Cophinopoda chinensis ( Fabricius, 1794 )

Yatoo, Suhaib Firdous, Wachkoo, Aijaz Ahmad, Pillai, Kavya G. & Cohen, Chris M., 2024, Catalog of the Robber Flies of India (Diptera: Asilidae), Zootaxa 5509 (1), pp. 1-88 : 51

Cophinopoda chinensis ( Fabricius, 1794)

Asilus chinensis Fabricius, 1794: 383 . Type locality: China [Lectotype?, NHMD].

Dasypogon flavescens Fabricius, 1805: 169 . Type locality: Indonesia (Sumatra) [Type?, NHMD] .

Ommatius fulvidus Wiedemann, 1821: 214 . Type locality: Indonesia (Java) [Holotype ♂, NHMD].

Ommatius coryphe Walker, 1849: 469 . Type locality: unknown [Holotype ♂, NHMUK].

Ommatius pennus Walker, 1849: 469 . Type locality: Korea [corea] [Lectotype ♂, NHMUK].

Indian distribution: Andaman & Nicobar Islands: South Andaman Dist.: Port Blair (city): Chidiya Tapu [Chiriatapu] (beach), Corbyn’s Cove Beach (beach), Rutland Island (island); Andhra Pradesh: [no further locality]; Assam: Dibrugarh Dist.: Chabua (town); Kokrajhar Dist.: Raimona (reserve); Tinsukia Dist.: Rupai (village); Bihar: Samastipur Dist.: Pusa (town); Saran Dist.: Chhapra [Chapra] (city); Kerala: Thrissur [Trichur] Dist.: Valapad (village); Meghalaya: East Garo Hills Dist.: Darugiri [Darugimi] Forest Rest House (locale); East Khasi Hills Dist.: Cherrapunji (town); Odisha [Orissa]: Cuttack Dist.: Cuttack (city); Rajasthan: Jodhpur Dist.: Balsamand [Balsamandh] (lake); Sirohi Dist.: Kiwarli [Kiarali] (village); Sikkim: Pakyong Dist.: Rangpo (town): Mining [Miming] (locality); Tamil Nadu: Coimbatore Dist.: Coimbatore (city); Tripura: [no further locality]; Uttarakhand: Uttarkashi Dist.: Harsil [Herseil] (village); West Bengal: Kalimpong Dist.: Kalimpong (town) ( Lal 1960: 70; Oldroyd 1964a: 250; Joseph & Parui 1987c: 95; 1987e: 209; 1987f: 151; 1990a: 36; 1990b: 265; 1990c: 104; 1993b: 100; 1993c: 299; 1995: 14; 1997a: 103; 1998: 161; 1999a: 99; Parui 2003: 332; Mitra et al. 2005: 149; Banerjee et al. 2020: 584; Pillai et al. 2023: 415).

World distribution: Borneo, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Nepal, Sri Lanka ( Fabricius 1794: 383; 1805: 169; Walker 1849: 469; Lal 1960: 70; Oldroyd 1964a: 250; 1975: 129).

Emphysomera Schiner, 1867

* Emphysomera bengalensis (Joseph & Parui, 1987)

Ommatius bengalensis Joseph & Parui, 1987d: 228 . Type locality: India (West Bengal: Sukna ) [Holotype ♂, BPBM].

Indian distribution: Meghalaya: South Garo Hills Dist.: Gasuapara (village); Sibbari (village); West Bengal: Darjeeling Dist.: Sukna (village) ( Joseph & Parui 1987d: 229; 1990a: 38; 1997a: 105; 1998: 191; 1999a: 100; Scarbrough & Marascia 1999: 209; Sen et al. 2016: 210).

* Emphysomera biharensis (Joseph & Parui, 1987)

Ommatius biharensis Joseph & Parui, 1987f: 151 . Type locality: India (Bihar: Pusa) [Holotype ♂, USNM]. Indian distribution: Bihar: Samastipur Dist.: Pusa [Puca] (town) ( Joseph & Parui 1987f: 152; 1998: 192; Scarbrough & Marascia 1999: 204; Sen et al. 2016: 210).