Epeolus rasnitsyni Astafurova & Proshchalykin, 2021

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 : 195

34. Epeolus rasnitsyni Astafurova & Proshchalykin, 2021

( Figs 48 , 76 )

Epeolus rasnitsyni Astafurova & Proshchalykin, 2021c: 11–14 , figs 1–9, ♂, (holotype: ♂, Tajikistan, Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region, the mouth of the Shakhdara River ; ZISP).

Host(s). Unknown.

Distribution. Tajikistan ( Astafurova & Proshchalykin 2023).

Figures

FIGURES 37–48. Epeolus Latreille, habitus, dorsal view. 37—E. mongolicus Astafurova & Proshchalykin, ♀; 38, 39—E. nudiventris Bischoff (38–♀, 39–♂); 40, 41—E. pesenkoi Astafurova (40–♀, 41–♂); 42—E. priesneri Bogusch, ♀; 43—E. productuloides Bogusch, ♂; 44, 45—E. productulus Bischoff (44–♀, 45–♂); 46, 47— E. rasmonti Astafurova & Proshchalykin (46–♀, 47–♂); 48—E. rasnitsyni Astafurova & Proshchalykin, ♂. Figures 42, 43 by P. Bogusch.

FIGURES 71–76. Epeolus Latreille. 71—mesosoma, dorso-lateral view (E. laevifrons Bischoff, ♂); 72–76—scutellum, dorsal (74, 76) and dorso-lateral (72, 73, 75) views (72—E. vinogradovi Popov, ♀; 73—E. albus Astafurova & Proshchalykin, ♂; 74—E. subrufescens Saunders, ♂; 75—E. ruficornis Morawitz, ♀; 76—E. rasnitsyni Astafurova & Proshchalykin, ♂).