Hoplitis (Alcidamea) turcestanica (Dalla Torre, 1896)

Specimens from Ukraine and Russia (Astrakhan) assumed to be Hoplitis (Alcidamea) turcestanica by Fateryga & Proshchalykin (2020) proved to be Hoplitis (Alcidamea) mollis and a still undescribed H. (Alcidamea) species (Astrakhan). Most probably, H. turcestanica is restricted to Central Asia, it occurs neither in Ukraine nor in southern Russia, and “ H. turcestanica ” from Banaszak & Romasenko (2001) and Osytshnjuk et al. (1978) likely refers to H. mollis .