Checklist de Bombyliidae (Diptera) no Estado do Mato Grosso do Sul

Abstract

ABSTRACT. Checklist of Bombyliidae (Diptera) from Mato Grosso do Sul state. Bombyliidae is one of the largest Diptera families with more than 4,500 worldwide species. Their species vary from robust to thin, and may be small to large (2-20 mm) and looks like bees or wasps. Adults can often be seen either resting and sunning themselves on trails, rocks or twigs or feeding on fl owering plants as they are nectar feeders. All known larvae of bee fl ies are predators or parasitoids of arthropods. The Brazilian fauna of bombyliids comprises at the moment 110 species of which 12 have been recorded to the state of Mato Grosso do Sul.