taxonID	type	description	language	source
039B6B36FF933371299CA326FF1CFB03.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Both sexes: body mostly black. Fore wing with two submarginal cells, second submarginal cell trapeziform, receiving crossveins 1 m-cu and 2 m-cu near base and apex respectively (Figs 1 H, 2 G, 4 G, 5 F); abscissa RS 1 of hind wing much longer than vein rs-m (Figs 1 I, 2 H, 4 H). Dorsal and posterior faces of vertex distinctly differentiated from each other, posterior margin of vertex concave (Figs 1 C, 2 D, 4 D, 5 D). Metapostnotum almost fissuriform and sunk under metanotum medially (Figs 1 F, 2 F, 4 F, 5 E). Tarsal claws bifid, with inner tooth obliquely truncated apically (Figs 1 A, 2 A, 4 A, 5 A). Female: Pronotum anterior face short and inclined, differentiated from dorsum by two small but distinctly produced, transverse and subtriangular processes medially (Figs 1 E, 4 E). Propodeum usually with one small humplike or tubercle-like projection postero-laterally (Fig. 4 F). Male: Antennal segments produced on lower side, giving antenna crenulated profile (Figs 2 E, 5 A) (Haupt 1929, Li et al. 2015, Loktionov & Lelej 2019, Loktionov 2020).	en	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): 447-458, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5403.4.3, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5403.4.3
039B6B36FF933371299CA326FF1CFB03.taxon	biology_ecology	Biology. There are currently no records of biological information for this genus.	en	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): 447-458, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5403.4.3, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5403.4.3
039B6B36FF933371299CA326FF1CFB03.taxon	distribution	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).	en	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): 447-458, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5403.4.3, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5403.4.3
039B6B36FF913378299CA1DBFD5AFDF2.taxon	description	Figs 1 A – I, 2 A – H, 3 A – C, 3 G	en	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): 447-458, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5403.4.3, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5403.4.3
039B6B36FF913378299CA1DBFD5AFDF2.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Holotype: ♀, CHINA, Yunnan, Yuxi City, Yuanjiang County, 23 ° 18 ′ N 101 ° 39 ′ E, 464 m, Malaise trap, V – VI. 2016, coll. YNAU. Paratypes: 22 ♀ 133 ♂, same locality as holotype, 444 – 464 m, Malaise trap, V – VI. 2016 (9 ♀ 47 ♂), VI – IX. 2016 (8 ♀ 56 ♂), IV – V. 2016 (2 ♀ 2 ♂), V – VI. 2016 (2 ♀ 27 ♂), coll. YNAU; 1 ♀ 1 ♂, CHINA, Yunnan, Kunming City, Xishan, 25 ° 19 ′ N 102 ° 89 ′ E, 1956 m, Malaise trap, XII. 2015 – III. 2016, coll. YNAU.	en	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): 447-458, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5403.4.3, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5403.4.3
039B6B36FF913378299CA1DBFD5AFDF2.taxon	discussion	Remarks. The new species is similar to T. nontuberatus Li & Ma 2015 in having the following characteristics: in female, vertex strongly convex between eye tops (Fig. 1 B); ratio of POD: OOD, F 1 length 1.0 times scape length; dorsal surface of propodeum without tuberculate projections posterolaterally (Fig. 1 F); in male. F 2 – F 10 crenulated ventrally (Fig. 2 E); POD> OOD; SGP ventral surface in apical portion with setae, lateral margin in basal portion without setae (Fig. 3 C), but it can be separated from by having the following characters given in the Table 1. The new species is also similar to T. yasumatsui Ishikawa, 1967 (female) and T. kubani Loktionov, 2021 (male), but can be separated from them by having the following characters: The new species (female): Eye broad, half of MID 1.18 – 1.27 times eye width; ocelli located in acute triangle; fore wing with apical and subbasal bands. In T. yasumatsui Ishikawa, 1967 (female): eye narrower, half of MID 1.5 – 1.6 times eye width; ocelli located in right triangle; fore wing partially brown. The new species (male): F 1 length 1.45 – 1.52 times its maximum width (in dorsal view), and 0.26 – 0.35 times UID; POD: OOD = 1.42 – 1.5; apical area of volsella broadened, oval-shaped, its ventral face along outer margin with few bristles. In T. kubani Loktionov, 2021 (male): F 1 length 2.2 – 2.4 times its maximum width (in dorsal view), and 0.35 – 0.45 times UID; POD: OOD = 1.6 – 2.0; apical area of volsella somewhat narrowed, elongated, its ventral face along outer and apical margins with long, slightly curved bristles, ending at top with small ball.	en	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): 447-458, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5403.4.3, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5403.4.3
039B6B36FF913378299CA1DBFD5AFDF2.taxon	description	Description. Female. (Measurements of the holotype are given in parentheses). Length: body 7.1 – 11.6 (8.6) mm; fore wing 6.4 – 9.2 (8.1) mm. Body black, mandible red-brown at apical 1 / 2, maxillary palps dark-brown, clypeus with brown anterior rim, all claws brown (Figs 1 A, 1 B). Pterostigma entire brown; fore wing with distinct light translucent area along apical margin, and three semitransparent, brown markings: first, at marginal cell, SMC 2 except lower base, and apical half of discal cell 2; second, at basal 1 / 2 of subdiscal cell and apical 1 / 6 of subbasal cell; third, at intersection of SMC 1, discal cell 1 and basal cell (Fig. 1 H). Body covered with short whitish appressed pubescence; mandible with few pale setae, S 3 – S 5 with few pale short setae, S 6 with many scattered, pale, short and long setae, T 6 with few long setae (Fig. 1 A). Area between hind ocellus and eyes with sparse punctures (Fig. 1 C). Head. In frontal view, head width 1.1 – 1.14 (1.14) times its height; MID 0.56 – 0.66 (0.56) times head width, MID 2.36 – 2.54 (2.36) times eye width; UID: MID: LID = 34 – 43 (36): 50 – 58 (58): 46 – 56 (48) (Fig. 1 B). Mandible stout with two small subapical tooth, labrum exposed. Clypeus slightly convex medially, anterior margin straight, its width 2.5 – 2.69 (2.5) times length and 0.87 – 0.89 (0.87) times LID (Fig. 1 B). Clypeus at base and lower frons including antennal socket laterally evidently concave (Fig. 1 B). Malar space very short. Frons flat, with short and inconspicuous median line. Vertex strongly convex between eye tops (Fig. 1 B). In dorsal view, anterior ocellus larger than posterior ones, ocellar area slightly raised, ocelli in acute triangle; POD: OOD = 1.5 – 1.7 (1.7) (Fig. 1 C). In lateral view, frons hardly convex; gena in profile strongly narrowing towards vertex, in upper portion almost liner, medially 0.14 – 0.21 (0.19) times eye width. Upper gena: lower gena = 1: 4. Scape slightly concave ventrally (Fig. 1 D). Flagellum filiform, last flagellomere blunt apically. Length ratios of scape, pedicel and F 1 – 10 (on ventral side, in holotype) = 25: 7: 25: 25: 21: 18: 18: 15: 15: 14: 11: 14. Scape length 0.58 – 0.69 (0.69) times UID. F 1 length 3.57 – 3.65 (3.62) times its maximum width, 1.0 times scape length and 0.65 – 0.71 (0.69) times UID. Mesosoma. Pronotum length in dorsal view 0.39 – 0.48 (0.48) times its maximum width; anterior surface short and inclined, differentiated from dorsum by two small but distinctly produced, transverse, subtriangular processes medially; posterior margin arcuate and some specimens slightly angulate medially. In dorsal view, basal half of mesoscutum slightly raised, parapsidal sulcus reaching nearly 3 / 4 of mesoscutum (Fig. 1 E). Mesoscutellum and metanotum conspicuously convex medially; posterior margin of metanotum produced at middle and covering metapostnotum partly, metapostnotum narrow and nearly fissuriform, its center deeply sunken, with dense transverse striae (Fig. 1 F). Propodeum in dorsal view parallel-sided, its length 0.54 – 0.61 (0.57) times its width; dorsum in lateral view without convex, postero-lateral corner not produced into tubercle; posterior propodeum with short inclined slope, relative length of dorsal surface and inclined slope = 3: 2 (Figs. 1 F, 1 G). Wings. Fore wing (Fig. 1 H) pterostigma length 3.6 – 3.77 (3.6) times its height (on inner distance) and 1.12 – 1.25 (1.12) times Rs 2. SCM 2 length 2.72 – 2.86 (2.78) times its maximum height, receiving crossvein 1 m-cu at basal 0.25 – 0.33 (0.26) and receiving crossvein 2 m-cu at basal 0.81 – 0.86 (0.82); crossvein 3 rs-m strongly arched towards wing apex; crossvein cu-a barely curved, originating just beyond separation of vein M + CuA; crossvein cu-a almost vertical to vein 1 A; vein M ending far from wing margin; vein CuA 1 not touching wing margin. Hind wing (Fig. 1 I) translucent, with slightly brownish apical portion; crossvein cu-a evenly arched and anterofurcal. Legs. Fore femur without spines; mid femur with two short spines dorso-apically; hind femur with 2 – 3 short spines dorso-apically. Fore tibia outer face with 2 – 3 spines and few different-length stout spines apically; mid and hind tibiae with scattered long spines, hind tibia longer spur length 0.55 – 0.63 (0.55) times hind tarsomere 1 length. Fore tarsomere 1 length 0.63 – 0.71 (0.71) times fore tarsomeres 2 – 4 length combined and with 1 longitudinal row of very short spines ventrally; mid and hind tarsomeres 1 with spines which shorter than that on tibia. Fore tarsomeres 2 and 3 with median longitudinal row of very short spines ventrally and tarsomere 4 with long spines apically; mid and hind tarsomeres 2 – 4 ventrally with median longitudinal row of short spines; mid and hind tarsomeres 2 except median row of spines with two spines on both sides of row. All tarsomeres 5 without spines ventrally, fore leg apical tarsus slightly expand. Tarsal claws symmetrical and bifid, inner tooth broad and obliquely truncated. Metasoma. In dorsal view, ventrally subfusiform, as wide as mesosoma. Posterior margins of T 1 – T 5 and S 1 – S 5 slightly emarginate medially; apex of T 6 slightly compressed (Fig. 1 A). Male. body length 5.2 – 7.4 (6.5) mm; forewing 4.3 – 5.7 (4.6) mm. Fore wing translucent, with brown apical portion and light area about 1 / 2 second submarginal cell 2 (Fig. 2 G). Head. In frontal view, head width 1.12 – 1.15 (1.12) times its height, MID 0.61 – 0.67 (0.67) times head width, MID 3.25 – 3.31 (3.31) times eye width; UID: MID: LID = 35 – 38 (36): 36 – 45 (43): 29 – 34 (33). Clypeus width 2.31 – 2.44 (2.36) times length and 0.66 – 0.76 (0.76) times LID; vertex slightly and roundly produced above dorsal eye margin (Fig. 2 B). In dorsal view, ocelli in right triangle; POD: OOD = 1.42 – 1.5 (1.5) (Fig. 2 D). In lateral view, frons slightly convex, gena in profile narrow, medially 0.15 – 0.17 (0.16) times eye width (Fig. 2 C). Flagellum somewhat short, scape normal shaped, F 2 – F 8 crenulated ventrally, F 9 – 11 with ventral depression, flattened; length ratios of scape, pedicel and F 1 – 11 (on ventral side; in holotype) = 15: 5: 12: 12: 11: 10: 10: 10: 9: 8: 8: 8: 10; scape length 0.42 – 0.46 (0.42) times UID; F 1 length 1.45 – 1.52 (1.5) times its maximum width, 0.8 – 0.93 (0.8) times scape length and 0.26 – 0.35 (0.33) times UID (Fig. 2 E). Mesosoma. Pronotum length in dorsal view 0.41 – 0.53 (0.53) times its maximum width; anterior face not differentiated from dorsum; posterior margin somewhat subangulate medially. Propodeum length in dorsal view 0.54 – 0.62 (0.57) times its maximum width; relative length of dorsal surface and inclined slope = 11: 9 (Fig. 2 F). Wings. Pterostigma length 3.16 – 3.28 (3.2) times its height (on inner distance), and 1.1 – 1.15 (1.15) times Rs 2. SMC 2 length 2.67 – 2.84 (2.67) times its maximum height, receiving crossvein 1 m-cu at basal 0.25 – 0.29 (0.27) and receiving crossvein 2 m-cu at basal 0.88 – 0.93 (0.89) (Fig. 2 G). Legs. Hind tibia longer spur length 0.79 – 0.89 (0.85) times hind tarsomere 1 length. Metasoma. In dorsal view, metasoma lanceolate, slightly narrower than mesosoma (Fig. 2 A). Genitalia: paramere broad and long, paddle-shaped, apex in inner corner more or less pointed, outer margin in apical portion with short bristles; apical part of volsella broad, oval-shaped, ventral surface along outer margin with few bristles; parapenial lobe in upper half somewhat crescent-shaped, with broadly rounded apex (Figs 3 A, 3 B). SGP in ventral view evenly narrowing toward apex, ventral surface in apical portion with setae, lateral margin in basal portion without setae (Fig. 3 C). S 6 deeply arcuately emarginate medially, and with small curved hooks on both side of emargination (Fig. 3 G).	en	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): 447-458, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5403.4.3, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5403.4.3
039B6B36FF913378299CA1DBFD5AFDF2.taxon	distribution	Distribution. China (Yunnan). Sex association. Not only all the female and male specimens were collected from the same location and dates, as well as by the same Malaise trap, but they also have the same pattern and the following common characteristics: ratio of F 1: F 2; clypeus width <LID; POD> OOD; gena in profile narrow and body color.	en	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): 447-458, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5403.4.3, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5403.4.3
039B6B36FF913378299CA1DBFD5AFDF2.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The name venarectus originates from the Greek word " ven- " and " rectus ", referring to the fore wing crossvein cu-a almost vertical to vein 1 A.	en	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): 447-458, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5403.4.3, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5403.4.3
039B6B36FF9A3378299CA46DFC35F83D.taxon	description	Figs 3 D – F, 3 H, 5 A – F	en	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): 447-458, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5403.4.3, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5403.4.3
039B6B36FF9A3378299CA46DFC35F83D.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. China (Yunnan): 85 ♂, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, rainforest, 21 ° 54 ′ N 101 ° 16 ′ E, 599 m, Malaise trap, 24. IV – 31. V. 2019, coll. Yong-sheng Pu; 14 ♂, same locality, rainforest, 21 ° 54 ′ N 101 ° 16 ′ E, 606 m, Malaise trap, 24. IV – 31. V. 2019, coll. Yong-sheng Pu; 6 ♂, Xishuangbanna, Jinghong, Menghai, Bulang Mountain, Malaise trap, 21 ° 44 ′ N 100 ° 26 ′ E, 1621 m, 15. III – 15. IV. 2021 (3 ♂), 1595 m, 28. V – 28. VI. 2019 (3 ♂) (YNAU).	en	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): 447-458, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5403.4.3, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5403.4.3
039B6B36FF9A3378299CA46DFC35F83D.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Male. Head in frontal view with vertex slightly and roundly produced above dorsal eye margin (Fig. 5 B); POD: OOD = 1.15 – 1.25; antenna F 1 – F 5 reddish brown, F 2 – F 10 crenulated ventrally; F 1 length 2.2 – 2.27 times its maximum width (on ventral side). Fore wing translucent, with brownish apical portion covering SMC 2 (Fig. 5 F). Genitalia: paramere narrow and long, slightly curved and pointed apically, its outer margin with bristles; apical part of volsella very broad, spoon-like, its ventral face (except area along inner margin) with long, dense, curved bristles ending at top with small ball; parapenial lobe in upper half somewhat crescent-shaped, with narrowing apex (Figs 3 D, 3 E). SGP in ventral view evenly narrowing toward apex, rounded apically; ventral face in apical portion only with thin erect setae; lateral margin in basal portion with setae (Fig. 3 F). S 6 deeply arcuately emarginate medially, and with small curved hooks on both side of emarginations (Fig. 3 H).	en	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): 447-458, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5403.4.3, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5403.4.3
039B6B36FF9A3378299CA46DFC35F83D.taxon	distribution	Distribution. China (Yunnan) (new record), Laos (Loktionov 2021).	en	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): 447-458, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5403.4.3, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5403.4.3
039B6B36FF9A3378299CA325FC06FB37.taxon	description	Figs 4 A – H	en	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): 447-458, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5403.4.3, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5403.4.3
039B6B36FF9A3378299CA325FC06FB37.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. China (Yunnan): 1 ♀, Jing hong City, Menghai County, Bulang Mountain, Malaise trap, 21 ° 44 ′ N 100 ° 26 ′ E, 1610 m, 20. IX – 21. X. 2019; 1 ♀, same locality, Malaise trap, 21 ° 44 ′ N 100 ° 26 ′ E, 1621 m, 23. X – 24. XI. 2019 (YNAU).	en	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): 447-458, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5403.4.3, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5403.4.3
039B6B36FF9A3378299CA325FC06FB37.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Female. Clypeus slightly convex medially, anterior margin straight, its width 2.42 – 2.43 times length and 0.84 – 0.88 times LID; eye broad, half of MID 1.0 times eye width; vertex strongly convex between eye tops (Fig. 4 B). POD: OOD = 1.63 – 1.66. Gena in profile strongly narrowing towards vertex, in upper portion very narrow, but not liner (Fig. 4 C). F 1 length 3.44 – 3.56 times its maximum width, 1.0 times scape length and 0.66 – 0. 69 times UID. Pronotum anterior face short and inclined, differentiated from dorsum by two distinctly produced, transverse, subtriangular processes medially; posterior margin slightly angulate medially (Fig. 4 E). Dorsum of propodeum with short tubercle postero-laterally (Fig. 4 F). Fore wing with distinct light area along apical margin, broad brown band subapically, and brown band subbasally (Fig. 4 G).	en	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): 447-458, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5403.4.3, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5403.4.3
039B6B36FF9A3378299CA325FC06FB37.taxon	distribution	Distribution. China (Yunnan) (new record), Malaysia (Loktionov 2020).	en	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): 447-458, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5403.4.3, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5403.4.3
