Epeolus ruficornis Morawitz, 1875

Astafurova, Yulia V. & Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu., 2024, Catalogue and identification key of the bee genus Epeolus Latreille, 1802 (Hymenoptera, Apidae) from the Palaearctic region, Zootaxa 5453 (2), pp. 183-213 : 195-196

35. Epeolus ruficornis Morawitz, 1875

( Figs 49 , 75 , 98)

Epeolus ruficornis Morawitz, 1875: 144 , ♀, ♂, (lectotype: ♀, designated by Astafurova & Proshchalykin 2023: 255 , Tajikistan, Varzaminor [=Ayni]; ZMMU).

Other notable publications. Bischoff 1930 (descriptive note); Astafurova & Proshchalykin 2023: 255–256 (figures of lectotype).

Host (s). Unknown.

New records. IRAN, 1 ♀, 1 ♂, Golestan province , 70 km E of Minudasht, 37°26'N, 55°49'E, 1050 m, Mi. Halada [ OLBL] .

Distribution. Azerbaijan, Russia (Kalmyk Republic, Astrakhan Oblast), Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, * Iran, Mongolia (Dornogovi, Khovd, Uvurkhangai, Orkhon), China (Xinjiang, Gansu) ( Astafurova & Proshchalykin 2021a, 2023; Proshchalykin et al. 2023).

Figures

FIGURES 49–60. Epeolus Latreille, habitus, dorsal view. 49—E. ruficornis Morawitz, ♀; 50—E. schummeli Schilling, ♀; 51, 52—E. seraxensis Radoszkowski (51–♀, 52–♂); 53, 54—E. siculus Giordani Soika (53–♀, 54–♂); 55, 56—E. sigillatus Alfken (55–♀, 56–♂); 57—E.subrufescens Saunders, ♂; 58, 59—E. tarsalis Morawitz (58–♀, 59–♂); 60—E. melectiformis Yasumatsu, ♀. Figures 55, 56 by P. Bogusch.

FIGURES 71–76. Epeolus Latreille. 71—mesosoma, dorso-lateral view (E. laevifrons Bischoff, ♂); 72–76—scutellum, dorsal (74, 76) and dorso-lateral (72, 73, 75) views (72—E. vinogradovi Popov, ♀; 73—E. albus Astafurova & Proshchalykin, ♂; 74—E. subrufescens Saunders, ♂; 75—E. ruficornis Morawitz, ♀; 76—E. rasnitsyni Astafurova & Proshchalykin, ♂).