A new species of the Culicoides hylas species group, Culicoides pseudoheliconiae Felippe-Bauer is described and illustrated based on female specimens from Peruvian Amazon, and Culicoides contubernalis Ortiz & Leon from Ecuador is resurrected and redescribed as a valid species. A systematic key, table with numerical characters of females of species of the Culicoides hylas group are given.
Culicoides hylas group; C. pseudoheliconiae sp.n.; C. contubernalis; Neotropical bloodsucking midges; Peruvian Amazon; Ecuador
