Palpares contrarius (Walker, 1853)

Myrmeleon contrarius Walker, 1853: 301 . Type Locality: Sri Lanka (Ceylon).

Palpares falcatus McLachlan, 1867: 236 . Type Locality: Myanmar [Birmah].

Palpares sinicus Yang, 1986: 423 . Type Locality: China (Yunnan: Pu’er: Lancang).

Indian distribution: Karnataka: Kodagu Dist.: Kodagu [Coorg] (region); Madhya Pradesh: Narmadapuram Dist.: Pachmarhi (hill), Bori Rest House (locale); Maharashtra: Satara Dist.: Koyna (river); Mizoram: Saiha Dist.: Saiha (town); Odisha [Orissa]: Cuttack Dist.: Cuttack (city); Khordha [Khurda] Dist.: Khordha (city); Mayurbhanj Dist: Mayurbhanj (region); Uttarakhand: Dehradun Dist.: Mussoorie (hill station) (Needham 1909: 200; Dover 1921: 398; Ghosh & Sen 1977: 316; Ghosh 1983a: 79; Ghosh 1984: 12; Ghosh 1987: 185; Ghosh 2000a: 72; Chandra et al. 2011: 156; Sharma & Chandra 2012: 486; Sharma & Chandra 2013: 164).

World distribution: Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam (Walker 1853: 302; McLachlan 1867: 236; Needham 1909: 200; Navás 1914h: 135; Yang 1986: 423; Krivokhatsky 1997: 631; Stange 2004: 59; Giacomino & Ábrahám 2018: 91; Oswald 2024a).