Abstract
Recent morphological and genetic studies have shown the existence of many species belonging to Aegla Leach, 1820 that were formerly referred to as a single species with a wide distribution. Several other taxa of the group are suspected of constituting complexes of cryptic species. This is the case of Aegla jarai Bond-Buckup & Buckup, 1994; A. odebrechtii Müller, 1876; and A. parva Bond-Bu…