New species of Psychoda Latreille (Diptera: Psychodidae) from Brazilian Amazon with sexual association using molecular data

Abstract

Psychoda Latreille is one of the largest genera of Psychodidae, with around 450 species, from which more than 130 are known from only one of the sexes. This is a result of the high diversity, sympatry of close related species and scarcity of diagnostic characters to accurately associate males and females in this genus. Here we describe a new species, Psychoda dactyla sp. n., from Brazil, Amazonas, São Gabriel da Cachoeira with morphological description of male and female specimens associated by DNA-barcoding.

Keywords

• Amazonia
• drain fly
• integrative taxonomy
• moth-flies