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Tabanidae of Colombia 
Vertex of female without tubercle, flat. Eyes of female 
bare, of male either bare or pilose Tabanus. 
26. Vertex with at least traces of ocelli. Eyes in both sexes 
bare, unicolorous. Frons rather narrow. Scutellum 
covered with white or yellowish hairs Leucotabanus. 
Vertex without even traces of ocelli. Eyes in both sexes 
pilose, pubescent or with a few scattered hairs; in life 
often with color bands in the female. Frons relatively 
broad Hybomitra. 
*1. Chrysops variegata (Degeer). Synonyms: Tabanus varie- 
gatus Degeer, 1776; Tabanus co status Fabricius, 1794; Chry- 
sops subfascipennis Macquart, 1855. 
Antioquia: near Medellin (N. Weber; also reported by Dunn, 
1929) ; Porcecito, Rio Porce (N. Weber). — Magdalena: Tucu- 
rinca (reported by Curran, 1928). — Meta: El Caibe (reported 
by Antunes, 1937); Villavicencio (J. Bequaert). — Putumayo: 
Puerto Limon (S. Renjifo) ; Mocoa (S. Renjifo). — Santander 
Sur: Puerto Olaya (J. Bequaert). — Valle del Cauca: Palmira 
(B. Losada S.) ; Hacienda La Carmelita, Rio Frio (S. Renjifo). 
— Vaupes: between San Jose del Guaviare and Calamar (A. 
Gast. — Determined by G. Fairchild). — Ad. Lutz (1909) and 
Krober (1925) reported this species from Colombia, without 
definite locality, as C. costatus and C. costatus var. subfasci- 
pennis. 
*2a. Chrysops beta Fabricius, 1805. 
Amazonas: El Encanto (recorded by Krober, 1925). — An- 
tioquia: near Medellin (N. Weber); Porcecito, Rio Porce (N. 
Weber). — Caqueta: Florencia (Romulo Patino). — Choco: 
Andagoya (F. Otoya. — Determined by G. Fairchild) ; Utria 
(J. Boshell. — Determined by G. Fairchild). — Meta: El Caibe 
(reported by Antunes, 1937); Restrepo (J. Bequaert); Villavi- 
cencio (M. Bates; J. Bequaert). — Putumayo: Puerto Limon 
(S. Renjifo). — Valle del Cauca: Sonso (S. Renjifo) ; Hacienda 
El Tablazo, Tulua (S. Renjifo). — Krober (1925) records C. 
Iceta also from Bogota, but this locality is probably erroneous. 
2b. Chrysops beta var. nigroviolacea Krober, 1925. 
Amazonas: Rio Igara-Parana (reported by Pechuman, 1937). 
— Not seen by us from Colombia. 
*3. Chrysops leucospila Wiedemann, 1828. 
Boyaca: Muzo (J. Bequaert). — Meta: El Caibe (reported 
by Antunes, 1937) ; Villavicencio (M. Bates. — Determined by 
