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Issue: Vol. 2174 No. 1: 3 Aug. 2009
Type: Articles
Published: 2009-08-03
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2174.1.7
Page range: 63–68
Abstract views: 58
PDF downloaded: 4

Taxonomy of the genus Parasycorax Duckhouse (Diptera, Psychodidae, Sycoracinae), with description of a new species from Brazil

Unidade de Medicina Tropical, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Av. Marechal Campos 1, 468, 29040-090, Vitória, ES, Brazil
Unidade de Medicina Tropical, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Av. Marechal Campos 1, 468, 29040-090, Vitória, ES, Brazil
Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Av. Transnordestina s/n, 44036-900, Feira de Santana, BA, Brazil
Diptera Psychodidae Sycoracinae Parasycorax new species Neotropical Region Brazil key

Abstract

The genus Parasycorax Duckhouse, 1972 is reviewed and a key is provided for the four known species: Parasycorax satchelli (Barretto, 1956) from Brazil, P. filipinae (Quate, 1965) from Philippines, Parasycorax utriensis (Bejarano, Duque & Vélez, 2008) comb. n. from Colombia, and Parasycorax bidentis Santos, Ferreira & Bravo sp. n. from Brazil. A diagnosis of the type species of the genus is updated with observations of the specimens collected in Espírito Santo State, Brazil.

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