Epeolus laevifrons Bischoff, 1930

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 : 191

22. Epeolus laevifrons Bischoff, 1930

( Figs 31 , 71 )

Epeolus laevifrons Bischoff, 1930: 7–8 , ♀ (holotype: ♀, Germany, Lautawerk, Pr. Lausitz; ZMHB).

Other notable publications. Warncke 1986: 60 (as synonym of E. cruciger ); Scheuchl 2000: 145, 148 (key); Bogusch & Hadrava 2018: 33–34, 56, 57 (key, status resurrected, diagnosis, description of male, figures).

New records. ARMENIA, 1 ♂, Sevan Lake , 24.VII.1952, leg. Terminosyan [ ZISP] .

Host (s). Colletes similis Schenck ( Bischoff 1930).

Distribution.? Germany (possible confusion over type locality), Morocco, Algeria, Turkey ( Bogusch & Hadrava 2018), * Armenia.

Figures

FIGURES 25–36. Epeolus Latreille, habitus, dorsal view. 25—E. intermedius Pérez, ♂; 26—E. iranicus Bogusch, ♀; 27, 28—E. julliani Pérez (27–♀, 28–♂); 29, 30—E. kyzylkumicus Astafurova (29–♀, 30–♂); 31—E. laevifrons Bischoff, ♂; 32, 33—E. laticauda Bischoff (32–♀, 33–♂); 34—E. leleji Astafurova & Proshchalykin, ♀; 35, 36—E. mikhailovi Astafurova & Proshchalykin (35–♀, 36–♂). Figures 25, 26 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, ♂).