Tabanos

This species occurs in heavily forested areas with high rainfall at elevations at least up to 1000 mts.

This species is highly arboreal and is rarely collected at ground level.

Distribucion en Costa Rica:
Distribucion General: Nicaragua to Ecuador.

Females feed on the blood of mammals, and seem to be strongly attracted to 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, usually narrower than the front; frontoclypeus and genae not inflated; labella unsclerotized; vestiges of ocelli present or a distinct tubercle at the vertex; mid and hind tibiae not prominently bicolored; wing usually spotted or tinted; fork of veins R4 and R5 without a spur; legs entirely black, black haired; mesoscutum prominently bluish white striped; abdomen with at least the first two tergites bluish pruinose, and tergites 2-6 with small middorsal triangles and posterior lateral margins white haired.

Localidad del tipo: Panama, San Blas, Pito.
Depositario del tipo: Cambridge: Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University.
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