%0 Journal Article %T A survey of the family Muscidae (Diptera) (except for Coenosiinae) from Mbaracay¨² forest, Paraguay %A Sch¨¹hli %A Guilherme S. %A Nihei %A Silvio S. %A Carvalho %A Claudio J. B. de %J Revista de la Sociedad Entomol£¿3gica Argentina %D 2011 %I Sociedad Entomol¨®gica Argentina %X a survey of the muscid (diptera) fauna of the mbaracay¨² forest is presented. the forest is a unesco biosphere reserve located in cuenca alta del r¨ªo jeju¨ª, canindey¨² department, eastern paraguay. the paper constitutes the first muscid survey for paraguay and contributes for the main priorities of the paraguayan plan estrat¨¦gico del sistema nacional de ¨¢reas silvestres protegidas. the specimens were sampled in five different biomes within the park area during 1996. the sampling method employed continuous sampling with malaise traps. the survey accounted for 22 genera and 52 species, comprising four genera (dolichophaonia carvalho, haematobia le peletier, sarcopromusca townsend, and stomoxys geoffroy) and 21 species not yet registered for paraguay. the results included sampled specimens information including biome, date and taxonomic position. %K inventory %K biodiversity %K upper paran¨¢ river %K checklist. %U http://www.scielo.org.ar/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0373-56802011000100014&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en