Hemisemidalis pallida ( Withycombe, 1924 )

Wachkoo, Aijaz Ahmad, Kaur, Simarjit, Akbar, Shahid Ali, Hassan, Muhammad Asghar, Pandher, Manpreet Singh & Oswald, John D., 2024, Catalog of the Neuropterida of India (Insecta: Neuroptera, Megaloptera, Raphidioptera), Zootaxa 5544 (1), pp. 1-128 : 93

Hemisemidalis pallida ( Withycombe, 1924)

Parasemidalis pallida Withycombe, 1924: 141 . Type locality: Egypt (Al Bahr al Ahmar: near Cairo, Wadi Digla ).

Parasemidalis tamaricis Meinander, 1963: 106 . Type locality: Morocco (Aït-Melloul, near Oued Sous).

Parasemidalis kasyi H. Aspöck & U. Aspöck, 1965: 21 . Type locality: Afghanistan (Kunar: 25 km N Bari Kowt [ Barikot ].

Hemisemidalis fulvipennis Sziráki, 1999: 183 . Type locality: Pakistan (Gilgit–Baltistan: Sost).

Hemisemidalis hreblayi Sziráki, 1999: 183 . Type locality: Pakistan (Chitral: Shandur Pass).

World distribution: Afghanistan, Algeria, Egypt, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Mongolia, Morocco, Pakistan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Sudan, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Yemen [not India] ( Withycombe 1924: 144; H. Aspöck & U. Aspöck 1965: 21; Meinander 1972a: 292, 293; Meinander 1979: 341; Meinander 1990: 72; Monserrat 1996a: 19; H. Aspö ck et al. 2001: 384; Güsten 2003: 135; Sziráki & van Harten 2006: 429; Sziráki 2010: 295; Oswald 2024a).

Note: No specimens are known to confirm distribution in modern India. Previous Indian occurrence citations (e.g., Chandra & Sharma 2010: 10; Bhagat 2013: 15) refer to the localities Gupis, Hunza, and Sost, in Gilgit-Baltistan, all currently in Pakistan ( Sziráki 1999: 182).