Review of the Epeolus cruciger species group (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Epeolus Latreille, 1802) of Asia, with the description of two new species

By

Astafurova, Yulia
Proshchalykin, M. I︠U︡. (Maksim I︠U︡rʹevich)

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2022

Original Publication

MycoKeys

Volume

92

Pages

305--328

Subjects

Anthophila , Apiformes , cleptoparasites , Palaearctic region , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers 2011-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/jhr.92.90098

 

Abstract

The six species of theEpeolus crucigerspecies group from Asia are reviewed. Two new species,Epeolus asiaticusAstafurova & Proshchalykin,sp. nov.(Mongolia, Russia) andE. gorodkoviAstafurova,sp. nov.(Tajikistan, Afghanistan) are described and illustrated.Epeolus alpinusFriese, 1893 is newly recorded from Kazakhstan;E. cruciger(Panzer, 1799) is newly recorded from Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Kyrgyzstan; andE. mongolicusAstafurova & Proshchalykin, 2021 is newly recorded from Kyrgyzstan and Russia. An identification key for both sexes of all Asian members of this species group is presented.