Epeolus tarsalis Morawitz, 1874

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 tarsalis Morawitz, 1874

Epeolus tarsalis Morawitz, 1874: 182-183, ♀, ♂ (lectotype (designated here): ♂, Derbent [Dagestan Republic, Russia] // к. Ф. Моравица [Collection of F. Morawitz] // Epeolus tarsalis Mor. [handwritten by F. Morawitz] // Lectotypus Epeolus tarsalis Mor., ♂, design. Astafurova & Proshchalykin, 2021 <red label>, ZISP).

Epeolus praeustus Pérez, 1884: 324-326, ♀ (type locality: Pyrenees).

Epeolus rozenburgensis Van Lith, 1949: 105-112, ♀ (type locality: the Netherlands).

Epeolus himukanus Hirashima, 1955: 40-41, ♂ (type locality: Kyushu, Japan).

Epeolus tarsalis ssp. tirolensis Van Lith, 1956: 99, ♀ (type locality: Tirol, Austria).

Material examined.

Dornod, 55 km NNE of Khavirga , 21.VIII.1975, (1 ♂), KM [ZISP] ; 13 km W of Dash-Balbar, Uldzy River , 24.VIII.1975, (2 ♀, 1 ♂), EN [ZISP]; Selenge , Ero-Gol River near Dulan-Khan, 4.VIII.1975, (1 ♂), KM [ZISP] ; 13 km E of Bayan-Gol , 7.VIII.1975, (1 ♂), EN [ZISP]; Sukhbaatar , 50 km SSW of Barun-Urta , 19.VIII.1975, (1 ♂), KM [ZISP]; Tuv , 75 km W Ulaanbaatar, dunes, 2.VIII.2005, (1 ♂), JH [OLBL/PCMS]; Ulaanbaatar , “Tzorgol-Khayrkhan” [SW Ulaanbaatar], 23.VII.1909, (1 ♂), PK [ZISP]; Uvs, Tarialan, 13.VIII.1965, (1 ♂), Dlabola (OLBL); Zavkhan, Songino, 28-29.VII.1965, (1 ♂), Dlabola (OLBL) .

Distribution.

Mongolia (*Dornod, *Selenge, *Sukhbaatar, *Tuv, *Ulaanbaatar, *Uvs, *Zavkhan); Europe, Caucasus, Russia (eastern part to Far East), Korea, Japan (Honshu, Kyushu).

Remarks.

This species was previously reported from North Mongolia ( Friese 1895; Pittioni 1947) without an exact locality.