Epeolus siculus Giordani Soika, 1944

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

38. Epeolus siculus Giordani Soika, 1944

( Figs 53, 54 , 77 )

Epeolus siculus Giordani Soika, 1944: 20 , ♀, (holotype: ♀, Italy, Sicily, Messina; lost according to Bogusch & Hadrava, 2018: 38).

Other notable publications. Bogusch & Hadrava 2018: 38–40, 55, 56 (key, diagnosis, re-description, description of male, figures); Le Divelec 2021: 16 (diagnosis).

Host (s). Unknown.

Distribution. Italy ( Bogusch & Hadrava 2018).

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, ♂).