Epeolus bischoffi (Mavromoustakis, 1954)

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 bischoffi (Mavromoustakis, 1954)

Published records.

Holotype from Israel, recorded also from Cyprus, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria and Turkey ( Bogusch and Hadrava 2018).

Material examined.

Cyprus: Akrotiri bay , 1.VII.1933, (1 ♀), 20.VII.1933, (1 ♂), 12.VII.1943, (1 ♂), 20.VII.1943, (1 ♀); Salamis, 18.VI.1957, (1 ♂); Zakaki, 23.VI.1949, (1 ♂) G. Mavromoustakis leg. [all G. Mavromoustakis det.] (KUBC) . Israel: Amitai , 31.III.1952, (1 ♀), collector unknown; Jerusalem, 29.III.1940, (1 ♂), Bytinski-Salu leg. (OLML); Kefa Awda, 13.III.2012, (1 ♂), O. Afik [all P. Bogusch det.] (OLML) . Jordan: Amman, 22.III.1995, (1 ♀), collector unknown, [all P. Bogusch det.] (OLML) .