New species of Sycorax (Diptera: Psychodidae) from the Brazilian Amazon
Abstract Moth flies of the subfamily Sycoracinae have been associated with anurans. Females of some species have been found feeding on the blood of these vertebrates. Here we describe a new species of the genus Sycorax Curtis from a preserved site of Amazon Forest in the city of Manaus, Amazonas, Br...
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| description | Abstract Moth flies of the subfamily Sycoracinae have been associated with anurans. Females of some species have been found feeding on the blood of these vertebrates. Here we describe a new species of the genus Sycorax Curtis from a preserved site of Amazon Forest in the city of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil, with one male specimen collected in the dorsum of the frog Anomaloglossus stepheni (Martins). |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3c9e0458364748358bddcb152ac073f02023-12-12T07:49:49ZengUniversidade de São PauloPapéis Avulsos de Zoologia1807-02052023-12-016310.11606/1807-0205/2023.63.037New species of Sycorax (Diptera: Psychodidae) from the Brazilian AmazonDanilo Pacheco Cordeirohttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3085-8628Freddy Bravohttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0959-0767Adriane Costa Ramireshttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2547-614XAbstract Moth flies of the subfamily Sycoracinae have been associated with anurans. Females of some species have been found feeding on the blood of these vertebrates. Here we describe a new species of the genus Sycorax Curtis from a preserved site of Amazon Forest in the city of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil, with one male specimen collected in the dorsum of the frog Anomaloglossus stepheni (Martins).http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0031-10492023000100237&lng=en&tlng=enTaxonomyNew taxaHematophagousNeotropics |
| spellingShingle | Danilo Pacheco Cordeiro Freddy Bravo Adriane Costa Ramires New species of Sycorax (Diptera: Psychodidae) from the Brazilian Amazon Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia Taxonomy New taxa Hematophagous Neotropics |
| title | New species of Sycorax (Diptera: Psychodidae) from the Brazilian Amazon |
| title_full | New species of Sycorax (Diptera: Psychodidae) from the Brazilian Amazon |
| title_fullStr | New species of Sycorax (Diptera: Psychodidae) from the Brazilian Amazon |
| title_full_unstemmed | New species of Sycorax (Diptera: Psychodidae) from the Brazilian Amazon |
| title_short | New species of Sycorax (Diptera: Psychodidae) from the Brazilian Amazon |
| title_sort | new species of sycorax diptera psychodidae from the brazilian amazon |
| topic | Taxonomy New taxa Hematophagous Neotropics |
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