Tabanos

This species is primarily crepuscular.

Distribucion en Costa Rica:
Distribucion General: Panama to Colombia; French Guiana, ?Brazil.

Females feed on the blood of large mammals including humans.

Immature stages unknown.

Hind tibiae with apical spurs; antennal flagellum with 8 distinct flagellomeres; ocelli present; eyes densely pilose; cell m3 of the wing always open, cell r5 open or closed and petiolate; legs not bicolored; abdomen largely black pilose; small species, wing length usually less than 12 mm; antennae bright yellow; wings smoky hyaline; abdominal tergites 5-7 sparsely white haired and often with median white triangles on tergites 3-4.

Localidad del tipo: Costa Rica: La Suiza de Turrialba.
Depositario del tipo: Washington: National Museum of Natural History, U.S.A.
Recolector del tipo: