Macrocera mediocris Eversmann, 1852

Proshchalykin, M. Yu., Astafurova, Yu. V., Levchenko, T. V., Shlyakhtenok, A. S. & Schwarz, M., 2019, The species-group names of bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea, Apiformes) described from Crimea, North Caucasus, European part of Russia and Ural. Part III. Families Melittidae and Apidae (Except Bombus Latreille and Apis Linnaeus), Far Eastern Entomologist 396, pp. 17-44 : 35-36

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scientific name	Macrocera mediocris Eversmann, 1852
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Macrocera mediocris Eversmann, 1852: 122 , ♀, ♂ (lectotype: ♀, designated here, golden circle // 3. // “Spask., Jul.” [ Spasskoe , Orenburg Prov., Russia] // Macrocera mediocris

Evm., ♀ // Lectotypus, ♀, Macrocera mediocris Eversmann, 1852 , design. Proshchalykin

& Astafurova, 2018; IZKP).

CURRENT STATUS. A junior synonym of Tetraloniella pollinosa (Lepeletier de SaintFargeau, 1841) (Dalla Torre 1896: 244) .

DISTRIBUTION. Russia: North Caucasus, European part, Ural; Europe, North Africa,

Georgia, Armenia.

REMARK. The species was described from the specimens of both sexes collected in “in promontoriis Uralensibus australibus”. There are four specimens (♀ and 3 ♂) in IZKP from this locality, which corresponds to the original description of Eversmann. One of this specimens (female) is designated here as a lectotype of Macrocera mediocris Eversmann ( Fig. View Figs 1–24

18).