Philodicus meridionalis Ricardo, 1921

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 : 29-30

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scientific name	Philodicus meridionalis Ricardo, 1921
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Philodicus meridionalis Ricardo, 1921 View in CoL

Philodicus meridionalis Ricardo, 1921a: 188 View in CoL . Type locality: Sri Lanka [Ceylon] [Syntypes ♂, ♀, NHMUK].

Indian distribution: Andhra Pradesh: Kurnool Dist.: Pattikonda (town); Karnataka: Chikkaballapur Dist.: Murugamalla [Marugmala] (village); Mandya Dist.: Beeravalli (village); Tamil Nadu: Coimbatore Dist.: Coimbatore (city); Cuddalore Dist.: Palur Farm (locale) ( Ricardo 1921a: 188; Joseph & Parui 1983a: 362).

World distribution: India, Sri Lanka ( Ricardo 1921a: 188; Oldroyd 1975: 150).

* Philodicus nathi Joseph & Parui, 1970

Philodicus nathi Joseph & Parui, 1970: 507 . Type locality: India (Andhra Pradesh: Nagarjunakonda) [Holotype ♀, ZSI]. Indian distribution: Andhra Pradesh: Palnadu Dist.: Nagarjunakonda (town) ( Joseph & Parui 1970: 507; 1983a: 362; 1990a: 62; Sen et al. 2016: 212).

* Philodicus nursei Joseph & Parui, 1990: 55 View in CoL

Philodicus nursei Joseph & Parui, 1990e: 55 View in CoL . Type locality: India (Madhya Pradesh: Jabalpur ) [Holotype ♀, NHMUK].

Indian distribution: Karnataka: Ramanagara Dist.: 30 km S. Kanakapura (village); Madhya Pradesh: Jabalpur Dist.: Jabalpur [Jubulpore] (city) ( Joseph & Parui 1990e: 56; 1997b: 22; Sen et al. 2016: 212).

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Diptera
Family	Asilidae
Genus	Philodicus