Abstract
The Bancrofti species group of the biting midge genus Culicoides Latreille which embraces two species from Australia and Papua New Guinea is revised. A diagnosis for the group along with a first description of adult male C. bancrofti Lee & Reye and redescriptions of female adult C. bancrofti and male and female adult C. hornsbyensis Lee & Reye are presented together with keys for their specific determination.
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