Epeolus luctuosus Eversmann, 1852

Proshchalykin, M. Yu., Astafurova, Yu. V., Levchenko, T. V., Shlyakhtenok, A. S. & Schwarz, M., 2019, The species-group names of bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea, Apiformes) described from Crimea, North Caucasus, European part of Russia and Ural. Part III. Families Melittidae and Apidae (Except Bombus Latreille and Apis Linnaeus), Far Eastern Entomologist 396, pp. 17-44 : 20

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scientific name

Epeolus luctuosus Eversmann, 1852
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Epeolus luctuosus Eversmann, 1852 (nom. praeocc., nec Spinola, 1851): 101, ♀, ♂ (lectotype:

♀, designated here, “Spask” [ Spasskoe , Orenburg Prov., Russia] // к. Эверсманна [coll.

Eversmann] // Lectotypus Epeolus luctuosus Eversmann, 1852 , design. Proshchalykin &

Astafurova, 2017; ZISP).

CURRENT STATUS. Objectively invalid name, junior homonym of Epeolus luctuosus

Spinola, 1851, replaced by Epeolus tristis Smith, 1854 , currently in the genus Triepeolus

Robertson, 1901 (Rightmyer 2008: 124).

DISTRIBUTION. Russia: European part, Ural, Western Siberia; Europe, Turkey, Kazakhstan.

REMARK. The species was described from the specimens of both sexes collected in

provinciis Casanensi et Orenburgensi”. There are three specimens (2 ♀ and ♂) in ZISP and two males (one without metasoma) in IZKP from this locality, which corresponds to the original description of Eversmann. One of this specimens (female) is designated here as a lectotype of Epeolus luctuosus Eversmann ( Fig. 1 View Figs 1–24 ) .

ZISP

Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Apidae

Genus

Epeolus

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