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

Astafurova Yu.V., Proshchalykin M.Yu.

В журнале Journal of Hymenoptera Research

Год: 2022 Номер: 92 Страницы: 305–328

The six species of the Epeolus cruciger species group from Asia are reviewed. Two new species, Epeolus asiaticus Astafurova & Proshchalykin, sp. nov. (Mongolia, Russia) and E. gorodkovi Astafurova, sp. nov. (Tajikistan, Afghanistan) are described and illustrated. Epeolus alpinus Friese, 1893 is newly recorded from Kazakhstan; E. cruciger (Panzer, 1799) is newly recorded from Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Kyrgyzstan; and E. mongolicus Astafurova & 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.

DOI 10.3897/jhr.92.90098

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