Epeolus mikhailovi Astafurova & Proshchalykin, 2021

Astafurova, Yulia V. & Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu., 2023, The genus Epeolus Latreille, 1802 (Hymenoptera, Apidae) in Central Asia, ZooKeys 1181, pp. 241-263 : 241

Epeolus mikhailovi Astafurova & Proshchalykin, 2021

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Epeolus mikhailovi Astafurova & Proshchalykin, 2021a: 30, ♀ (type locality: Kyrgyzstan, Toguz-bulak).

Published data.

Astafurova and Proshchalykin 2021a: 30; 2021c:11 (Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan).

Material examined.

Uzbekistan, 1 ♀, Samarkand , coll. F. Morawitz [ZISP] ; Tajikistan, 1 ♂, Yagnob , 15.VI.[1870], [ E. transitorius det. F. Morawitz] [ZISP] ; 1 ♂, Zararavshan valley [Pasrut River, near Anzob], 24.VI.[1870] [ E. transitorius det. F. Morawitz] [ZMMU] ; 1 ♀, Pamir , Vanch, 30.VIII.1943, leg. Stakelberg [ZISP] ; 3 ♀♀, 3 ♂♂, Pamir , Shavoz, Shakhadara River, 2800 m, 9.VII.1960, leg. L. Zimina [ZMMU] ; 1 ♀, Khorog , 2600 m, 15.VI.1956, leg. Zhelokhovtsev [ZMMU] ; 1 ♂, Pamir , Chil Dara, 12.VI., leg. N. Bogoyavlenskiy [ZISP] ; 1 ♂, Pamir , 10 km SE of Ishkashim, 2600 m, 18.VII.1964, leg. Tanasiychuk [ZISP] .

Description of hitherto unknown male.

Structure, sculpture, coloration and pubescence are similar to those of the female (see Astafurova and Proshchalykin 2021a: 30). Total body length 5.0-8.5 mm. Flagellomeres about as wide as long (Fig. 4B ). Pygidial plate (T7) coarsely and densely punctate, 1.0-1.1 times as long as basal width, slightly narrowed toward apex; apical margin straight (Fig. 4C ). Head (Fig. 4B ) mostly black, but mandible reddish with red-brown apex and F1 reddish apically. Mesosoma mostly black; tegula, tibia, tarsi (and sometimes femora) reddish. Tergal discs black, marginal zones yellowish; pygidial plate black or reddish. Sterna brownish or reddish with yellowish marginal zones. Clypeus, paraocular and supraclypeal areas with dense (obscuring integument) tomentum; genal area with sparser and short setae. Frons with sparse short plumose and long simple setae. Ventral part of mesosoma, pronotum, mesepisternum (at least upper half), and metanotum laterally with whitish tomentum obscuring integument. Mesoscutum with developed tomentum on anterior half and peripherally. Tergal marginal zones (on T1-T4) with uninterrupted bands of tomentum (Fig. 4A ); T1 with basal band widely connected with apical band laterally. S2-S3 with white bands of tomentum on marginal zones and S4 and S5 with golden long setae.

Distribution.

Mountains of *Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan.

Figures

Figure 4. Epeolus mikhailovi Astafurova & Proshchalykin, 2021, male A metasoma, dorsal view B head, frontal view C pygidial plate. Scale bars: 1.0 mm (A, B); 0.25 mm (C).