Two new species and new records of biting midges of the genus Dasyhelea Kieffer (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from India

Additions to the species of Dasyhelea KIEFFER, 1911 (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from West Bengal, India

“…To date D. (Pseudoculicoides) similinigrina NAVAI, 1994 has been recorded in Afghanistan, China (YU et al, 2005) and India (BRAHMA et al 2016).…”

“…Approximately 136 species of Dasyhelea have so far been described from the Oriental Region, the second highest number among the various biogeographical regions (BORKENT 2016). Of these, around 84 species (~60 % of the total number of Oriental species) have been described from China; only 23 species have been described solely from India (BORKENT 2016, BRAHMA et al 2016. The Australasian region can boast just 9 species (BORKENT 2016).…”