Dasypogoninae
Blepharepiini
Blepharepium
Dasypogonini
Lestomyia
Parataracticus
Saropogon
Taracticus
Isopogonini
Comantella *
Cophura
Hodophylax
Nicocles
Omninablautus
Lastaurini
Diogmites
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Comantella Curran, 1923
[Dasypogoninae: Isopogonini]
Neotropical
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Nearctic
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Palaearctic
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Afrotropical
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Oriental
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Australian & Oceania
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Description:
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Curran, C.H. (1923): Studies in Canadian Diptera. I. Revision of the asilid genus Cyrtopogon and allied genera. - The Canadian Entomologist 55: 92-95, 116-125, 132-142, 169-174, 185-190 [93]; Ottawa.
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Type species:
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Cyrtopogon maculosus Coquillett, 1904: 184
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Literature:
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Curran, C.H. (1923): Studies in Canadian Diptera. I. Revision of the asilid genus Cyrtopogon and allied genera. - The Canadian Entomologist 55: 92-95, 116-125, 132-142, 169-174, 185-190; Ottawa [key]. Curran, C.H. (1926): A new species of Comantella (Asilidae, Diptera). - The Canadian Entomologist 58: 310-312; Ottawa [key]. James, M.T. (1937): The genus Comantella Curran (Diptera, Asilidae). - Pan-Pacific Entomologist 13: 61-63; San Francisco [key].
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Nearctic species:
- Comantella cristata (Coquillett, 1893)
- Comantella fallei (Back, 1909)
- Comantella pacifica Curran, 1926
- Comantella rotgeri James, 1937
Comantella rotgeri James, 1937
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Founded on:
James, M.T. (1937): The genus Comantella Curran (Diptera, Asilidae). - Pan-Pacific Entomologist 13: 61-63; San Francisco. [amended]
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Style one-third as long as the long slender postpedicel, venter black-haired, et least on the anterior segments.
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Style over half as long as the shorter. laterally gently convex, postpedicel, venter wholly pale haired.
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Thorax mane set on a definitely demarcated black vitta . . . . . Comantella rotgeri James, 1937 [CO, NM, UT, AZ, CAN, ALB]
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Medial vitta of thorax at most but poorly defined . . . . . Comantella fallei (Back, 1909) [CO, WY, NE, UT, CAN, ALB]
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Scutellum with 4-6 bristles . . . . . Comantella cristata (Coquillett, 1893) [CA]
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Scutellum with 10 or more bristles . . . . . Comantella pacifica Curran, 1926 [CAN, BCA, USA, WA, UT, OR, NV]
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