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

Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Departamento de Entomologia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Ministério de Salud. Instituto Nacional de Salud. División de Entomologia. Lima, Peru / Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. Instituto de Medicina Tropical "Daniel A. Carrión". Lima, Peru.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Departamento de Entomologia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Ministério de Agricultura. Servicio Nacional de Sanidad Agraria. Lima, Peru.
Centro de Salud Bagua Grande. Sub Región de Salud Bagua, Amazonas, Perú.

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 in Portuguese

Diptera
Ceratopogonidae
Midges sugadores de sangue neotropicais
Peru

Keywords

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

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Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Citation

FELIPPE-BAUER, Maria Luiza et al. A new Culicoides (Diptera:Ceratopogonidae) of the subgenus Diphaomyia from Peru. Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, v. 100, n. 1, p. 51-53, Feb. 2005.

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10.1590/S0074-02762005000100010

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0074-0206

Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/40272

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