Comantella fallei Back

Dennis, D. Steve, Barnes, Jeffrey K. & Knutson, Lloyd, 2008, Pupal cases of Nearctic robber flies (Diptera: Asilidae), Zootaxa 1868 (1), pp. 1-98 : 42-43

Comantella fallei Back

( Fig. 24 )

Dennis & Lavigne (1976a) gave a description of a female pupal case of C. fallei Back. That case, which they deposited in the United States National Museum , is labeled “Pawnee Grassland Pasture Range, Nunn, Colorado; X­11, 1972; S. Dennis Collector. ” This description should include the following: prothoracic spiracle elongate, pointed or tilted posteriorly; abdominal spiracles semi­circular to circular, raised above surface ,

some pointed or tilted posteriorly; abdominal segment 8 lacking spiracle; abdominal segment 9 with pair of obscure midventral tubercles and darkened area of cuticle on posterior edge.

Figures

FIGURE 24. Comantella fallei (Back), lateral view with enlarged dorsolateral view of anterior mesothoracic spine. Abbreviations: amsp = anterior mesothoracic spine, pthsr = prothoracic spiracle.