New species of Sycorax (Diptera: Psychodidae) from the Brazilian Amazon

Abstract

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).

Keywords

• Taxonomy
• New taxa
• Hematophagous
• Neotropics