title: Two new Culicoides of the paraensis species group (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from the Amazonian region of Peru.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Entomologia, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz-Fiocruz, Av. Brasil 4365, 21045-900 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. mlfbauer@ioc.fiocruz.br
authors.forename: Maria Luiza
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Felippe-Bauer
authors.forename: Abraham G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Cáceres
authors.forename: Cristiane S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Valderrama-Bazan
authors.forename: Antero
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gonzales-Perez
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002519:Ceratopogonidae / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D010568:Peru