taxonID	type	description	language	source
EA4E87B9E244FF8CFE12FB83FEE0FDCB.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. ♀ and ♂. Yellow areas at least on mandibles, labrum, clypeus and legs. Galea with short hairs on the outer margin (Figs. 8 a – b). Galeal fringe present (Fig. 8 b). Mandibles without pre­apical tooth. Malar space shorter than A 2. Propodeal triangle hairless, longer than metanotum (Fig. 7 c). Propodeum in profile with horizontal and vertical faces subequal (Fig. 7 c). Basal vein curved (Fig. 3 a). First submarginal cell twice as long as the second (Fig. 3 a). Stigma large, transparent, about as long as costal margin of marginal cell; more than three times as long as prestigma (Fig. 3 a). Second abscissa of Rs straight (Fig. 3 a). Jugal lobe of hind wing equal to 2 / 3 – 3 / 4 of the vannal lobe length. Basitibial plate present. Tibial spurs finely serrated (Fig. 7 b). ♀. Bt 3 narrower than Tb 3, longer than the other tarsomeres. Scopa developed on outer face of Tb 3 and Bt 3 (Fig. 7 a). Keirotrichia extensively developed on inner face of Tb 3 and Bt 3 (Fig. 7 a – b). External face of Tb 3 and Bt 3 with small reddish spots at the base of hairs. Pygidial plate, triangular to subtrapezoidal, hairless, transparent, without elevated median area, apex dorsally curved. Prepygidial and pygidial fimbriae absent. ♂. Hind margin of Tb 3 with small reddish spots at the base of hairs. Tarsus 3 one and a half times as long as Tb 3. Pygidial plate absent. S 6 with dense apical pilosity (Figs. 3 c, 5 a, 8 c). S 7 without developed latero­apical structure (Figs. 1 a, 3 d, 4 a, 6 a, 8 d, 9 a). S 8 with a short and narrow median groove on external side (Figs. 1 b, 3 e, 4 b, 5 b, 6 b, 8 g, 9 b). Apical portion of S 8 sloping upwards (Figs. 5 b, 8 f). Gonostylus simple, about as long as gonocoxite, broadly fused to it (Figs. 1 c, 3 b, 4 c, 5 e – f, 6 c, 9 c).	en	Michez, Denis, Patiny, Sébastien (2006): Review of the bee genus Eremaphanta Popov 1940 (Hymenoptera: Melittidae), with the description of a new species. Zootaxa 1148 (1): 47-68, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1148.1.3, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1148.1.3
EA4E87B9E245FF8CFE12FD7BFEFFFBAD.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. See table 1. state.	en	Michez, Denis, Patiny, Sébastien (2006): Review of the bee genus Eremaphanta Popov 1940 (Hymenoptera: Melittidae), with the description of a new species. Zootaxa 1148 (1): 47-68, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1148.1.3, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1148.1.3
EA4E87B9E245FF8AFE12F98EFD50FE13.taxon	materials_examined	Type material. ♂ holotype, 1 ♀ / 4 ♂ paratypes, Turkmenistan, Dzhebel [39 ° 38 ’ N 54 ° 14 ’ E], 07. VI. 1934, leg. Popov, ZISP; 1 ♂ paratype, idem, 07. VI. 1957, leg. Popov, SEMK; 1 ♀ / 1 ♂ paratypes, idem, 05. VI. 1934, leg. Popov, ZISP; 2 ♀ / 2 ♂ paratypes, idem, 03. VI. 1934, leg. Popov, ZISP. Original designation of the locus typicus: " railway station Djebel and Molla­ Kara, Turkmenia " Additional material. 1 ♀, Turkmenistan, Mollakara [39 ° 39 ’ N 54 ° 10 ’ E], 09. VI. 1934, leg. Popov, ZISP. 1 ♂, idem, 09. VI. 1934, leg. Popov, SEMK; 1 ♂, Turkmenistan, Repetek [38 ° 35 ’ N 63 ° 11 ’ E], leg. Golibek, SEMK. Differential diagnosis. ♀ and ♂. Close to E. fasciata. Body widely yellow. Head about as long as wide. Terga without apical hair bands. Labial palpus longer than maxillary palpus. Diagnosis (Figs. 1 – 2). ♀ and ♂. Length = 5 – 6 mm. Head nearly as long as wide, with sparse white appressed hairs. Labial palpus as long as glossa; longer than maxillary palpus. Galea shiny, with narrowly rounded apex. Maxillary palpus shorter than galea (Lpalpus / Lgalea = 0,5). Labrum yellow and smooth; semicircular, nearly four times as wide as long. Clypeus, face and vertex weakly punctate, smooth and shiny. Flagellum dorsally brownish; ventrally yellowish. Genal area black, covered with white short appressed hairs. Mesoscutum entirely black, weakly punctate, smooth and shiny, with short white appressed hairs. Propodeal triangle minutely rugose; median part elevated and more rugose. Posterior half of propodeum smooth and shiny. Legs 1 – 3 entirely yellow. Terga glabrous. S 1 ­ S 2 with emarginate premarginal line. S 3 ­ S 5 with straight apical margin. ♀. Clypeus entirely yellow, with scarce white hairs. A 3 ­ A 12 broader than long. Flagellum twice as long as scape. Pronotum, scutellum and axilla yellow. Mesepisternum dorsally yellow, ventrally black. Propodeum and propodeal triangle yellow. Terga yellowish to brown. ♂. Clypeus with yellowish apex, covered with short white appressed hairs. A 3 ­ A 4 broader than long. Pronotum medially brown; margins yellow. Scutellum black with yellow apical margin (entirely yellow in some specimens). Metanotum yellow. Mesepisternum, propodeum and propodeal triangle black. External face of Tb 3 and Bt 3 with small reddish spots at the base of the hairs; with scopa­like hairs. Bt 3 shorter than other tarsomeres. T 1 brownish. T 2 ­ T 6 yellowish to brown. Gonostylus as long as penis valve (Fig. 1). S 7 ­ S 8 and genitalia as figured in Popov (1940) (Fig. 1). Distribution (Fig. 11 c). Turkmenistan. Floral choices. Convolvulaceae: Convolvulus ericaneus Led. (7 ♀, 11 ♂; see Popov 1940) First ­ last observations. 03. VI – 09. VI	en	Michez, Denis, Patiny, Sébastien (2006): Review of the bee genus Eremaphanta Popov 1940 (Hymenoptera: Melittidae), with the description of a new species. Zootaxa 1148 (1): 47-68, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1148.1.3, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1148.1.3
EA4E87B9E243FF88FE12FAD6FD5AFCAB.taxon	materials_examined	Type material. ♀ holotype, 13 ♀ paratypes, Turkmenistan, Uch­Adzhi [38 ° 05 ’ N 62 ° 48 ’ E], 01 – 03. V. 1929, leg. Shestakov, ZISP; 1 ♀ paratype, idem, 01 – 03. V. 1929, leg. Shestakov, SEMC. Original designation of the locus typicus: " Uch­Adzhi (Turkmenia), Bairam­Ali (Turkmenia), Tamdy (Uzbekistan) ". Additional material. 2 ♀, Turkmenistan, Jebel [39 ° 38 ’ N 54 ° 14 ’ E], 28. IV. 1993, leg. Denes, OOLL; 1 ♀, Turkmenistan, Nebitdag [39 ° 30 ’ N 54 ° 22 ’ E], 01. V. 1993, leg. Denes, OOLL; 1 ♀, Turkmenistan, Bairam­Ali [37 ° 37 ’ N 62 ° 10 ’ E], 28. V. 1929, leg. Shestakov, ZISP; 1 ♀, Uzbekistan, Tamdy [41 ° 09 ’ N 67 ° 44 ’ E], 19. V. 1935, leg. Andrushko, ZISP; 1 ♀, Turkmenistan, Akhcha­Kuyma [39 ° 21 ’ N 55 ° 10 ’ E], 12 – 15. V. 1977, leg. Pesenko, ZISP. Popov (1957) described only the female of E. fasciata. We give here the first description for the male, based on two specimens from Turkmenistan: Orta­Kuyu [40 ° 42 ’ N 57 ° 30 ’ E], 29. V. 1953, M. Arens, ZISP. Although there is no female associated with these males, the specimens are morphologically very close to the Popov species, and this leads us to describe them as the unknown sex of E. fasciata. Mouthparts are not described because they are hidden in the specimens. Differential diagnosis. ♀ and ♂. Close to E. convolvuli. Body widely yellow. Head about as long as wide. Terga without apical hair bands. Labial palpus shorter than maxillary palpus. Diagnosis (Fig. 3). ♀ and ♂. Labrum semicircular. Flagellum dorsally brownish, ventrally yellow. Pronotum brown in the middle; margins yellow. Mesoscutum black, with few short erect white hairs. Mesepisternum black. Propodeum black, smooth and shiny. Anterior part of propodeum weakly rugose; with a minute median groove. Propodeal triangle with smooth and shiny apical area. Discs of T 1 ­ T 5 glabrous. ♀. Head entirely black (clypeus apex yellow in some specimens), weakly punctate, cuticle smooth, with few white erect hairs, mainly around antennal sockets. Labial palpus as long as glossa, half as long as maxillary palpus. Galea tapering; surface smooth and shiny, weakly punctate; distance between punctures wider than puncture diameter. Maxillary palpus as long as galea. Clypeus hairless. Flagellum twice as long as scape. Genal area black covered with white short appressed hairs. Scutellum and axilla yellow. F 1 ­ F 3 yellow with brown spots. Discs of T 1 ­ T 5 yellow on basal half; brown on apical half. S 3 ­ S 5 with straight premarginal line. ♂. Clypeus, face and vertex with white erect hairs. Mesoscutum, propodeum and propodeal triangle black. External face of Tb 3 and Bt 3 with small reddish spots at the base of hairs. T 1 ­ T 6 with a median black stripe; basal and apical margins yellow. Gonostyli longer than penis valve. S 6 ­ S 8 and genitalia as in Figs. 3 b – e. Description (Fig. 3). ♂. Length (vertex – T 7) = 5,2 mm. Head. Length = 1,4 mm. Maximal width = 1,6 mm. Head integument black but yellow on mandible base, labrum, malar area and apex of clypeus. Flagellum dorsally brown, ventrally yellow. Labrum with long white apical hairs. Clypeus, face and vertex with white erect hairs. Genal area covered with white short appressed hairs. Face and vertex smooth and shiny, with few weak punctures. Flagellum three times as long as scape. A 3 shorter than A 4. A 3 and A 4 broader than long. A 5 ­ A 12 as long as wide. Mesosoma. Length = 1,9 mm. Maximal width = 1,3 mm. Integument black; yellow on apical margin of pronotum, apical half of scutellum and metanotum. Mesoscutum and mesepisternum with white short appressed hairs. Scutellum and metanotum glabrous. Propodeum with white erect hairs. Propodeal triangle hairless. Mesoscutum, mesepisternum, scutellum and metanotum smooth and shiny, with few weak punctures. Propodeum in profile with horizontal and vertical surfaces subequal. Propodeal triangle very wide, shiny; rugose basally, apex and lateral margins smooth, with minute median groove. Legs. Integument entirely yellow with long white setae; without differentiated structures such as in some species of Capicola and Dasypoda. External face and external margin of Tb 3 and Bt 3 with small reddish spots at base of hairs. Tarsal claws simple. Basitarsus narrower than femur. Wings. Tegula yellow but transparent. First submarginal cell twice as long as second (Fig. 3 a). Stigma large, transparent, approximately as long as costal margin of marginal cell and more than three times as long as prestigma (Fig. 3 a). Second abscissa of Rs straight. Jugal lobe equal to 2 / 3 to over 3 / 4 of vannal lobe length. Metasoma. Length = 2,8 mm. Maximal width = 1,5 mm. T 1 ­ T 6 with a transverse black stripe, basal and apical margins yellow. Sterna yellow. Disc of T 1 with some erect white hairs. Discs of T 2 ­ T 5 glabrous. S 1 ­ S 5 with premarginal line slightly emarginate. S 1 ­ S 5 with whitish apical hair band. S 6 ­ S 8 and genitalia as in Figs. 3 b – e. Distribution (Fig. 11 b). Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. Floral choices. Unknown. First ­ last observations. 15. IV – 29. V	en	Michez, Denis, Patiny, Sébastien (2006): Review of the bee genus Eremaphanta Popov 1940 (Hymenoptera: Melittidae), with the description of a new species. Zootaxa 1148 (1): 47-68, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1148.1.3, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1148.1.3
EA4E87B9E24EFF87FE12FEB3FCA5FB9C.taxon	materials_examined	Type material. ♂ holotype, 3 ♂ paratypes, Iran, Tiz bei Chahbar [25 ° 18 ’ N 60 ° 38 ’ E], 25. III. 1954, leg. R. U. Schäuffele, SMNS. Original designation of the locus typicus: " Tiz bei Chahbar, Iran ". Additional material. 1 ♂, Oman, Ruwi [23 ° 35 ’ N 58 ° 32 ’ E], III. 1976, leg. Guichard, NHM. Differential diagnosis. ♀ and ♂. Body mainly black. Head about as long as wide. Terga without apical hair bands. Marginal zone of T 1 ­ T 4 with few appressed hair on lateral margins. Diagnosis (Fig. 4). ♀. Unknown. ♂. Tb 1 ­ Tb 3 and tarsi yellow; other parts of the body entirely black. Head nearly as long as wide. Antennae dorsally brownish, ventrally yellowish. Propodeal triangle dull and rugose. Disc of terga with short brown appressed hairs. Marginal zone of T 1 ­ T 4 with few appressed hair on lateral margins. Premarginal line of S 1 ­ S 5 slightly emarginate or straight. S 7 ­ S 8 and genitalia as figured by Schwammberger (1971) (Fig. 4). Distribution (Fig. 11 b). Iran and Oman. Floral choices and phenology. Unknown.	en	Michez, Denis, Patiny, Sébastien (2006): Review of the bee genus Eremaphanta Popov 1940 (Hymenoptera: Melittidae), with the description of a new species. Zootaxa 1148 (1): 47-68, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1148.1.3, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1148.1.3
EA4E87B9E24EFF86FE12F970FCA6FD23.taxon	description	Additional material. None. Diagnosis. ♀. Similar to E. popovi but slightly smaller. Length = 4 mm. Body mainly yellow. Propodeal triangle and legs yellow. T 1 ­ T 4 with short apical yellowish hair bands. ♂. Unknown. Distribution (Fig. 11 c). Turkmenistan. Floral choices and phenology. Unknown.	en	Michez, Denis, Patiny, Sébastien (2006): Review of the bee genus Eremaphanta Popov 1940 (Hymenoptera: Melittidae), with the description of a new species. Zootaxa 1148 (1): 47-68, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1148.1.3, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1148.1.3
EA4E87B9E24FFF85FE12FD53FCA6FA03.taxon	materials_examined	Type Material. 1 ♂ holotype, 6 ♂ paratypes, Turkmenistan, Orta­Kuyu [40 ° 42 ’ N 57 ° 30 ’ E], 23. V. 1953, leg. Arens, ZISP. Original labelling (label with black ink printed on white paper): Orta­Kuyu 23. V. 1953 Arens [in Cyrillic]. Additional material. 1 ♂, Turkmenistan, Orta­Kuyu [40 ° 42 ’ N 57 ° 30 ’ E], 23. V. 1953, leg. Arens, SEMK. 1 ♀, Kazakhstan, desert of Kysylkum, Dyusebay [42 ° 24 ’ N 66 ° 58 ’ E], determined as E. vitellina by Morawitz, ZISP. The head of the specimen is missing. However, several morphological characters support its identification as E. popovi. Both sexes have a yellow metasoma and terga with apical hair bands (see diagnosis and description). This combination of characters is unique in Eremaphanta. Etymology. Named in honour of V. V. Popov who described the genus. Differential diagnosis. ♀ and ♂. Close to E. minuta. Body mainly yellow. Head about as long as wide. Terga with apical hair bands. Diagnosis (Fig. 5). ♀ and ♂. Legs yellow. T 1 ­ T 5 yellow, with white apical hair bands. ♀. Mesepisternum with upper part yellow, lower part black. Mesoscutum black. Pronotum yellow. ♂. Head nearly as long as broad. Genal area, dorsal half of face and propodeum yellow. Flagellum dorsally brownish, ventrally yellowish. Pronotum brown in the middle; margins yellow. Hind margin of Bt 3 and F 3 with small reddish spots at the base of hairs. Description. ♀. Head. Unknown. Mesosoma. Length = 2,3 mm. Maximal width = 1,5 mm. Pronotum, upper part of mesepisternum, scutellum, metanotum and propodeum yellow; Mesoscutum and lower part of mesepisternum black. Mesoscutum and mesepisternum with short white appressed hairs. Scutellum, metanotum and propodeum with white erect hairs. Propodeal triangle hairless. Mesoscutum, scutellum and metanotum smooth, shiny, weakly punctate. Propodeum in profile with horizontal and vertical surfaces subequal. Propodeal triangle minutely rugose with a median groove. Legs. Integument yellow. Scopa on outer surface of Tb 3 and Bt 3; with conspicuous reddish spots at the base of hairs. Keirotrichia on inner surface of Tb 3 and Bt 3. Wings. Tegula yellow and transparent. First submarginal cell twice as long as the second. Stigma large, transparent, about as long as costal margin of marginal cell; up to three times as long as prestigma. Second abscissa of Rs straight. Jugal lobe 2 / 3 to 3 / 4 as long as vannal lobe. Metasoma. Length = 3,3 mm. Maximal width = 1,6 mm. Terga yellow; disc glabrous. T 1 ­ T 5 with white apical hair bands. Sterna glabrous. Margin of terga and sterna straight. Pygidial plate flat, hairless, transparent, triangular; apex briefly truncated and dorsally curved. Prepygidial and pygidial fimbria absent. ♂ (Fig. 5). Length (vertex – T 7): 5,3 mm. ♂. Head. Length = 1,5 mm. Maximal width = 1,8 mm. Integument black, but mandible base, labrum, malar area and clypeus yellow. Flagellum dorsally brown, ventrally yellow. Labrum with long white apical hairs. Clypeus, face and genal area covered with white short appressed hairs. Vertex with white erect hairs. Labial palpus as long as glossa; shorter than prementum, maxillary palpus and galea. Galea with short setae on the outer margin, tapering, narrowly rounded. Mandibles without pre­apical tooth. Malar space shorter than A 2. Face and vertex smooth and shiny, with few weak punctures. Flagellum four times as long as scape. A 3 shorter than A 4. A 3 broader than long. A 4 as long as broad. A 5 ­ A 12 longer than wide. Mesosoma. Length = 2 mm. Maximal width = 1,6 mm. Mesoscutum, mesepisternum, propodeum and propodeal triangle black. Pronotum, apical and basal margin of scutellum and metanotum yellow. Mesoscutum and mesepisternum with white short appressed hairs. Scutellum and metanotum glabrous. Propodeum with white erect hairs. Propodeal triangle hairless. Mesoscutum, mesepisternum, scutellum and metanotum smooth and shiny, with few weak punctures. Propodeum in profile with horizontal and vertical surfaces subequal. Propodeal triangle large, shiny, minutely rugose with a median groove; apical area smooth. Legs. Integument yellow, with long white setae. External margin of Bt 3 and F 3 with small reddish spots at the base of hairs. Tarsal claw simple. Basitarsus narrower than femur. Wings. Venation similar to that of female. Metasoma. Length = 2,8 mm. Maximal width = 1,5 mm. Terga yellow except basal half of T 1 brownish. T 1 with few white erect hairs basally. Disc of T 2 ­ T 5 glabrous. T 1 ­ T 5 with white apical hair bands. S 1 ­ S 5 with white apical hair bands, longer medially. S 1 ­ S 4 with premarginal line strongly emarginate. S 6 ­ S 8 and genitalia as in Fig. 5. Distribution (Fig. 11 c). Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan. Floral choices and phenology. Unknown.	en	Michez, Denis, Patiny, Sébastien (2006): Review of the bee genus Eremaphanta Popov 1940 (Hymenoptera: Melittidae), with the description of a new species. Zootaxa 1148 (1): 47-68, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1148.1.3, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1148.1.3
EA4E87B9E24CFF83FE12F9B3FCA5FEE3.taxon	materials_examined	Type material. ♀ holotype, Turkmenistan, 1895, leg. Ahnger, ZISP. Original designation of the locus typicus: " Turkmenia ". Additional material. None. Differential diagnosis. ♀ and ♂. Close to E. vitellina. Body yellow. Head one and half times wider than long. Mesoscutum mostly yellow. Terga without apical hair bands. Diagnosis. ♀. Length = 6,5 mm. Body almost entirely yellow, except black spots along inner margins of eyes, median portion of mesoscutum and bases of S 1 ­ S 5. Galea yellow. Face and clypeus glabrous. Vertex with dense white erect hairs. Genal area yellow, with white short erect hairs. Head shiny and weakly punctate. Clypeus three times broader than long. Flagellum short, one and a half times as long as scape. A 3 ­ A 12 broader than long. Propodeal triangle yellow, minutely rugose, with a median groove. T 1 ­ T 5 glabrous, without apical hair bands. Premarginal line of sterna emarginate. ♂. Unknown. Distribution. Turkmenistan. Floral choices and phenology. Unknown.	en	Michez, Denis, Patiny, Sébastien (2006): Review of the bee genus Eremaphanta Popov 1940 (Hymenoptera: Melittidae), with the description of a new species. Zootaxa 1148 (1): 47-68, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1148.1.3, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1148.1.3
EA4E87B9E24AFF82FE12FE13FCA5FE43.taxon	materials_examined	Type material. 1 ♀ and 4 ♂ syntypes, Kazakhstan, desert of Kysylkum, Dyusebay [42 ° 24 ’ N 66 ° 58 ’ E], leg. Morawitz, designation of type by Popov, ZISP. Original designation of the locus typicus: " Derserto Kisilkum, Okolo Kolodtsa Dyusebaj ". Only one female is known (ZISP), its head is missing. Additional material. None. Differential diagnosis. ♀ and ♂. Close to E. turcomanica. Body mainly yellow. Head one and half times wider than long. Mesoscutum mostly black. Terga without apical hair bands. Diagnosis (Fig. 6). ♀. Length = 5 – 6 mm. Pronotum, margins of mesoscutum, mesepisternum, scutellum, metanotum, propodeum and propodeal triangle yellow. Propodeal triangle rugose, with median groove. Legs and metasoma yellow. T 1 ­ T 5 with glabrous disc, without apical hair bands. S 2 ­ S 3 with emarginate premarginal line. ♂. Head one and a half times wider than long. Face with ventral half (including clypeus) and genal area yellow. Clypeus, face and vertex with white short erect hairs. Flagellum yellow. Galea yellow, tapering, apex narrowly rounded. Maxillary palpus longer than galea. A 3 ­ A 5 broader than long. Pronotum, margin of mesoscutum, mesepisternum, axilla, metanotum and propodeum yellow. Scutellum partly yellow, at least on margins. Propodeal triangle brown. Mesosoma with few white erect hairs. Propodeal triangle hairless. Legs yellow. F 3 with few long white hairs. Tarsus 3 longer than Tb 3. Bt 3 as long as other segments. Metasoma yellow. Discs of T 1 ­ T 5 glabrous, without apical hair bands. S 7 ­ S 8 and genitalia as figured in Popov (1940) (Fig. 6). Distribution (Fig. 11 b). Kazakhstan. Floral choices and phenology. Unknown.	en	Michez, Denis, Patiny, Sébastien (2006): Review of the bee genus Eremaphanta Popov 1940 (Hymenoptera: Melittidae), with the description of a new species. Zootaxa 1148 (1): 47-68, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1148.1.3, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1148.1.3
EA4E87B9E24BFF82FE12FDF4FDACFC94.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. See table 1.	en	Michez, Denis, Patiny, Sébastien (2006): Review of the bee genus Eremaphanta Popov 1940 (Hymenoptera: Melittidae), with the description of a new species. Zootaxa 1148 (1): 47-68, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1148.1.3, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1148.1.3
EA4E87B9E24BFF81FE12FC29FD5AFA03.taxon	materials_examined	Type material (designated here). ♂ lectotype, 1 ♂ and 2 ♀ paralectotypes, Turkmenistan, Dort­Kuyu [37 ° 38 ’ N 61 ° 18 ’ E], 05. V. 1888, leg. Semenov, ZISP. Original designation of the locus typicus: " Dort­kuju ". Lectotype ♂ (ZISP), labels: 1 st, handwritten with black ink on white paper " Dort­kuju 5. V. 88 Semenow " (in Cyrillic); 2 nd printed on white paper " K .. F. Morawitz " (in Cyrillic); 3 rd handwritten with black ink on white paper " Rophites dispar ♂ F. Mor. "; 4 th handwritten with black ink on red paper " Lectotype Rophites dispar Mor. Design Michez D. 2005 ". Paralectotypes ♂ (ZISP), labels: 1 st, handwritten with black ink on white paper " Dort­kuju 5. V. 88 Semenow " (in Cyrillic); 2 nd printed on white paper " K. F. Morawitz " (in russian Cyrillic); 3 rd handwritten with black ink on white paper " Rophites dispar ♂ F. Mor. "; 4 th handwritten with black ink on red paper " Paralectotype Rophites dispar Mor. Design Michez D. 2005 ". 2 ♀ (ZISP); labels: 1 st, handwritten with black ink on white paper " Dortkuju 5. V. 88 Semenow " (in Cyrillic); 2 nd print on white paper " K. F. Morawitz " (in Cyrillic); 3 rd handwritten with black ink on white paper " Rophites dispar ♀ F. Mor. "; 4 th handwritten with black ink on red paper " Paralectotype Rophites dispar Mor. Design Michez D. 2005 ". Additional material. 6 ♀ / 2 ♂, Kazakhstan, Aksuek [44 ° 45 ’ N 74 ° 21 ’ E], 29. VI. 1979, on Cousinia shestopter (Asteraceae), leg. Pesenko, ZISP; 6 ♂, idem, 27. VI. 1979, on Cousinia shestopter (Asteraceae), leg. Pesenko, ZISP; 1 ♀, Pakistan, Pishin [30 ° 35 ’ N 67 ° 00 ’ E], 23. V. 1984, leg. Rozen, AMNH; 1 ♀, idem, 27. V. 1984, leg. Rozen, AMNH; 1 ♀, idem, 27. V. 1984, leg. Rozen, SEMK; 106 ♂, Turkmenistan, Badkhyz [35 ° 34 ’ N 62 ° 00 ’ E], 05. VI. 1976, on Cousinia shestopter (Asteraceae), leg. Pesenko, ZISP; 3 ♀ / 1 ♂, Turkmenistan, Imambaba [36 ° 45 ’ N 62 ° 28 ’ E], 1932, ZISP; 2 ♂, idem, 08. V. 1912, ZISP; 2 ♀, Turkmenistan, Mary [37 ° 38 ’ N 61 ° 50 ’ E], 28. V. 1976, on Statice sp. (Plumbaginaceae), leg. Pesenko, ZISP; 9 ♂, Turkmenistan, Orta­Kuyu [40 ° 42 ’ N 57 ° 30 ’ E], 29. V. 1953, ZISP; 3 ♂, Turkmenistan, Tash­Kepri [36 ° 03 ’ N 62 ° 43 ’ E], 14. V. 1954, ZISP; 1 ♀, idem, 14. V. 1954, SEMK; 12 ♂, idem, 28. V. 1954, ZISP; 1 ♀ / 4 ♂, idem, 28. V. 1954, SEMK; 4 ♀ / 3 ♂, idem, 01. VI. 1954, ZISP; 2 ♂ / 4 ♀, idem, 01. VI. 1954, SEMK; 1 ♂, idem, 01. VI. 1954, AMNH; 10 ♂, idem, 04. VI. 1954, ZISP; 1 ♀, idem, 04. VI. 1954, SEMK; 1 ♀ / 1 ♂, idem, 08. VI. 1954, ZISP; 1 ♂ / 6 ♀, Uzbekistan, Mubarek [39 ° 16 ’ N 65 ° 09 ’ E], 15. V. 1978, on Convolvulus sp. (Convolvulaceae), leg. Pesenko, ZISP. Differential diagnosis. ♀ and ♂. Close to E. zhelochovtsevi. Body mainly black. Head twice as long as wide. Terga with apical hair bands. Labrum twice as wide as long. Diagnosis (Figs. 7 – 8). ♀ and ♂. Length = 5 mm. Head black, twice as long as broad; few white erect hairs on vertex and around antennal sockets. Labial palpus elongated, longer than glossa, twice as long as maxillary palpus (Figs. 8 a – b). Galea shiny, semicircular, tapering narrowly rounded (Figs. 8 a – b). Labrum long, smooth and shiny (Fig. 8 a). Clypeus with yellow apical margin. Genal area black, covered with white short appressed hairs. Mesosoma black, with white short appressed hairs. T 1 ­ T 5 with apical hair bands. Disc of T 1 ­ T 5 glabrous. ♀. Flagellum twice as long as scape. Flagellum dorsally brown, ventrally reddish. F 1 yellow, black at the base. Legs 2 – 3 yellow. Metasoma brownish. S 1 ­ S 4 with premarginal line weakly emarginate. ♂. Flagellum three times as long as scape. Flagellum dorsally brown, ventrally reddish. F 1 ­ F 3 black. Tb 1 ­ Tb 3 black with yellow apex. Tarsi 1 – 3 yellow. Metasoma black. T 2 ­ T 4 with lateral patches of short appressed hairs. S 6 ­ S 8 see Figs. 7 c – g. Genitalia as figured in Popov (1940). Distribution (Fig. 11 a). Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. Floral choices. Asteraceae, Cousinia shestopter (6 ♀, 114 ♂); Convolvulaceae, Convolvulus sp. (1 ♀, 6 ♂); Plumbaginaceae, Statice sp. (2 ♀). Moreover, tricolporate pollen (very similar to the Convolvulus one) are observed on the pictures of scopae (Figs. 7 a – b) of the females collected on Asteraceae. First ­ last observations. 08. V – 29. VI	en	Michez, Denis, Patiny, Sébastien (2006): Review of the bee genus Eremaphanta Popov 1940 (Hymenoptera: Melittidae), with the description of a new species. Zootaxa 1148 (1): 47-68, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1148.1.3, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1148.1.3
EA4E87B9E248FF80FE12F9B3FCA6FEE3.taxon	materials_examined	Type material. ♂ holotype, Tajikistan, Aivadzh [36 ° 59 ’ N 68 ° 02 ’ E], 15. IX. 1934, leg. Zhelochovtsev, ZMMU. Original designation of the locus typicus: " Aivadzh, Tadjikistan ". Additional material. None. Diagnosis (Fig. 9). ♂. Length = 6 mm. Clypeus protruding. Labrum twice as wide as long (see Popov 1957). Distribution (Fig. 11 a). Tajikistan. Floral choices and phenology. Unknown.	en	Michez, Denis, Patiny, Sébastien (2006): Review of the bee genus Eremaphanta Popov 1940 (Hymenoptera: Melittidae), with the description of a new species. Zootaxa 1148 (1): 47-68, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1148.1.3, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1148.1.3
