Epeolus schummeli Schilling, 1849

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 : 197

36. Epeolus schummeli Schilling, 1849

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Epeolus schummeli Schilling, 1849: 104 , ♀ (holotype: ♀, Central Europe, Schlesien; lost according to Bogusch & Hadrava 2018: 36 ).

Epeolus ruthenicus Radoszkowski, 1891: 245 , ♂, (holotype: ♂, Minsk, Belarus; ZMHB). Synonymized by Bischoff 1930: 8.

Other notable publications. Bischoff 1930: 8 (descriptive note); Scheuchl 2000: 145, 147 (key, figures); Bogusch & Hadrava 2018: 36–38, 55, 56 (key, diagnosis, re-description of female, description of male, figures); Astafurova & Proshchalykin 2022a: 307, 324 (key).

Host (s). Colletes nasutus Smith ( Friese 1926; Bischoff 1930) and possibly C. graeffei Alfken ( Bogusch & Hadrava 2018).

Distribution. South and Central Europe, Turkey, Iran, Belarus, Russia (Rostov Oblast, Tatarstan Republic) ( Bogusch & Hadrava 2018; Astafurova & Proshchalykin 2022a).

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.