Epeolus ruficornis Morawitz, 1875

Fig. 7

Epeolus ruficornis Morawitz, 1875: 144, ♀, ♂ (type locality: Ayni, Tajikistan). Lectotype (designated here): ♀, 11.VI.[1870] // Варзаминоръ [Varzaminor (= Ayni), Tajikistan // Epeolus ruficornis Mor. [handwritten by F. Morawitz], [illustrated on Fig. 7], ZMMU, examined.

Published data.

Morawitz 1875: 144 (Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan); 1894: 45 (Turkmenistan); Astafurova and Proshchalykin 2021c: 11 (Tajikistan, Turkmenistan).

Material examined.

Kazakhstan, 3 ♀♀, 3 ♂♂, Bayrakum near Dzhulek, 10.VI.1907, leg. L. Wolmann [ZISP] ; 2 ♀♀, Dzhulek, Syr-Darja, 12.VI.1912, leg. L. Wolmann [ZISP] ; 1 ♀, Kharkin, Ural River, 4.VIII.1951, leg. VR [ZISP] ; 5 ♂♂, Koksengir, Zhana-Arka, 19.VII.1958, leg. A. Ponomareva, VR [ZISP] ; 1 ♀, Kokshetau Mts, 2.VI.1959, leg. V. Tobias [ZISP] ; 1 ♂, 50 km SW of Qyzylorda, 26.VI.1980, leg. D. Panfilov [ZMMU] ; Kyrgyzstan, 2 ♂♂ (paralectotypes), Zeravhan River valley [near Aykul lake], 5.VIII.[1869], [ZMMU] ; Turkmenistan, 1 ♂, Germab, coll. F. Morawitz [ZISP] ; 1 ♂, Takhta-Bazar, 30.VI.1930, leg. VP [ZISP] ; 6 ♀, 1 ♂, 30 km ESE of Rybachiy, Issyk-Kul Lake, 15.VII.1979, leg. Yu. Pesenko [ZISP] ; Uzbekistan, 1 ♂, Khiva, Ravat, 26.V.1927, leg. V. Gussakovskij [ZISP] ; 1 ♀, 2 ♂♂, Bukhara, Bag-Absal, 19.VII.1930, leg. V. Gussakovskij [ZISP] ; 2 ♀♀, 1 ♂, Bag-Absal, 50 km N of Buchara, 17.IX.1931, leg. Zhelhovtzev [ZMMU] ; 3 ♂♂, Dzhuma, 20.VIII.1957, leg. VP [ZISP] ; 1 ♀, 10 km SW of Arnasay, Kyzyl-kum desert, 27.VIII.1979, leg. Yu. Pesenko [ZISP] ; Tajikistan, 1 ♀, Varsaminor, 1892, leg. Glasunov [ZISP] ; 5 ♀♀, 12 ♂♂, Kurgan-Tube, 30.VIII-5.IX.1948, leg. VP [ZISP] ; 1 ♂, Staraya Pristan, Vakhsh, 12.IX.1948, leg. VR [ZISP] ; 1 ♂, Vakhsh, 4-5.VI.1990, leg. J. Halada [OLBL] ; 1 ♀, Khalton pr., Khodzhamulin Mts, 27.VI.2003, leg. Perepechayenko [ZISP] .

Remarks.

The species is closest to Epeolus warnckei Bogusch, 2018, but differs by having poorly developed labral teeth (Fig. 7C) which are positioned rather subapically (according to description of Bogusch (2018), in E. warnckei the labral teeth are positioned near the apex).

Distribution.

*Kazakhstan, *Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Mongolia (Dornogovi, Khovd, Uvurkhangai), Azerbaijan, China (Xinjiang, Gansu).