Philodicus pruthii Bromley, 1935

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 : 30

Philodicus pruthii Bromley, 1935

Philodicus pruthii Bromley, 1935: 224 . Type locality: India (Tamil Nadu: Thoothukudi: Pearl Bank Fisheries ) [Holotype ♂, ZSI].

Indian distribution: Andhra Pradesh: Alluri Sitharama Raju Dist.: 9 km W. Araku (valley); Chittoor Dist.: Manchuru [Munchurulu] (village); East Godavari Dist.: Rayudupalem (locality); Eluru Dist.: Naguladevunipadu [Naguldevpadu] (village); Karnataka: Bengaluru Urban Dist.: Bengaluru [Bangalore] (city); Gadag Dist.: 6 km E. Ron (town); Koppal Dist.: Irkalgada [Ilkalgad] (village); nr Yelburga (town); Ramanagara Dist.: Kanakapura (village); Kerala: Kozhikode Dist.: Kozhikode [ Calicut] (city); Madhya Pradesh: Jabalpur Dist.: Jabalpur (city); Rajasthan: Ajmer Dist.: Beer Tank (locale); Pratapgarh Dist.: Pratapgarh (town); Sawai Madhopur Dist.: Choru (village); Tamil Nadu: Chennai Dist.: 20 km S. Chennai [Madras] (city); Coimbatore Dist.: Cinchona (town); Cuddalore Dist.: Cuddalore (city); Dharmapuri Dist.: Hogenakkal Forest (reserve); Madurai Dist.: Alagar Koyil [Alagarkovil] (reserve); Mayiladuthurai Dist.: Tharangambadi [ Tranquebar] (town); Nagapattinam Dist.: Point Calimere [Calimer] (reserve); Nilgiris Dist.: Coonoor (town); Salem Dist.: Shevaroy Hills (mountain); Thoothukudi [Tuticorin] Dist.: Pearl Bank Fisheries (coast); Tirunelveli Dist.: Dohnavur (village); Telangana: Khammam Dist.: Palagudem [Palasgudam] (village); Nalgonda Dist.: Nampally [Nayan Pally] (town) ( Bromley 1935: 225; Lal 1960: 38; Oldroyd 1975: 150; Joseph & Parui 1983a: 362; 1984b: 33; 1985: 66; 1987b: 100; 1987f: 157; 1989a: 199; 1990a: 62; 1990b: 269; 1993b: 106; 1993d: 105; 1995: 33; 1997b: 22; 1999b: 22; Parui & Joseph 1994: 200; Mitra et al. 2005: 150; Pillai et al. 2023: 413).

World distribution: India, Sri Lanka ( Bromley 1935: 225; Joseph & Parui 1995: 33).

* Philodicus raoi Joseph & Parui, 1990

Philodicus raoi Joseph & Parui, 1990b: 269 . Type locality: India (Rajasthan: Bhinmal ) [Holotype ♂, BPBM].

Indian distribution: Rajasthan: Barmer Dist.: Barmer [Balmer] (town); Jalore Dist.: Bhinmal [Banmuel] (town); Sawai Madhopur Dist.: Sawai [Swai] Madhopur (city); Udaipur Dist.: Chor Bawadi [Bavadchoraya] (village) ( Joseph & Parui 1990b: 271; 1991: 253; 1993b: 106; Mitra et al. 2005: 150; Sen et al. 2016: 212).

* Philodicus sharmai Joseph & Parui, 1993

Philodicus sharmai Joseph & Parui, 1993b: 107 . Type locality: India (Rajasthan: Kiwarli) [Holotype ♂, ZSI]. Indian distribution: Gujarat: Banaskantha Dist.: Deesa (city); Rajasthan: Sirohi Dist.: Kiwarli [Kiarali] (village) ( Joseph & Parui 1993b: 108).