Epeolus melectiformis Yasumatsu, 1938

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 : 193

25. Epeolus melectiformis Yasumatsu, 1938

( Figs 60 , 80 , 101 )

Epeolus melectiformis Yasumatsu, 1938: 224 , ♀, ♂, (holotype: ♂; Japan, Shikoku , Ookawa-mura, Tosa; KUFJ).

Other notable publications. Hirashima 1955: 42 (key); Lith 1956: 39 (re-description, figures); Hirashima & Tadauchi 1979: 121 (figure); Mitai in Tadauchi & Murao 2014: 410 (descriptive note, figures); Astafurova & Proshchalykin 2021a: 38–30, 34 (key, variation, figures).

Host (s). Unknown.

Distribution. Russia (Eastern Siberia, Far East), Mongolia, China (Inner Mongolia), Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Ryukyu) ( Astafurova & Proshchalykin 2021a).

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, ♂).

FIGURES 100–101. Supraclypeal elevation, frontal view. 100—Epeolus tarsalis Morawitz; 101—E. melectiformis Yasumatsu. Scale bar: 0.5 mm.