Epeolus ruficornis Morawitz, 1875

Astafurova, Yulia V. & Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu., 2023, The genus Epeolus Latreille, 1802 (Hymenoptera, Apidae) in Central Asia, ZooKeys 1181, pp. 241-263 : 241

Epeolus ruficornis Morawitz, 1875

Fig. 7

Epeolus ruficornis Morawitz, 1875: 144, ♀, ♂ (type locality: Ayni, Tajikistan). Lectotype (designated here): ♀, 11.VI.[1870] // Варзаминоръ [Varzaminor (= Ayni), Tajikistan // Epeolus ruficornis Mor. [handwritten by F. Morawitz], [illustrated on Fig. 7 ], ZMMU, examined.

Published data.

Morawitz 1875: 144 (Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan); 1894: 45 (Turkmenistan); Astafurova and Proshchalykin 2021c: 11 (Tajikistan, Turkmenistan).

Material examined.

Kazakhstan, 3 ♀♀, 3 ♂♂, Bayrakum near Dzhulek, 10.VI.1907, leg. L. Wolmann [ZISP] ; 2 ♀♀, Dzhulek , Syr-Darja, 12.VI.1912, leg. L. Wolmann [ZISP] ; 1 ♀, Kharkin , Ural River, 4.VIII.1951, leg. VR [ZISP] ; 5 ♂♂, Koksengir , Zhana-Arka, 19.VII.1958, leg. A. Ponomareva, VR [ZISP] ; 1 ♀, Kokshetau Mts , 2.VI.1959, leg. V. Tobias [ZISP] ; 1 ♂, 50 km SW of Qyzylorda , 26.VI.1980, leg. D. Panfilov [ZMMU] ; Kyrgyzstan, 2 ♂♂ (paralectotypes), Zeravhan River valley [near Aykul lake], 5.VIII.[1869], [ZMMU] ; Turkmenistan, 1 ♂, Germab , coll. F. Morawitz [ZISP] ; 1 ♂, Takhta-Bazar , 30.VI.1930, leg. VP [ZISP] ; 6 ♀, 1 ♂, 30 km ESE of Rybachiy, Issyk-Kul Lake , 15.VII.1979, leg. Yu. Pesenko [ZISP] ; Uzbekistan, 1 ♂, Khiva , Ravat, 26.V.1927, leg. V. Gussakovskij [ZISP] ; 1 ♀, 2 ♂♂, Bukhara , Bag-Absal, 19.VII.1930, leg. V. Gussakovskij [ZISP] ; 2 ♀♀, 1 ♂, Bag-Absal , 50 km N of Buchara, 17.IX.1931, leg. Zhelhovtzev [ZMMU] ; 3 ♂♂, Dzhuma , 20.VIII.1957, leg. VP [ZISP] ; 1 ♀, 10 km SW of Arnasay, Kyzyl-kum desert, 27.VIII.1979, leg. Yu. Pesenko [ZISP] ; Tajikistan, 1 ♀, Varsaminor , 1892, leg. Glasunov [ZISP] ; 5 ♀♀, 12 ♂♂, Kurgan-Tube , 30.VIII-5.IX.1948, leg. VP [ZISP] ; 1 ♂, Staraya Pristan , Vakhsh, 12.IX.1948, leg. VR [ZISP] ; 1 ♂, Vakhsh , 4-5.VI.1990, leg. J. Halada [OLBL] ; 1 ♀, Khalton pr., Khodzhamulin Mts, 27.VI.2003, leg. Perepechayenko [ZISP] .

Remarks.

The species is closest to Epeolus warnckei Bogusch, 2018, but differs by having poorly developed labral teeth (Fig. 7C ) which are positioned rather subapically (according to description of Bogusch (2018), in E. warnckei the labral teeth are positioned near the apex).

Distribution.

*Kazakhstan, *Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Mongolia (Dornogovi, Khovd, Uvurkhangai), Azerbaijan, China (Xinjiang, Gansu).

Figures

Figure 7. Epeolus ruficornis Morawitz, 1875, female, lectotype A habitus, dorsal view and labels B head, frontal view C labrum, frontal view D mesoscutellum, dorsal view. Scale bars: 1.0 mm (A, B); 0.25 mm (C, D).