Epeolus transitorius Eversmann, 1852

Bogusch, Petr, 2021, The cuckoo bees of the genus Epeolus Latreille, 1802 (Hymenoptera, Apidae) from the Middle East and North Africa with descriptions of two new species, Journal of Hymenoptera Research 84, pp. 45-68 : 45

Epeolus transitorius Eversmann, 1852

Epeolus transitorius Synonyms (detailed in Bogusch and Hadrava (2018)): Epeolus julliani Pérez, 1884.

Published records.

South and Central Europe, the Middle East and North Africa (known from Cyprus, Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Syria, and Turkey), Russia (to the Urals) ( Levchenko et al. 2017), Iran: Shahkuh/Elburs ( Popov 1967), Turkmenistan ( Bischoff 1930), Uzbekistan ( Morawitz 1875), and Kazakhstan ( Bogusch and Hadrava 2018). In most of the distribution range quite common and numerous ( Bogusch 2018). Lhomme et al. (2020) published records from Morocco (Marrakech-Safi; Drâa-Tafilalet).

Material examined.

Cyprus: Akrotiri bay , 12.VII.1943, (1 ♂, 3 ♀), 18.VII.1965, (1 ♀), 19.VII.1933, (1 ♀), 10.VII.1943, (1 ♂); Enkomi, 20.VI.1947, (1 ♂, 1 ♀), collector unknown [all P. Bogusch det.] (OLML) . Iran: coastal plain between Chalus and Shahsavar, 1.-4.VI.1965, 19 ex., 11.-12.VI.1965, 14 ex., 17.VI.1965, 1 ex., 21.-22.VI.1965, 12 ex., 24.VI.1965, 2 ex., 27.VI.1965, 6 ex., 30.VI.1965, 2 ex., 6.VIII.1965, 1 ex., 13.VIII.1965, 8 ex., 22.-23.VIII.1965, 2 ex., 3.IX.1965, 2 ex., 7.-9.IX.1965, 13 ex., 14.IX.1965, 4 ex., 23.-25.IX.1965, 6 ex., 27.IX.1965, 3 ex., 30.X.1965, 1 ex., 19.V.1966, 1 ex., 22.V.1966, 1 ex., 27.V.1966, 4 ex., 29.V.1966, 2 ex., 31.V.1966, 2 ex., 1.-2.VI.1966, 2 ex., 9.VI.1966, 2 ex., 11.VI.1966, 1 ex., 20.VI.1966, 2 ex., 24.VI.1966, 1 ex., 28.-29.VI.1966, 3 ex., 30.IX.1966, 1 ex., 5.-6.X.1966, 4 ex., 2.-3.VI.1967, 19 ex., 7.-9.VI.1967, 26 ex., 11.-14.VI.1967, 24 ex., 20.VI.1967, 3 ex., 22.VI.1967, 1 ex., 27.VI.1967, 2 ex., 14.VII.1967, 1 ex., 24.VII.1967, 1 ex., 1.VIII.1967, 1 ex., 5.VIII.1967, 1 ex., 22.-23.VIII.1697, 3 ex., 26.VIII.1967, 1 ex., 29.-30.VIII.1967, 2 ex., 26.-27.IX.1967, 2 ex., 29.X.1967, 1 ex., all D. B. Baker [all D. B. Baker det.] (KUBC) . Turkey: Didim , 26.V.1986, (2 ♂), K. Guichard [D. B. Baker det.] (KUBC); Mersin / Içel, Tanyeri/ Erzinçan, Konya (K. Warncke, unpublished hand-written data); Nemrut, Karadut, 2.VII.1993, (1 ♂), K. Deneš [P. Bogusch det.] (OLML) .