Dasyhelea lutea Remm

Dasyhelea lutea Remm Dasyhelea lutea Remm, in Remm & Zhogolev, 1968: 834 (male, female, Azerbaijan, Ukraine: Crimea); Remm 1967: 22 (nomen nudum); Knoz & Tóthová 2008: 165 (Czech Republic). New country record. Algeria. Oasis 30 km North of Biskra, 27 April 1981, 3 males, leg. R. Szadziewski. Chegga n. Biskra, saline habitat, 2 May 1981, 14 males, leg. R. Szadziewski; saline habitat, 3 May 1981, 2 males, leg. R. Szadziewski. Distribution and biology. Czech Republic, Ukraine (Crimea), Azerbaijan, Algeria. Discussion. Adults were collected in saline habitats and steppes (present observations). This is a western Palaearctic meridional faunal element.Published as part of Dominiak, Patrycja & Szadziewski, Ryszard, 2010, Distribution and new synonymy in European biting midges of the genus Dasyhelea Kieffer (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), pp. 1-37 in Zootaxa 2437 on page 19, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19483