Telostholus Haupt, 1929

Song, Zhi-Yan, Li, Qiang, Dong, Li-Li & Ma, Li, 2024, One new species and two new records of the spider wasp genus Telostholus Haupt, 1929 in China, with a key to the world species, Zootaxa 5403 (4), pp. 447-458 : 448

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5403.4.3
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10562228
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scientific name	Telostholus Haupt, 1929
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Genus Telostholus Haupt, 1929 View in CoL View at ENA

Telostholus Haupt, 1929: 185 View in CoL .

Type species: Planiceps orientalis Cameron, 1891 View in CoL , by original designation.

Diagnosis. Both sexes: body mostly black. Fore wing with two submarginal cells, second submarginal cell trapeziform, receiving crossveins 1m-cu and 2m-cu near base and apex respectively ( Figs 1H View FIGURE 1 , 2G View FIGURE 2 , 4G View FIGURES 4 , 5F View FIGURES 5 ); abscissa RS 1 of hind wing much longer than vein rs-m ( Figs 1I View FIGURE 1 , 2H View FIGURE 2 , 4H View FIGURES 4 ). Dorsal and posterior faces of vertex distinctly differentiated from each other, posterior margin of vertex concave ( Figs 1C View FIGURE 1 , 2D View FIGURE 2 , 4D View FIGURES 4 , 5D View FIGURES 5 ). Metapostnotum almost fissuriform and sunk under metanotum medially ( Figs 1F View FIGURE 1 , 2F View FIGURE 2 , 4F View FIGURES 4 , 5E View FIGURES 5 ). Tarsal claws bifid, with inner tooth obliquely truncated apically ( Figs 1A View FIGURE 1 , 2A View FIGURE 2 , 4A View FIGURES 4 , 5A View FIGURES 5 ). Female: Pronotum anterior face short and inclined, differentiated from dorsum by two small but distinctly produced, transverse and subtriangular processes medially ( Figs 1E View FIGURE 1 , 4E View FIGURES 4 ). Propodeum usually with one small humplike or tubercle-like projection postero-laterally ( Fig. 4F View FIGURES 4 ). Male: Antennal segments produced on lower side, giving antenna crenulated profile ( Figs 2E View FIGURE 2 , 5A View FIGURES 5 ) ( Haupt 1929, Li et al. 2015, Loktionov & Lelej 2019, Loktionov 2020).

Biology. There are currently no records of biological information for this genus.

Distribution. China ( Taiwan, Yunnan, Shanxi) ( Yasumatsu 1939, Li et al. 2015), India (West Bengalia) ( Cameron 1891), Indonesia (Java, Sulawesi and Lombok) ( Haupt 1935, Loktionov & Lelej 2019), Japan ( Ishikawa 1967), Laos ( Loktionov 2021), Myanmar ( Bingham 1897), Malaysia ( Loktionov 2020), and Sri Lanka ( Saussure 1867).