Epeolus asiaticus Astafurova & Proshchalykin, 2022

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 : 185

3. Epeolus asiaticus Astafurova & Proshchalykin, 2022

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Epeolus asiaticus Astafurova & Proshchalykin, 2022a: 309–318 , figs 1, 2, ♀, ♂, (holotype: ♀, Mongolia, Terkhin-Gol , Chulut and Khoit Rivers; ZISP).

Host (s). Unknown.

Distribution. Russia (Altai Republic, Tuva Republic, Zabaikalskiy Krai), Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia ( Astafurova & Proshchalykin 2023).

Figures

FIGURES 1–12. Epeolus Latreille, habitus, dorsal view. 1—E. albus Astafurova & Proshchalykin, ♀; 2, 3—E. alpinus Friese (2–♀, 3–♂); 4, 5—E. asiaticus Astafurova & Proshchalykin (4–♀, 5–♂); 6, 7—E. collaris Pérez (6–♀, 7–♂); 8, 9—E. compar Alfken (8–♀, 9–♂); 10—E. coreanus Yasumatsu (♂); 11, 12—E. cruciger (Panzer) (♀♀; 11–black form; 12–red form). Figures 6–9 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, ♂).