Epeolus variegatus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Astafurova, Yulia V. & Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu., 2021, New and little-known bees of the genus Epeolus Latreille, 1802 (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Nomadinae) from Mongolia, Journal of Hymenoptera Research 84, pp. 11-28 : 11

Epeolus variegatus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Apis variegata Linnaeus, 1758: 577, ♀, ♂ (type locality: Sweden).

Apis murcaria Christ, 1791: 188-189, ♀, ♂ (type locality: Germany).

Apis festiva Christ, 1791: 190-191, ♀, ♂ (type locality: Germany).

Epeolus pictus Nylander, 1848: 174-175, ♀, ♂ (type locality: Siberia, Russia).

Epeolus productus Thomson, 1870: 91, ♀, ♂ (type locality: Sweden).

Material examined.

Bayankhongor, 56 km NW of Bayankhongor , 46°33'N, 100°12'E, 2200 m, 12.VII.2004, (1 ♀), MK [OLBL/PCMS] ; 2 km S of Bayankhongor , 46°12'N, 100°43'E, 12.VII. 2004, 1880 m, 10.VII.2004, (1 ♀), JH [OLBL/PCMS]; Selenge , 90 km N of Ulaanbaatar, Segnez River , 1450 m, 6-8.VII.2003, (1 ♀), JH [OLBL/PCMS]; Tuv , 50 km N of Ulaanbaatar, E of Mandal , 1180 m, 8-13.VIII.2007, (24 ♀), JH [OLBL/PCMS]; Ulaanbaatar , Tola River, Urga [=Ulaanbaatar], 14-16.VII.1905, (1 ♀), PK [ZISP] .

Distribution.

Mongolia (*Bayankhongor, *Selenge, *Tuv, *Ulaanbaatar), North Africa, Europe, Russia (east to Yakutia), Turkey, Georgia, Central Asia, Iran, Pakistan.

Remark.

Friese (1895: 208) determined some specimens from North Mongolia (without an exact locality) as Epeolus pictus Nylander, 1848, but noted that these specimens differed from E. variegatus . However, according to Morawitz (1865: 50), Epeolus pictus is a synonym of E. variegatus , and this is supported by Bogusch and Hadrava (2018) who re-examined type specimens.