A new species and new records of Paryphoconus from the Amazon region of Peru (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)

Abstract

Paryphoconus peruvianus, a new species from Peruvian Amazonia is described and illustrated from female
and male specimens collected at light in the Department of Cuzco. The species is compared with its similar congener
P. anomalicornis Kieffer. Furthermore, P. anomalicornis, P. fusciradialis Spinelli y Wirth and P. oliveirai Lane are
firstly recorded from Peru.