DNA-based blood meal analysis of Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) species from Jamari National Forest, Southwestern Amazon, Brazil

• We studied Culicoides fauna from Jamari National Forest. • We evaluated Culicoides fauna from canopy and ground. • We identified nine blood-meal sources from Culicoides . • We observed feed generalist behavior from some Culicoides species. • This study has first report of Culicoides neoparaensis in Rondônia Culicoides biting midges are insects involved in the transmission of filarial nematodes, protozoans, and viruses. Greater knowledge of...