The genus Epeolus Latreille, 1802 (Hymenoptera, Apidae) in Central Asia.

ABSTRACT: Available information about bees of the genus Epeolus in Central Asia is summarized. Twenty species are currently known from this area. Two new species are described: E.albus Astafurova & Proshchalykin, sp. nov. and E.pesenkoi Astafurova, sp. nov. Two species are newly recorded from Central Asia: E.asiaticus Astafurova & Proshchalykin, 2022 and E.nudiventris Bischoff, 1930. The hitherto unknown male of E.mikhailovi Astafurova & Proshchalykin, 2021 is described, and lectotypes are designated for E.ruficornis Morawitz, 1875 and E.vinogradovi Popov, 1952.

SUBMITTER: Astafurova YV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10576207 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature