Specimens inventory of tabanidae (Diptera) of entomological collection of national museum of natural history-universidade federal do Rio de Janeiro

Abstract

A checklist of tabanids of the Entomological Collection of National Museum of Natural History-Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro is provide. A total of 5,325 specimens was examined of which 2,916 were found identified, belonging to 341 species, 42 genera e four varieties, collected from all continents since 1902. The currently taxa names were provided when possible, also currently localities of collections.