New species and records in the subgenus Brachypogon (Brachypogon) Kieffer from Peruvian Amazonia (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)

Abstract

El género Brachypogon Kieffer se cita por primera vez para Perú, y se describen e ilustran las siguientes cuatro especies nuevas del subgénero Brachypogon (Brachypogon) Kieffer: B. (B.) peruensis en el grupo fuscivenosus, y B. (B.) carpinteroi, B. (B.) jorgei y B. (B.) soavei en el grupo impar. El material estudiado fue capturado a la luz en la provincia de Cuzco, en el Amazonas peruano. Brachypogon (B.) apunctipennis Spinelli & Grogan, B. (B.) bimaculatus Spinelli & Grogan, y B. (B.) woodruffi Spinelli & Grogan se registran por primera vez para este área.

The genus Brachypogon Kieffer is newly recorded from Perú, and the following four new species of the subgenus Brachypogon (Brachypogon) Kieffer are described and illustrated: B. (B.) peruensis in the fuscivenosus group, and B. (B.) carpinteroi, B. (B.) jorgei and B. (B.) soavei in the impar group. The material was collected at light in Cuzco province, Peruvian Amazonia. Brachypogon (B.) apunctipennis Spinelli & Grogan, B. (B.) bimaculatus Spinelli & Grogan and B. (B.) woodruffi Spinelli & Grogan are recorded for the first time from the same area.