Pupal cases of Nearctic robber flies (Diptera: Asilidae) Author Dennis, D. Steve Author Barnes, Jeffrey K. Author Knutson, Lloyd text Zootaxa 2008 2008-09-03 1868 1 1 98 https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1868.1.1 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.1868.1.1 1175­5334 5133591 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.