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.
Neotropical bloodsucking midges; Culicoides diversus sp.n.; Culicoides peruvianus sp.n.; Culicoides paraensis group; Amazonian region; Peru
