Epeolus tarsalis Morawitz, 1873, 1874

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 : 199-201

41. Epeolus tarsalis Morawitz, 1873

( Figs 58, 59 , 81 )

Epeolus tarsalis Morawitz, 1873: 182–183 , ♂, (lectotype, ♂, designated by Astafurova & Proshchalykin 2021b: 23 , Russia, Dagestan, Derbent; ZISP).

Epeolus praeustus Pérez, 1884: 324–326 , ♀, (lectotype: ♀, designated by Le Divelec 2021: 18, France, Eaux-Bonnes; MNHN). Synonymized by Warncke 1986: 60.

? Epeolus sibiricus Radoszkowski, 1887: 295 , ♀, ♂ (syntypes: ♀♀, ♂♂, Russia, Vladivostok; ZMHB or OLBL (see Astafurova & Proshchalykin 2021a: 34 ).

Epeolus rozenburgensis Lith, 1949: 105–112 , ♀, (holotype: ♀, Netherlands, Hook of Holland; NHR). Synonymized by Warncke 1986: 60.

Epeolus himukanus Hirashima, 1955: 40–41 , ♂, fig. 1, (holotype: ♂, Japan, Kyushu, Hyuga Province, Funaishi-Okawachi; KUFJ). Synonymized by Astafurova & Proshchalykin 2021a: 32.

Epeolus tarsalis ssp. tirolensis Lith, 1956: 38 , ♀, ♂, fig. 20, (holotype: ♀, Italy, South-Tirol, St. Pauls; NMW). Synonymized by Warncke 1986: 61.

Other notable publications. Bischoff 1930: 6 (descriptive note); Pittioni 1945: 128–147 ( Epeolus tarsalis , E. praeustus , E. sibiricus ; key, re-description, variation, figures); Lith 1956: 35–39 (subspecies, variation, figures); Hirashima & Tadauchi 1979: 122 ( E. tarsalis ssp. himukanus , figure); Mitai & Tadauchi 2009: 71–74 ( Epeolus tarsalis ssp. himukanus , description female, figures); Scheuchl 2000: 143, 146 (key); Mitai in Tadauchi & Murao 2014: 411 ( Epeolus tarsalis ssp. himukanus , descriptive note, figures); Bogusch & Hadrava 2018: 42, 43, 55, 56 (key, diagnosis, figures); Bogusch 2019: 268, 269 (diagnosis, figures); Le Divelec 2021: 18–21 (notes on synonymy; figures of Epeolus praeustus lectotype); Astafurova & Proshchalykin 2021a: 32–34 (key, variation, figures).

Host (s). Colletes halophilus Verhoeff , C. collaris Dours (Pérez 1883; Pittioni 1945; Lith 1949).

Distribution. Europe, Russia, Kazakhstan (East Kazakhstan Region), Mongolia, Korean Peninsula, Japan (Honshu, Kyushu) ( Astafurova & Proshchalykin 2023).

Figures

FIGURES 49–60. Epeolus Latreille, habitus, dorsal view. 49—E. ruficornis Morawitz, ♀; 50—E. schummeli Schilling, ♀; 51, 52—E. seraxensis Radoszkowski (51–♀, 52–♂); 53, 54—E. siculus Giordani Soika (53–♀, 54–♂); 55, 56—E. sigillatus Alfken (55–♀, 56–♂); 57—E.subrufescens Saunders, ♂; 58, 59—E. tarsalis Morawitz (58–♀, 59–♂); 60—E. melectiformis Yasumatsu, ♀. Figures 55, 56 by P. Bogusch.

FIGURES 77–85. Epeolus Latreille. 77—angle between scutellum and propodeum, lateral view (E. siculus Giordani Soika, ♀); 78, 79—thorax, ventral view (78—E. rasmonti Astafurova & Proshchalykin, ♀; 79—E. transitorius Eversmann, ♀); 80, 81—metasoma, ventral view (80—E. melectiformis Yasumatsu, ♂; 81—E. tarsalis Morawitz, ♂); 82—S4–S5, lateral view (E. variegatus (Linnaeus), ♀); 83, 84—gonostylus, lateral view (83—E. asiaticus Astafurova & Proshchalykin, ♂; 84—E. cruciger (Panzer), ♂); 85—pygidial plate, dorsal view (E. subrufescens Saunders, ♂).