2005•Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo CruzOpen access

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

Maria Luiza Felippe-Bauer, Abraham G. Cáceres, Cristiane S. Silva, William Valderrama-Bazan, Antero Gonzáles-Pérez

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.

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Key concepts: Ceratopogonidae, Subgenus, Culicoides, Zoology, Biology, Biting, Amazon rainforest, Ecology