Tabanos

Usually collected in woodland areas at about 1500 mts.

Adults seem to be rather rarely collected and may possibly be crepuscular or nocturnal.

Distribucion en Costa Rica:
Distribucion General: U.S.A. (southeastern Arizona) to western Panama.

Females probably feed on the blood of mammals.

Immature stages have been collected from wet soil around springs and seepage areas about 30-120 cm from water, and under rotting logs partially buried in wet soil, and along the margins of spring-fed ponds. The larvae can burrow quite deeply in the soil to avoid desiccation during dry periods.

Hind tibiae without apical spurs; basicosta with strong setae as dense as those on the adjoining costa; vertex without a tubercle; scutellum without a velvety black spot; not wholly black; wing clear; subcallus tomentose; large, stout blackish, reddish or brown species; mesoscutum striped; abdomen with a median row of slender pale triangles, and dorsolateral rows of small, round, discrete pale spots (females), or abdomen hoary white and white pilose (males).

Localidad del tipo: "Mexico"
Depositario del tipo: London: The Natural History Museum.
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