title: Brentidae of Peru (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea).
abstract: Eighty-four species of Brentidae (not including Apioninae) are listed from Peru, 13 presently only known from this country. Stereodermus platycornis Mantilleri, sp. nov. and Teramocerus spathulifer Mantilleri, sp. nov., are described from Tambopata Province. A micropterous species, Stereodermus micropterus Mantilleri, sp. nov., is described from Alto Madre de Dios River. Stereodermus barbirostris Sharp, 1895, S. breviceps Sharp, 1895, S. nigriceps Sharp, 1895, Pertusius errabundus (Kleine, 1927), Rugosacratus punctirostris (Boheman, 1840), Teramocerus appendiculatus (Soares & Scivittaro, 1972), T. eletus Kleine, 1927, and T. suturalis (Lund, 1800), are newly recorded from Peru.
authors.affiliation: Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Entomologie, C. P. 50, 57 rue Cuvier, F - 75231 Paris cedex 05, France.. amantill@mnhn.fr.
authors.forename: Antoine
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mantilleri
authors.forename: Luca
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bartolozzi
authors.forename: Alessandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sforzi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001517:Coleoptera; D010568:Peru; D045483:Rivers
keywords: Coleoptera, Faunistics, Neotropical region, taxonomy, new species, new records