The following statistics are based on version 8.5 of the BioSystematic Database of World Diptera. For the Neotropical region this version contains a total of 34,821 species name records of which 29,783 (86%) represent valid species. 96% of the species are endemic to the Neotropical region.

For statistics on other biogeographic regions click on the following links:
All Biotic Regions
Afrotropical Region
Australasian/Oceanian Region
Nearctic Region
Oriental Region
Palaearctic Region

Source tables: valid species per family, valid species per year, name records per family, name records per year.