Epeolus variegatus ( Linnaeus, 1758 )

Astafurova, Yulia V. & Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu., 2024, Catalogue and identification key of the bee genus Epeolus Latreille, 1802 (Hymenoptera, Apidae) from the Palaearctic region, Zootaxa 5453 (2), pp. 183-213 : 203

46. Epeolus variegatus ( Linnaeus, 1758)

( Figs 66, 67 , 82 )

Apis variegata Linnaeus, 1758: 577 , ♂, (holotype: ♂, Europe, Linnean collections: https://linnean-online.org/16064/ #?s=0&cv=0).

? Apis notata Christ, 1791: 188 , ♀, ♂, (type locality: Germany, types are lost). Synonymized by Stoeckhert 1933: 64 with E. productus Thomson.

? Apis pulchella Christ, 1791: 194 , ♀, (type locality: Germany, types are lost). Synonymy according to Warncke 1986: 108.

Apis murcaria Christ, 1791: 188–189 , ♀, ♂, (type locality: Germany, types are lost). Synonymized by Morawitz 1869: 50.

? Apis festiva Christ, 1791: 190–191 , ♀, ♂, (type locality: Germany, types are lost). Synonymy according to Warncke, 1986: 97.

Epeolus pictus Nylander, 1848: 174–175 , ♀, ♂, (syntypes: 1 ♀, 1 ♂, Siberia; FMNH). Synonymized by Morawitz 1869: 50.

Epeolus productus Thomson, 1870: 91 , ♂, ♀, (lectotype: ♀, designated by Nilsson 2010: 88, Sweden, Östergötland; ZMLU). Synonymized by Richards 1937: 99.

Other notable publications. Richards 1937: 99–130 (morphological differences, variation, figures); Niemelä 1947: 38 (key, descriptive note); Scheuchl 2000: 143, 147 (key, figures); Bogusch & Hadrava 2018: 46–53, 55, 57 (key, diagnosis, re-description, figures); Le Divelec 2021: 25–32 (key, taxonomical notes, figures).

Host (s). Colletes daviesanus Smith , C. fodiens (Fourcroy) , C. similis Schenck , C. halophilus Verhoeff ( Morawitz 1869; Richards 1937; Guichard 1974).

Distribution. North Africa, Europe, Russia (to Eastern Siberia), Turkey, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Iran, Pakistan, Mongolia ( Bogusch & Hadrava 2018).

Figures

FIGURES 61–70. Epeolus Latreille, habitus, dorsal view. 61—E. tibetanus Meade-Waldo, ♀; 62—E. transitorius Eversmann, ♀; 63—E. tsushimensis Cockerell, ♀; 64, 65—E. turcicus Bogusch (64–♀, 65–♂); 66, 67—E. variegatus (Linnaeus) (66–♀, 67–♂); 68—E. vinogradovi Popov, ♀; 69, 70—E. warnckei Bogusch (69–♀, 70–♂). Figure 61 by J. Monks (image is copyright of the Trustees of The Natural History Museum, London and reproduced here with permission); figures 64, 65, 69, 70 by P. Bogusch.

FIGURES 77–85. Epeolus Latreille. 77—angle between scutellum and propodeum, lateral view (E. siculus Giordani Soika, ♀); 78, 79—thorax, ventral view (78—E. rasmonti Astafurova & Proshchalykin, ♀; 79—E. transitorius Eversmann, ♀); 80, 81—metasoma, ventral view (80—E. melectiformis Yasumatsu, ♂; 81—E. tarsalis Morawitz, ♂); 82—S4–S5, lateral view (E. variegatus (Linnaeus), ♀); 83, 84—gonostylus, lateral view (83—E. asiaticus Astafurova & Proshchalykin, ♂; 84—E. cruciger (Panzer), ♂); 85—pygidial plate, dorsal view (E. subrufescens Saunders, ♂).