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Tabanos

Stypommisa jaculator (Fairchild 1942)

Habitat

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Found in forested areas at about 700 mts.
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John Burger
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Manuel A. Zumbado
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Behavior

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This species seems to be primarily arboreal.
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John Burger
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Manuel A. Zumbado
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Distribution

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Distribucion en Costa Rica:
Distribucion General: Panama; Colombia; Guyana.
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Manuel A. Zumbado
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Trophic Strategy

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Females feed on the blood of mammals, including humans.
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Manuel A. Zumbado
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Life Cycle

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Immature stages unknown.
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Diagnostic Description

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Hind tibiae without apical spurs; basicosta with sparse strong setae not as dense as on the adjoining costa; third antennal segment with at most an acute dorsobasal angle; tibiae not inflated; frontal callus present, usually narrower than the frons; frontoclypeus and genae not inflated; labella unsclerotized; vestiges of ocelli present or a distinct tubercle present at the vertex; mid and hind tibiae not prominently bicolored; wings usually spotted or tinted; fork of veins R4 and R5 without a spur; legs brown, at least in part; mesoscutum at most weakly striped; abdomen without prominent bluish pruinosity, but with pale hind margins and large pale haired median triangles on all tergites.
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INBio, Costa Rica
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John Burger
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Manuel A. Zumbado
editor
Cristian Granados y Elvia Zumbado
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Diagnostic Description

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Localidad del tipo: Panama, Canal Zone, Bohio.
Depositario del tipo: Cambridge: Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University.
Recolector del tipo:
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INBio, Costa Rica
author
John Burger
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Manuel A. Zumbado
editor
Cristian Granados y Elvia Zumbado
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INBio