Catalog of the Robber Flies of India (Diptera: Asilidae) Author Yatoo, Suhaib Firdous 0000-0003-0394-7083 uhaibmyco @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 0394 - 7083 uhaibmyco@gmail.com Author Wachkoo, Aijaz Ahmad 0000-0003-2506-9840 Department of Zoology, Govt. Degree College, Kulgam- 192231 Jammu & Kashmir, India. & aijaz _ shoorida @ yahoo. co. in; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 2506 - 9840 aijaz_shoorida@yahoo.co.in Author Pillai, Kavya G. 0009-0006-4020-2573 Shadpada Entomology Research Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Christ College (Affiliated to University of Calicut), Irinjalakuda- 680125 Kerala, India. & kavyagpillai 2015 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0009 - 0006 - 4020 - 2573 kavyagpillai2015@gmail.com Author Cohen, Chris M. 0000-0003-2881-7779 Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London-SW 7 2 AZ, UK. & North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, U. S. A. & Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London-SW 7 2 AZ, UK. & myelaphus @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 2881 - 7779 Corresponding author: aijaz _ shoorida @ yahoo. co. in myelaphus@gmail.com text Zootaxa 2024 2024-09-17 5509 1 1 88 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5509.1.1 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5509.1.1 1175-5334 13848219 CD15A220-3451-4C0E-B74A-7F01C7543A14 Laphria valparaiensis Joseph & Parui, 1997 Laphria valparaiensis Joseph & Parui, 1997b: 5 . Type locality: India ( Tamil Nadu : Valparai) [ Holotype , KGC]. Indian distribution: Kerala : Thrissur Dist.: Chalakudy [Chalakudi] (town); Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore Dist.: Valparai (town) ( Joseph & Parui 1997b: 5 ; 1998: 65 ; Pillai et al. 2023: 414 ). World distribution: India , Myanmar ( Joseph & Parui 1997b: 5 ).