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