Tabanos

This species occurs in areas of high rainfall.

Distribucion en Costa Rica:
Distribucion General: Guatemala to Ecuador; ?Guyana; ?Peru.

Females feed on the blood of mammals, including humans.

Immature stages unknown.

Hind tibiae without apical spurs; basicosta with strong setae as dense as those on the adjoining costa; vertex without a tubercle; scutellum and posterior margin of the mesoscutum without a black velvety spot; body not wholly black; subcallus bare and shiny; abdomen black or dark brown, with a single prominent pale middorsal stripe covering tergites 1-6; frons over 6 times as high as the basal width; wing somewhat smoky along the foreborder and apex.

Localidad del tipo: Costa Rica, San Carlos.
Depositario del tipo: Washington: National Museum of Natural History (U.S.A.).
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