A new Culicoides (Diptera:Ceratopogonidae) of the subgenus Diphaomyia from Peru.
A new species of Culicoides of the subgenus Diphaomyia, Culicoides jurbergi Felippe-Bauer, is described and illustrated based on female specimens collected biting man and with light traps in Peruvian Amazonia. The species is compared with its similar congener mirsae Ortiz.
Felippe-Bauer
Maria Luiza
ML
Departamento de Entomologia, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz-Fiocruz, 21045-900 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. mlfbauer@ioc.fiocruz.br
Cáceres
Abraham G
AG
Silva
Cristiane S
CS
Valderrama-Bazan
William
W
Gonzales-Perez
Antero
A
D000818:Animals; D002519:Ceratopogonidae / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification*; D005260:Female; D010568:Peru