Epeolus fallax Morawitz, 1872

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 : 188

11. Epeolus fallax Morawitz, 1872

( Figs 16 , 102–106 )

Epeolus fallax Morawitz, 1872: 387 , ♂, (lectotype: ♂, designated here, Calabria [ Italy] // Epeolus fallax Morawitz [handwritten by F. Morawitz] // к.[оллекциЯ] Ф. Моравица [Collection of F. Morawitz] // Syntypus <red label> // Lectotypus, Epeolus fallax Mor. , des. Astafurova <red label> // Zoological Institute St. Petersburg INS_HYM_0002656.

Diepeolus giannellii Gribodo, 1894: 80 , ♂, (holotype: ♂, Algeria, Boghari; MSNG). Synonymized by Bogusch & Hadrava 2018: 23.

Epeolus speculifer Pérez, 1895: 27 , ♀, (holotype: ♀, Spain, Barcelona; MNHN). Synonymized by Bogusch & Hadrava 2018: 23.

Other notable publications. Bischoff 1930: 3–4 (descriptive note); Westrich & Bülles 2016: 15–25 (figures); Bogusch & Hadrava 2018: 22–26, 55, 56 (key, synonymy, diagnosis, re-description, figures); Le Divelec 2021: 7–9, 22–23, 30, 31 (key, notes on synonymy, figures, figures of Diepeolus giannellii holotype and Epeolus speculifer lectotype).

Host (s). Colletes hederae ( Westrich & Bülles 2016) .

Distribution. Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco, Portugal, Spain, France, Germany, Italy ( Bogusch & Hadrava 2018).

Figures

FIGURES 13–24. Epeolus Latreille, habitus, dorsal view. 13—E. cruciger (Panzer), ♂; 14, 15—E. eriwanensis Bischoff (14– ♀, 15–♂); 16—E. fallax Morawitz, ♂; 17—E. fasciatus Friese; ♂; 18, 19—E. flavociliatus Friese (18–♀, 19–♂); 20, 21—E. gorodkovi Astafurova (20–♀, 21–♂); 22, 23—E. ibericus Bogusch (22–♀, 23–♂); 24—E. intermedius Pérez, ♀. Figures 14, 15, 18, 19, 22–24 by P. Bogusch.

FIGURES 102–106. Epeolus fallax Morawitz, 1872. Lectotype, male: 102—habitus, lateral view and labels; 103—head, frontal view; 104—labrum, dorsal view; 105—mesosoma, dorsal view; 106—T2, dorso-lateral view.