Tabanos

widespread lowland species found up to 700 mts.

This species is crepuscular, being most active at dusk.

Distribucion en Costa Rica:
Distribucion General: Panama; Ecuador.

Females feed on the blood of mammals, including humans.

Immature stages unknown.

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; frontoclypeus and genae not inflated; labella unsclerotized; vestiges of ocelli present or a distinct tubercle at the vertex; wings with a prominent dark pattern that leaves clear areas around the crossveins and the fork of veins R4 and R5; dark to pale brown species with brown legs; wing apex not markedly infuscated; legs with mid and hind tibiae brown or blackish; a dark spot present at the base of cell r4; antennae not unusually broad; frons 7-8 times as high as the basal width; wing pattern black, cells br and bm over half black, discal band broad and intense.

Localidad del tipo: Panama, Bocas del Toro, Chiriquicito.
Depositario del tipo: London: The Natural History Museum.
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