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New Sycoracinae (Diptera, Psychodidae) from southern Brazil
Claudiney Biral Dos Santos1, Freddy Bravo2, Aloísio Falqueto3
1Núcleo de Entomologia e Malacologia da Secretaria de Estado da Saúde do Estado do Espírito Santo, Brazil - NEMES. Avenida Marechal Campos 1468, 29040-090 Vitória, ES, Brazil Unidade de Medicina Tropical, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Av. Marechal Campos 1,468, 29043-900, Vitória, ES, Brazil;
Abstract:
Two new species of Sycorax from the Atlantic Rain Forest of Espírito Santo, Sycorax canaanensis Santos, Bravo & Falqueto sp. nov. and Sycorax tuberculata Santos, Bravo & Falqueto sp. nov. are described and illustrated. Male speci-mens were collected with CDC light traps in the Biological Reserve of Augusto Ruschi, municipality of Santa Teresa, state of Espírito Santo, Brazil. This finding raises the number of described Western Hemisphere Sycorax species to 15.
