Pegesimallus volcatus ( Walker, 1849 )

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 : 39

Pegesimallus volcatus ( Walker, 1849)

Dasypogon volcatus Walker, 1849: 346 . Type locality: Indonesia? [ East Indies ] [Holotype ♀, NHMUK].

Dasypogon hypsaon Walker, 1849: 348 . Type locality: China [Holotype ♀, NHMUK].

Dasypogon cerco Walker, 1849: 349 . Type locality: China ( Hong Kong) [Holotype ♀, NHMUK].

Cenopogon bifidus Wulp, 1898: 121 . Type locality: India (West Bengal: Darjeeling); Indonesia (Java: Sukabumi ) [Syntypes ♂, ♀, HNHM].

Indian distribution: Andhra Pradesh: [no further locality]; Assam: Kamrup Metropolitan Dist.: Guwahati [Gauhati] (city); Himachal Pradesh: Kullu Dist.: Bajaura (town); Karnataka: Bengaluru Urban Dist.: Bengaluru [Bangalore] (city); Kodagu Dist.: Madikeri [Mercara] (town); Kerala: Idukki Dist.: Peermade [Pirmed] (village); Thiruvananthapuram Dist.: Ponmudi [Poonmudi] Range (mountain); Wayanad Dist.: Chembra Peak Area (mountain); Sikkim: South Sikkim Dist.: Melli (town); Uttarakhand: Dehradun Dist.: Dehradun (city); Uttar Pradesh: [no further locality]; West Bengal: Darjeeling Dist.: Darjeeling (town); Sukna (village); Jalpaiguri Dist.: Gorumara [Garumara] Forest (reserve); Kalimpong Dist.: Kalimpong (town) ( Wulp 1898: 122; Lal 1960: 71; Londt 1980: 333; Joseph & Parui 1983a: 314; 1984b: 36; 1990a: 27; 1991: 244; 1995: 5; 1997a: 96; 1997b: 9; Parui 2003: 332; Pillai et al. 2023: 413).

World distribution: China, India, Indonesia, Iran, Myanmar, Pakistan, Sri Lanka ( Walker 1849: 348; Wulp 1898: 122; Londt 1980: 333; Ghahari et al. 2014: 1405).