A new species of the genus Sphedanolestes Stål 1866 (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Harpactorinae) from China, with a key to Chinese species.

A new harpactorine bug, Sphedanolestes zhengi sp. nov., is described and illustrated based on specimens collected from southwestern China.

Cosmosycanus perelegans (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Harpactorinae), a new record from China, with report of its female genitalia.

The oriental genus Cosmosycanus Ishikawa & Tomokuni, 2004 and the species Cosmosycanus perelegans (Breddin, 1903) are newly  recorded from China. Cosmosycanus perelegans is redescribed and  illustrated. The female genitalia is reported for the first time.