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Issue: Vol. 2093 No. 1: 6 May. 2009
Type: Article
Published: 2009-05-06
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2093.1.2
Page range: 37–42
Abstract views: 30
PDF downloaded: 2

A new species of Sycorax Curtis (Diptera, Psychodidae, Sycoracinae) collected on harlequin frogs (Anura: Bufonidae, Atelopus) in the Ecuadorian Andes

Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Av. Universitária s/n, 44031-460, Feira de Santana-BA, Brazil
Museo de Zoología, Escuela de Biología, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Av. 12 de Octubre 1076 y Roca, Aptdo 17-01-2184, Quito, Ecuador
Diptera Psychodidae Sycoracinae Sycorax new species Harlequin frogs Atelopus Neotropical Region Andes Ecuador

Abstract

Sycorax wampukrum sp. nov. is described from the Amazonian slopes of the Cordillera Oriental of southern Ecuadorian Andes. This new species constitutes the first record of the genus from Ecuador. Males and females of this new species were found in contact with the dorsal surfaces of head, body and extremities of male individuals of harlequin frogs, thus establishing the second record of species of the genus Sycorax feeding on frog blood.

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