Epeolus cruciger (Panzer, 1799)

Bogusch, Petr, 2021, The cuckoo bees of the genus Epeolus Latreille, 1802 (Hymenoptera, Apidae) from the Middle East and North Africa with descriptions of two new species, Journal of Hymenoptera Research 84, pp. 45-68 : 45

Epeolus cruciger (Panzer, 1799)

Epeolus cruciger Synonyms (detailed in Bogusch and Hadrava (2018)): Epeolus rufipes Thomson, 1870, E. similis Höppner, 1899, E. cruciger var. elegans Müller, 1921, E. cruciger var. rufiventris Müller, 1921, E. marginatus Bischoff, 1930.

Published records.

Widely distributed in Europe from south to north, however, it is very rare or regionally extinct in most parts of Central and Eastern Europe, while in the southwest and Western Europe it is quite widespread. It also occurs in the Middle East (Turkey and Iran), Caucasus and Siberia ( Bogusch 2018; Bogusch and Hadrava 2018). K. Warncke (unpublished data) reported this species also from the following localities in Turkey: Antakya, Bursa, Konya, Tuzlucz/Kars, 20 km north of Yuksekova. Bogusch (2018) recorded known localities from Turkey.

Material examined.

Iran: Bayne-Teheran, 6.IX.1955, (1 ♀), collector unknown; Elburz, 50 km north of Vana , 12.-13.VII.1965, (1 ♀), Giordani Soika [both P. Bogusch det.] (OLML) . Syria: Ras al Basit , 19.V.1995, (1 ♂), K. Deneš. [P. Bogusch det.] (OLML) . Turkey: 20 km south of Van, 5.VII.1997, (1 ♂), M. Halada [P. Bogusch det.] (OLML) .