16 Fauna of Peru

The non-marine molluscs of Peru are a part of the molluscan fauna of Peru.

Auxotricha ochrogypsa is a moth in the family Elachistidae or Oechophoridae, and the only species in the genus Auxotricha. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1931 from 3 specimens. It is found in the Iquitos region of Peru.

Choeradodis rhombicollis, common name Peruvian shield mantis, is a species of praying mantis native to North America, Central America, and South America. It is found in Belize, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Colombia, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, and Surinam. It was formerly categorized as Choeradodis columbica (Beier 1931), as Choeradodis peruviana (Serville 1839), and as Mantis rhombicollis (Latreille 1833).

Choeradodis stalii is a species of praying mantis with common names that include tropical shield mantis, hooded mantis, and leaf mantis. It is found in Brazil, Ecuador, French Guiana, Panama, and Peru.

Concholepas concholepas, the Chilean abalone, is a species of large edible sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk. Despite the superficial resemblance, C. concholepas is not a true abalone, but a member of the family Muricidae, also known as murex snails or rock snails. This species is native to the coasts of Chile and Peru, where it is called loco or pata de burro and chanque.

Doxocopa agathina, the agathina emperor, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Guyanas, northern Brazil, and the Amazon region. It is also called the purple emperor but this name may also refer to the European butterfly Apatura iris.

Doxocopa laurentia, the turquoise emperor or Cherubina emperor, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae.

Galeichthys is a genus of sea catfishes. The only genus in the subfamily Galeichthyinae, this genus includes four species.

Merluccius gayi is a merluccid hake of the genus Merluccius, with two subspecies, the South Pacific hake or Chilean common hake and the Peruvian hake, found in the south-western Pacific Ocean, along the coast of South America, from Peru to the Chilean coasts north to the Chiloé Archipelago. During the Southern Hemisphere summer, it migrates southwards in shallow waters, while in the winter, it lives more to the north, in far deeper waters.

Paracetopsis is a genus of whale catfishes found in tropical South America.

Pseudoplatystoma is a genus of several South American catfish species of family Pimelodidae. The species are known by a number of different common names. They typically inhabit major rivers where they prefer the main channels and tend to stay at maximum depth, but some species can also be seen in lakes, flooded forests, and other freshwater habitats. They have robust bodies, and are important food fish. Recently, their population size has been on the drastic decline due to a variety of factors including overfishing and habitat destruction due to the construction of hydroelectric dams.

Pseudorhabdosynochus jeanloui is a diplectanid monogenean parasitic on the gills of the Pacific creolefish, Paranthias colonus. It has been described in 2015 by Knoff, Cohen, Cárdenas, Cárdenas-Callirgos & Gomes.

Stalachtis calliope is a species of butterfly of the family Riodinidae. It is found in the South America.

Thrixopelma ockerti, commonly known as the Peruvian flame rump, is a species of tarantula and the type species of the genus Thrixopelma. It is endemic to Peru.

Triatoma infestans, commonly called winchuka (vinchuca) in Argentina, Bolivia and Chile, barbeiro in Brazil, chipo in Venezuela and also known as "kissing bug" or "barber bug" in English, is a blood-sucking bug and the most important vector of Trypanosoma cruzi which can lead to Chagas disease. It is widespread in the Southern Cone countries of South America; in all these countries T. infestans is almost an exclusively domestic species, except in Bolivia where sylvatic forms have been recorded in rock piles in association with wild guinea pigs. This region has joined the control intervention called Southern Cone Initiative managed by the PAHO.

Yanguna cometes is a species of skipper butterfly in the family Hesperiidae.