (Saskatchewan).

Distribution

NE: from Alaska to Manitoba, south to British Columbia, Wyoming and Nebraska. PA: China, Egypt, Europe (widespread), Iran, Japan, Mongolia, Morocco.

Local distribution in Egypt: Coastal Strip: Roseta. Fayoum: El-Siliyin Lower Nile valley & Delta: Abu-Rawash. Upper Nile Valley: Asswan (Botanical Garden, High Dam), Minya. Western Desert: Wadi El-Natroun.

Dates of collection in Egypt: throughout the year.