A new Culicoides (Diptera:Ceratopogonidae) of the subgenus Diphaomyia from Peru

Abstract

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.

Keywords

• Diptera
• Ceratopogonidae
• Neotropical bloodsucking midges
• Culicoides (Diphaomyia) jurbergi sp.n.
• Peru