Epeolus albus Astafurova & Proshchalykin, 2023

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 : 184

1. Epeolus albus Astafurova & Proshchalykin, 2023

( Figs 1 , 73 , 92)

Epeolus albus Astafurova & Proshchalykin, 2023: 244–247 , figs 2–3, ♀, ♂, (holotype: ♂, Uzbekistan: Kashkadarya Region , Yrta-Bulak, Sundukli; ZISP).

Host(s). Unknown.

Distribution. Deserts of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan ( Astafurova & Proshchalykin 2023).

Figures

FIGURES 1–12. Epeolus Latreille, habitus, dorsal view. 1—E. albus Astafurova & Proshchalykin, ♀; 2, 3—E. alpinus Friese (2–♀, 3–♂); 4, 5—E. asiaticus Astafurova & Proshchalykin (4–♀, 5–♂); 6, 7—E. collaris Pérez (6–♀, 7–♂); 8, 9—E. compar Alfken (8–♀, 9–♂); 10—E. coreanus Yasumatsu (♂); 11, 12—E. cruciger (Panzer) (♀♀; 11–black form; 12–red form). Figures 6–9 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, ♂).