Epeolus subrufescens Saunders, 1908

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 : 199

40. Epeolus subrufescens Saunders, 1908

( Figs 57 , 74 , 85 , 93)

Epeolus subrufescens Saunders, 1908: 238 , ♀ (holotype: ♀, Algeria, Biskra; NHMUK).

Epeolus diodontus Cockerell, 1934: 64 , ♂, (holotype: ♂, Sudan, Khow Arbaat Delta; NHMUK). Synonymized by Bogusch & Hadrava 2018: 41.

Other notable publications. Bogusch & Hadrava 2018: 41–42, 55, 56 (key, synonymy, diagnosis, description of male, figures).

Host (s). Unknown.

Distribution. Algeria, Morocco, Egypt, Iran, Jordan, Palestine, Libya, Oman, Sudan, Syria, Turkey, and UAE ( Bogusch 2021).

Figures

FIGURES 49–60. Epeolus Latreille, habitus, dorsal view. 49—E. ruficornis Morawitz, ♀; 50—E. schummeli Schilling, ♀; 51, 52—E. seraxensis Radoszkowski (51–♀, 52–♂); 53, 54—E. siculus Giordani Soika (53–♀, 54–♂); 55, 56—E. sigillatus Alfken (55–♀, 56–♂); 57—E.subrufescens Saunders, ♂; 58, 59—E. tarsalis Morawitz (58–♀, 59–♂); 60—E. melectiformis Yasumatsu, ♀. Figures 55, 56 by P. Bogusch.

FIGURES 71–76. Epeolus Latreille. 71—mesosoma, dorso-lateral view (E. laevifrons Bischoff, ♂); 72–76—scutellum, dorsal (74, 76) and dorso-lateral (72, 73, 75) views (72—E. vinogradovi Popov, ♀; 73—E. albus Astafurova & Proshchalykin, ♂; 74—E. subrufescens Saunders, ♂; 75—E. ruficornis Morawitz, ♀; 76—E. rasnitsyni Astafurova & Proshchalykin, ♂).

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, ♂).