Hylaeus (Prosopis) variolaris MORAWITZ, 1876

Özbek, Hikmet & Dathe, Holger H., 2020, The bees of the genus Hylaeus FABRICIUS, 1793 of Turkey, with keys to the subgenera and species (Hymenoptera: Anthophila, Colletidae), Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 70 (2), pp. 273-346 : 335-336

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scientific name	Hylaeus (Prosopis) variolaris MORAWITZ, 1876
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Hylaeus variolaris MORAWITZ, 1876: 286–287 , . Uzbekistan:

Sarafshan. Prosopis variolaris ( MORAWITZ, 1876) – WARNCKE 1981: 154. Hylaeus (Prosopis) variolaris MORAWITZ, 1876 – DATHE &

PROSHCHALYKIN 2017: 43–44; 2018: 76.

Material examined: Erzurum: Atatürk University Campus , 1950 m, 13.07.2004, , leg. H. Özbek (on Melilotus officinalis ) (coll. AMNH) . Kayseri: Pınarbaşı , 1500 m, 25.06.1987, 2 , leg. R. Hensen .

Remarks: Exact collecting data of H. variolaris were recently published by DATHE & PROSHCHALYKIN (2017, 2018) for Central Asia. ASCHER & PICKERING (2019) also report the presence of this species in Turkey and Azerbaijan in “Discover Life”, but without precise location information. The species is easy to recognize, so these notifications are quite plausible. In any case, here we report H. variolaris as new for the Turkish fauna, and Kayseri is the westernmost distribution point of this species as a whole. H. variolaris is only rarely collected in Turkey (2 provinces, Figs 16.10 View Fig , 17.X View Fig ).

Distribution: Azerbaijan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan ( DATHE & PROSHCHALYKIN 2017; 2018). In Turkey: Erzurum, Kayseri. New for Turkey.

References

ASCHER, J. S. & PICKERING, J. 2019: Discover Life - Bee species guide and world checklist (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila). - Available from: http: // discoverlife. org / mp / 20 q? search = Apoidea (last accessed 12 June 2019).

MORAWITZ, F. 1876: Bees (Mellifera). - In: A travel to Turkestan by the member-founder of the society A. P. FEDTSCHENKO accomplished from the Imperial society of naturalists, anthropologists, and ethnographists on a commission from the generalgovernor of Turkestan K. P. VON KAUFMANN. Issue 13. Vol. II. Zoogeographical Investigations. Pt V. (Division 7). - M. Stanyukevich's Printing house, Moscow, pp. 161 - 303 + 3 pls. (Proceedings of the Royal Society of Amateurs of Natural History Sciences, Anthropology and Ethnography, 21 (3 )). - [in Russian].

PROSHCHALYKIN, M. YU. & DATHE, H. H. 2017: New records of bees of the genus Hylaeus FABRICIUS (Hymenoptera: Colletidae) in the European part of Russia and North Caucasus. - Proceedings of the Russian Entomological Society, St. Petersburg 88 (2): 61 - 65.

WARNCKE, K. 1981: Beitrag zur Bienenfauna des Iran 12. Die Gattung Prosopis F., mit Bemerkungen zu weiteren bekannten und unbekannten palaarktischen Arten. - Bollettino del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Venezia 31 [1980]: 145 - 195.