A new species of Sycorax (Diptera, Psychodidae, Sycoracinae) from the Pacific coast of Colombia

Description of two new species of Sycorax Curtis (Diptera, Psychodidae, Sycoracinae) from the Atlantic Rain Forest of Espírito Santo, Brazil

“…Another species of Sycorax, S. utriensis Bejarano, Duque & Vélez, was described by Bejarano et al (2008), and represents an atypical species of the genus for having a gonostyle without a long terminal spine and with multiple thick spines distributed along this structure. According to the key prepared by Bravo (2007), the two new species segregate with the two Brazilian species of Sycorax, S. longispinosa Bravo and S. assimilis Barretto, which have a gonostylus with only a long apical spine and a long subterminal bristle.…”

“…The genus Sycorax Curtis comprises 10 species in the Neotropical region (Barretto 1956, Duckhouse 1972, Young 1979, Bravo 2003, 2007, Bejarano et al 2008) and four of them are from Brazil: S. assimilis Barretto, 1956 andS. satchelli Barretto, 1956 from São Paulo State (Barretto 1956), S. bahiensis Bravo, 2003 from Bahia State (Bravo 2003), and S. longispinosa Bravo, 2007 from Pará State (Bravo 2007).…”

First fossil blood sucking Psychodidae in South America: a sycoracine moth fly (Insecta: Diptera) in the middle Miocene Amazonian amber

“…Th ey are currently represented by three genera, i.e., Sycorax Haliday in Curtis, 1839, Aposycorax Duckhouse, 1972 , andParasycorax Duckhouse, 1972 , even if some authors consider that all members of this subfamily must be placed in a single genus Sycorax (Jezek 1999 ;Bejarano et al . 2008 ).…”

“…2008 ). To date, only between 34 and 36 species have been described worldwide (Jezek 1999 ;Bravo 2003Bravo , 2007Bejarano et al . 2008 ).…”

A new species of Sycorax Curtis, 1839 from Atlantic Forest in southeastern Brazil

“…According to Jezek's revision (1999), there were 30 species of Sycoracinae described worldwide. After that, eight new species were published in Neotropics (Bravo 2003(Bravo , 2007Bejarano et al 2008;Bravo & Salazar-Valenzuela 2009;Bravo et al 2010), taking to 38 species of Sycoracinae described to date, 14 of which occur in the Neotropics. Jezek (1999) included all the current species of Sycoracinae in Sycorax Curtis, 1839, although for Duckhouse (1972) and this subfamily possesses three genera: Aposycorax Duckhouse, 1972, with one species; Parasycorax Duckhouse, 1972, with four species; and Sycorax, with 33.…”