Two new Culicoides of the paraensis species group (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from the Amazonian region of Peru.
Two new species of the Culicoides paraensis species group, C. diversus Felippe-Bauer and C. peruvianus Felippe-Bauer, are described and illustrated based on female specimens from Amazonian region of Peru. A systematic key, table with numerical characters of females, and distribution of species of the C. paraensis group are given.
Felippe-Bauer
Maria Luiza
ML
Departamento de Entomologia, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz-Fiocruz, Av. Brasil 4365, 21045-900 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. mlfbauer@ioc.fiocruz.br
Cáceres
Abraham G
AG
Silva
Cristiane S
CS
Valderrama-Bazan
William
W
Gonzales-Perez
Antero
A
D000818:Animals; D002519:Ceratopogonidae / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D010568:Peru