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The spider wasp genus Telostholus Haupt, 1929 (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae) in Malaysia, with the description of four new species

Federal Scientific Center of the East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok-22, 690022, Russia.
Hymenoptera Spider wasps Pompilinae taxonomy new taxa new record key Oriental Region

Abstract

The genus Telostholus Haupt, 1929 is newly reported from Malaysia, with four species that are newly described and illustrated: T. bifasciatus Loktionov, sp. nov. (Pahang), T. clypeatus Loktionov, sp. nov. (Pahang), T. malayensis Loktionov, sp. nov. (Pahang), and T. tomentosus Loktionov, sp. nov. (Pahang). A key to the Malaysian species is given.

 

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