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Behavior

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This species is probably nocturnal.
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Manuel A. Zumbado
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Distribution

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Distribucion en Costa Rica: Heredia: Sarapiquí. Limón: Pococí. Puntarenas: Golfito; Osa.
Distribucion General: Panama.
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Trophic Strategy

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Some species have been observed feeding on reptiles such as caimans. Species of this genus seem to prefer to feed on reptiles.
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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 without strong setae; third antennal segment with at most an acute dorsobasal angle; tibiae not inflated; frontal callus present; frontoclypeus and genae not produced; labella at least partly shiny sclerotized; front narrow, over 5 times as high as the basal width; callus small, narrower than the front; third antennal segment with a strong dorsal angle; body dull yellowish, abdomen slightly greenish in life; wings with an unusually long spur at the fork of veins R4 and R5; legs largely blackish; abdomen with a broad yellowish middorsal stripe.
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Elvia Zumbado
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Diagnostic Description

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Localidad del tipo: Panama, Bocas del Toro, Almirante.
Depositario del tipo: Cambridge: Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University.
Recolector del tipo:
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John Burger
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Manuel A. Zumbado
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Cristian Granados
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Elvia Zumbado
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