List of species of Bombyliidae (Diptera) with records for the Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil

Abstract

A list of the Bombyliidae species with record for the Rio de Janeiro State was elaborated. The information was taken from the world catalogue of Bombyliidae and from records found the two major Diptera collections, regarding the representative of the Brazilian southeast fauna: the collection of Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro and the collection of Museu de Zoologia, Universidade de São Paulo. A map demonstrating the distribution of the Bombyliidae species is also presented. The small number of species found (only 28 of the 472 Neotropical species) can be explained by the concentration of projects in certain areas, suggesting collecting efforts to increase the knowledge of the group, focusing the areas poorly investigated.