Check List 12(1): e19431, doi: 10.15560/12.1.1829
The robber flies (Diptera, Asilidae) from Marambaia Island, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
expand article infoRonald Rodrigues Guimarães, Ronald Rodrigues Guimarães Júnior§, Rodrigo Vieira|, Roney Rodrigues Guimarães, Gilberto dos Santos Seppa#, Raimundo Wilson de Carvalho#
‡ Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sérgio Arouca-ENSP-FIOCRUZ Centro de Educação e Pesquisas em Medicina Ambiental, Brazil§ Centro de Educação e Pesquisas em Medicina Ambiental Associação Brasileira de Ensino Universitário, Brazil| Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Brazil¶ Universidade de Barra Mansa, Brazil# Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sérgio Arouca, Brazil
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Abstract
During studies on tabanids (horse-fly) populations on Marambaia Island, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the authors collected specimens of robber flies, which are predatory flies belonging to the dipteran family Asilidae. Robber fly species were identified as Lecania leucopyga (Wiedemann, 1828), Mallophora calida (Fabricius, 1787), Triorla striola (Fabricius, 1805) and an undetermined specimen of Taurhynchus genus. Lecania leucopyga (Wiedemann, 1828) and Triorla striola (Fabricius, 1805) are recorded for the first time in Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil. 
Keywords
biodiversity; horse-flies; natural enemies, Neotropical region; Atlantic island