New species of <i>Sycorax</i> (Diptera: Psychodidae) from the Brazilian Amazon

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

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Danilo Pacheco Cordeiro ⁵5E-mail: d.pacheco.c@gmail.com (corresponding author)

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reviewed and approved the final version of the paper

Instituto Nacional da Mata Atlântica (INMA). Santa Teresa, ES, Brasil.Instituto Nacional da Mata AtlânticaBrasilSanta Teresa, ES, BrasilInstituto Nacional da Mata Atlântica (INMA). Santa Teresa, ES, Brasil.

Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA). Manaus, AM, Brasil.Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da AmazôniaBrasilManaus, AM, BrasilInstituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA). Manaus, AM, Brasil.

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3085-8628

Freddy Bravo ⁶6E-mail: fbravo@uefs.br

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reviewed and approved the final version of the paper

Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana (UEFS), Departamento de Ciências Biológicas (DCBIO), Laboratório de Sistemática de Insetos (LASIS). Feira de Santana, BA, Brasil.Universidade Estadual de Feira de SantanaBrasilFeira de Santana, BA, BrasilUniversidade Estadual de Feira de Santana (UEFS), Departamento de Ciências Biológicas (DCBIO), Laboratório de Sistemática de Insetos (LASIS). Feira de Santana, BA, Brasil.

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0959-0767

Adriane Costa Ramires ⁷7E-mail: adriianeramires@hotmail.com

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Independent researcher. Manaus, AM, Brasil.Independent researcher. Manaus, AM, Brasil.BrasilManaus, AM, BrasilIndependent researcher. Manaus, AM, Brasil.

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2547-614X

⁵E-mail: d.pacheco.c@gmail.com (corresponding author)

⁶E-mail: fbravo@uefs.br

⁷E-mail: adriianeramires@hotmail.com

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Carlos José Einicker Lamas

CONFLICTS OF INTEREST:

Authors declare there are no conflicts of interest.

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Independent researcher. Manaus, AM, Brasil.Independent researcher. Manaus, AM, Brasil.BrasilManaus, AM, BrasilIndependent researcher. Manaus, AM, Brasil.

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Sycorax manauarasp. nov., male head. (1) Anterior view. (2) Posterior view. (3) Head and complete antennae. (4) Detail of flagellomeres 1-3 with ascoids. (5) Detail of apical flagellomeres.

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Sycorax manauarasp. nov., male body. (6) Lateral view. (7) Thorax, lateral view. (8) Wing. (9) Abdomen, dorsal view.

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Sycorax manauarasp. nov., male Terminalia. (10) Lateral view. (11) Dorsal view. (12) Ventral view. (13) Detailed drawing of lateral view. (14) Detail of aedeagal complex. Abbreviations: ae = aedeagus; ce = cercus; ea = ejaculatory apodeme; ep = epandrium; gc = gonocoxite; gn = gonostyle; ipr = internal branch of paramere; pb = parameral bridge; pr = paramere.

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Figures 15-18
Sycorax manauarasp. nov., female. (15) Head, anterior view. (16) Wing. (17) Apex of abdomen, ventral view. (18) Genital fork (white arrow) and sphermathecal ducts (black arrow).

Figures 1-5 Sycorax manauarasp. nov., male head. (1) Anterior view. (2) Posterior view. (3) Head and complete antennae. (4) Detail of flagellomeres 1-3 with ascoids. (5) Detail of apical flagellomeres.

Figures 6-9 Sycorax manauarasp. nov., male body. (6) Lateral view. (7) Thorax, lateral view. (8) Wing. (9) Abdomen, dorsal view.

Figures 10-14 Sycorax manauarasp. nov., male Terminalia. (10) Lateral view. (11) Dorsal view. (12) Ventral view. (13) Detailed drawing of lateral view. (14) Detail of aedeagal complex. Abbreviations: ae = aedeagus; ce = cercus; ea = ejaculatory apodeme; ep = epandrium; gc = gonocoxite; gn = gonostyle; ipr = internal branch of paramere; pb = parameral bridge; pr = paramere.

Figures 15-18 Sycorax manauarasp. nov., female. (15) Head, anterior view. (16) Wing. (17) Apex of abdomen, ventral view. (18) Genital fork (white arrow) and sphermathecal ducts (black arrow).

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[1] ⁵E-mail: d.pacheco.c@gmail.com (corresponding author)