Tabanos

Distribucion en Costa Rica: Limón: Limón. Puntarenas: Golfito; Osa.
Distribucion General: Nicaragua to western Panama.

Feeding habits unknown.

Immature stages unknown.

Hind tibiae without apical spurs; basicosta without strong setae; third antennal segment with a strong dorsobasal forward pointing spine which often reaches to or beyond the end of the basal flagellomere; eyes bare; not a stout, bee-like species; antennal scape not greatly elongated; frontal callus as wide as the front; mesoscutum transversely banded; frontoclypeus tomentose; at least the fifth tergite with a pale hind border or tuft or triangle of pale hairs; posterior margin of the wing fascia straight or somewhat dentate, generally passing proximal to the fork of veins R4 and R5, fascia faint and dilute, strongest along the proximal border; mesoscutum and abdomen with prominent yellow haired bands; prescutellar pale band as wide or wider than the dark bands; femora all yellow; front 3.4 to 4 times as high as the basal width; males with upper eye facets only slightly enlarged.

Localidad del tipo: Costa Rica, Puntarenas, Palmar.
Depositario del tipo: Cambridge: Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University.
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