taxonID	type	description	language	source
E057CD7484355CBF870B5DCFDBD9930D.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Iran: Elbrus, 7 km south of Chalus, 2400 m n. m., 12. VII. 1977, (2 ♂), A. W. Ebmer; idem, 25. VII. 1977, (1 ♀), J. Gusenleitner; idem, (1 ♀), A. W. Ebmer; Shahpasand, Tilabad, 16. VII. 1977, (1 ♀), A. W. Ebmer [all P. Bogusch det.] (OLML).	en	Bogusch, Petr (2021): The cuckoo bees of the genus Epeolus Latreille, 1802 (Hymenoptera, Apidae) from the Middle East and North Africa with descriptions of two new species. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 84: 45-68, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.84.67049, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.84.67049
9265E312C4525438940AF932C4C8A41B.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Algeria: Biskra, date, collector and number of specimens unknown, (K. Warncke, unpublished hand-written data). Morocco: Taroudant, Oued Souss, 24. VI. 1974, (1 ♀), K. M. Guichard, G. E. Else [M. Schwarz det.] (BMNH); Tizi-n-Test, 30. VI. 1987, (1 ♀), M. Schwarz [P. Bogusch det.] (OLML). Tunisia: Hamman Lif, date and collector unknown, (1 ♂); Kathairia, Wiese, south of Tabarka, 23. VI. 1994, (1 ♂), L. Hauser [both P. Bogusch det.] (OLML).	en	Bogusch, Petr (2021): The cuckoo bees of the genus Epeolus Latreille, 1802 (Hymenoptera, Apidae) from the Middle East and North Africa with descriptions of two new species. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 84: 45-68, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.84.67049, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.84.67049
8523B33399325A3A8DB13F26B97A3142.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Cyprus: Akrotiri bay, 1. VII. 1933, (1 ♀), 20. VII. 1933, (1 ♂), 12. VII. 1943, (1 ♂), 20. VII. 1943, (1 ♀); Salamis, 18. VI. 1957, (1 ♂); Zakaki, 23. VI. 1949, (1 ♂) G. Mavromoustakis leg. [all G. Mavromoustakis det.] (KUBC). Israel: Amitai, 31. III. 1952, (1 ♀), collector unknown; Jerusalem, 29. III. 1940, (1 ♂), Bytinski-Salu leg. (OLML); Kefa Awda, 13. III. 2012, (1 ♂), O. Afik [all P. Bogusch det.] (OLML). Jordan: Amman, 22. III. 1995, (1 ♀), collector unknown, [all P. Bogusch det.] (OLML).	en	Bogusch, Petr (2021): The cuckoo bees of the genus Epeolus Latreille, 1802 (Hymenoptera, Apidae) from the Middle East and North Africa with descriptions of two new species. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 84: 45-68, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.84.67049, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.84.67049
2672148ABBB4573BB55C1944B14CA2AB.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Algeria: Bone, collector and date unknown, (1 ♂) (OLML); " Mus. Drews ", collector and date unknown, (1 ♀) (NHMC). Morocco: High Atlas, Agaionar, 1500 m n. m., 10. VII. 1975, (1 ♂), A. W. Ebmer; Asri, 10. - 14. VII. 1932, (1 ♀), A. Nadiq; Azrou, 24. VII. 1920, (1 ♂), collector unknown; Azrou, Moyen, 12. IX. 1935, (1 ♀), Naef; Beni Mellal, 10 km north of Imirchil, 30. VIII. 1992, (1 ♀), K. Warncke; Bone, date and collector unknown, (1 ♀); Ez Zahra, 15 km south of Tunis, 30. VII. 1969, (1 ♂, 1 ♀), R. Desculli de Chenau; Immonzer, 28. VI. 1947, (1 ♂), Naef; Ifrane, 22. - 24. VII. 1932, (1 ♀), collector unknown; 17 km N Tounfite, 1600 m n. m., (1 ♀), date uknown, K. Warncke [all P. Bogusch det.] (OLML). Tunisia: Ez Zahra, 15 km south of Tunis, VII. 1969, (1 ♂, 1 ♀), K. Warncke [K. Warncke det.] (OLML); Ghar El Melh, east of Bizerte, 25. V. 1999, (1 ♂), O. Niehuis [P. Bogusch det.] (OLML).	en	Bogusch, Petr (2021): The cuckoo bees of the genus Epeolus Latreille, 1802 (Hymenoptera, Apidae) from the Middle East and North Africa with descriptions of two new species. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 84: 45-68, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.84.67049, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.84.67049
C1D18C73D97158EEBA205D2D4576DB09.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Iran: Bayne-Teheran, 6. IX. 1955, (1 ♀), collector unknown; Elburz, 50 km north of Vana, 12. - 13. VII. 1965, (1 ♀), Giordani Soika [both P. Bogusch det.] (OLML). Syria: Ras al Basit, 19. V. 1995, (1 ♂), K. Denes. [P. Bogusch det.] (OLML). Turkey: 20 km south of Van, 5. VII. 1997, (1 ♂), M. Halada [P. Bogusch det.] (OLML).	en	Bogusch, Petr (2021): The cuckoo bees of the genus Epeolus Latreille, 1802 (Hymenoptera, Apidae) from the Middle East and North Africa with descriptions of two new species. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 84: 45-68, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.84.67049, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.84.67049
F361ABF90C4A5282A2D70889128E402B.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Algeria: locality, date and collector unknown, (1 ♂) (OLML); Boghari, (1 ♂), collector unknown [P. Bogusch det.] (OLML). Tunisia: Jendouba, 16. V. 1973, (1 ♀), J. Gusenleitner; idem, 11. VII. 1979, (1 ♂), A. W. Ebmer [P. Bogusch det.] (OLML); Tunis, date unknown, (1 ♀), E. Graeffe [D. B. Baker and M. S. Engel det.] (KUBC).	en	Bogusch, Petr (2021): The cuckoo bees of the genus Epeolus Latreille, 1802 (Hymenoptera, Apidae) from the Middle East and North Africa with descriptions of two new species. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 84: 45-68, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.84.67049, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.84.67049
7A2FD72A5A295EFFAC689B9E68C39D7B.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Algeria: Biskra, 27. V. 1948, (1 ♂), 30. V. 1948, (1 ♀), Naef, [P. Bogusch det.] (OLML); idem, 26. V. 1948, (1 ♀), J. de Beaumont (KUBC); Moktadeh, V. 2005, (1 ♀), M. Halada [all P. Bogusch det.] (OLML). Egypt: Abu Roasch, 26. III. 1958, (1 ♀), 6. V. 1958, (1 ♂), 17. V. 1958, (1 ♂, 1 ♀), W. Pulawski; Amarna, 17. - 18. III. 1958, (1 ♂), W. Pulawski [D. B. Baker det.] (KUBC); Cairo, VII. 1937, (1 ♂), A. Mochi; idem, 9. - 20. V. 1978, (1 ♀), K. Guichard; Fayed, date and collector unknown, (1 ♀); idem, IV. 1943, (2 ♂♂), collector unknown; idem, date unknown, (1 ♂), H. Priesner, [all P. Bogusch det.] (OLML); idem, 21. III. 1948, (1 ♀), 13. V. 1948, (1 ♀), 30. V. 1948, (1 ♀), 30. X. 1948, (1 ♂), D. B. Baker [D. B. Baker det.] (KUBC); Fayoum, 29. IV. 1935, (3 ♀), H. Priesner [P. Bogusch det.] (OLML); idem, 29. IV. 1935, (1 ♀), A. Mochi [D. B. Baker det.] (KUBC); Gebel el Asfar, 28. IV. 1937, (1 ♂), 29. V. 1937, (1 ♀), A, Mochi; Giza, 1. V. 1981, (2 ♂), K. Guichard, 30. IV. 1958, (1 ♂, 1 ♀), W. Pulawski [D. B. Baker det.] (KUBC); Hehran, 23. III. 1931, (1 ♂), collector unknown [P. Bogusch det.] (OLML); Helwan (Wadi Hof), 16. V. 1937, (1 ♀), A. Mochi [D. B. Baker det.] (KUBC); Hizramech, 11. VI. 1954, (1 ♂), collector unknown; Ismailia, 16. IV. 1933, (1 ♀), C. Koch [all P. Bogusch det.] (OLML); Luxor, 31. I. 1958, (1 ♂), W. Pulawski; Meadi, 13. III. 1958, (4 ♂, 2 ♀), W. Pulawski [all D. B. Baker det.] (KUBC); 40 km east of Meadi, 29. V. 1991, (1 ♀), A. Mochi; Quattamia Road, 2. V. 1992, (1 ♂), A. Mochi [all P. Bogusch det.] (OLML); Ras Sedr, Southern Sinai, 13. IV. 2019, (1 ♂, 1 ♀), M. Shebl [M. Shebl det.] (MSIE); Saqqara, 27. IV. 1958, (1 ♀), W. Pulawski [D. B. Baker det.] (KUBC); Sidi Salem, 4. VI. 1972, (3 ♂, 7 ♀), J. Gusenleitner; Sucr Ahmed, 11. V. 2011, (1 ♂), M. Shebl [M. Shebl det.] (OLML); Wadi Degla, Cairo, 21. IV. 1990, (1 ♀), 1. VI. 1990, (1 ♀), C. Roche [D. B. Baker det.] (KUBM); Wadi Degla, 4. V. 1990, (1 ♀), A. Mochi; Wadi Hof, 15. VI. 1960, (1 ♀), H. Priesner [P. Bogusch det.] (OLML). Iran: Bandar Langeh, 23. III. 1965, (2 ♀), collector unknown [P. Bogusch det.] (OLML). Jordan: Wadi Rum, Al Ghal env., 3. IV. 2013, (2 ♂, 3 ♀), M. Snizek [P. Bogusch det.] (OLML). Morocco: Ait-Saoun, 55 km near Agde, 10. V. 1992, (1 ♀), M. Hradsky; Amonguer, 50 km west of Rich, 23. V. 1995, (1 ♂), M. Halada; 15 km south of Assa, 17. - 18. IV. 1995, (5 ♂, 3 ♀), M. Halada; Atlas, Route Midelf-Aouli, 29. V. 1947, (1 ♀), Naef; Beni-Bassia, 21. V. 1995, (1 ♀); 20 km west of Boudnik, 9. IV. 1995, (1 ♀), both M. Halada; El Rashida-Goulmina, 22. IV. 2017, (1 ♂, 2 ♀), M. Snizek [all P. Bogusch det.] (OLML); Errachidia, 3. VI. 1985, (1 ♀), K. Guichard [D. B. Baker det.] (KUBC); 30 km near Foum Zguid, 30. III. 1996, (1 ♀), K. Warncke; 40 km south of Guercif, 15. - 17. IV. 1995, (3 ♂, 2 ♀), M. Halada; Meknes, 31. V. 1964, (1 ♀), collector unknown; 10 km north of Mhamid, 21. - 22. IV. 1995, (2 ♀), M. Halada; Mhamid env., 16. V. 1997, (1 ♀), K. Denes; 30 km east of Midelt, 13. V. 1995, (10 ♂, 5 ♀); 20 km north of Missour, 14. V. 1995, (3 ♂, 3 ♀), all M. Halada; Risani (Bisanri), 19. V. 1987, (2 ♂), M. Kraus; Taba, 29. III. 1986, (1 ♂), Naef [all P. Bogusch det.] (OLML); Tizi-n-Talrhemt, 4.6.1985, (1 ♂), K. Guichard [D. B. Baker det.] (KUBM); 5 km south of Zagora, 24. - 25. IV. 1995, (3 ♀), M. Halada [P. Bogusch det.] (OLML). Tunisia: Bliditti, 29. III. 2008, (1 ♂, 1 ♀), P. Bogusch; Mefta, 14. IV. 1981, (1 ♂), Schnee; 31. V. 1994, (1 ♂), S. Becvar; Tatouine, 11. IV. 2001, (1 ♂, 1 ♀), M. Halada; Tozeur, 24. - 28. III. 1978, (1 ♀), K. Guichard; idem, 7. IV. 2001, (1 ♀), M. Halada [all P. Bogusch det.] (OLML). UAE: Abu Dhabi International Airport, 3. IV. 1991, (1 ♂), I. Hammer [P. Bogusch det.] (KUBC); Dhabi Al Wathba, 15. II. 2015, (3 ♀), Saji and Harten [P. Bogusch det.] (OLML).	en	Bogusch, Petr (2021): The cuckoo bees of the genus Epeolus Latreille, 1802 (Hymenoptera, Apidae) from the Middle East and North Africa with descriptions of two new species. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 84: 45-68, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.84.67049, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.84.67049
5109E71E56655326A1AE88D1240F9E69.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Morocco: Tanger, " Mus. Drews ", (1 ♀), date and collector unknown [P. Bogusch det.] (NHMC).	en	Bogusch, Petr (2021): The cuckoo bees of the genus Epeolus Latreille, 1802 (Hymenoptera, Apidae) from the Middle East and North Africa with descriptions of two new species. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 84: 45-68, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.84.67049, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.84.67049
55390827042F509A886A43ABAEFB9DEF.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Morocco: Tanger, " Mus. Drews ", (1 ♀), date and collector unknown [P. Bogusch det.] (NHMC).	en	Bogusch, Petr (2021): The cuckoo bees of the genus Epeolus Latreille, 1802 (Hymenoptera, Apidae) from the Middle East and North Africa with descriptions of two new species. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 84: 45-68, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.84.67049, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.84.67049
E6D5300186495D298542F9C3D6173837.taxon	description	Figure 1	en	Bogusch, Petr (2021): The cuckoo bees of the genus Epeolus Latreille, 1802 (Hymenoptera, Apidae) from the Middle East and North Africa with descriptions of two new species. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 84: 45-68, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.84.67049, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.84.67049
E6D5300186495D298542F9C3D6173837.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Holotype: ♀, Iran: Bazuft, Kuhre-Sefid, 1900, Escalera leg. (OLML). Paratypes: 2 ♂, 1 ♀ with the same labels as holotype (BMNH); Kerman, 10 km W Rafsanjan, 26.5.1978, 1 ♂, K. Warncke leg. and det. (OLML).	en	Bogusch, Petr (2021): The cuckoo bees of the genus Epeolus Latreille, 1802 (Hymenoptera, Apidae) from the Middle East and North Africa with descriptions of two new species. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 84: 45-68, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.84.67049, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.84.67049
E6D5300186495D298542F9C3D6173837.taxon	description	Description. Female. Body length: 7.7 mm (Fig. 1 a). Head. Length to width ratio = 1.3 (Fig. 1 c). Mandible light reddish, mandibular apex and preapical tooth dark brown. Labrum light reddish, semi-transparent, shiny, coarsely and sparsely punctate, apically with pair of small teeth separated by medial shallow emargination, apex with prominent whitish hair, with sides convex (Fig. 1 d). Clypeus reddish, matt and with very fine and dense punctation, interspaces smaller than puncture diameters. Clypeus entirely covered by whitish tomentum. Frons black with basal part from clypeus to antennal tubercles reddish, with dense whitish hair around antennal socket, and with well-developed and sharp frontal keel. Vertex black, with sparse punctures, interspaces shiny and slightly greater than puncture diameters. Antenna reddish with flagellomeres dorsally partly brownish. Flagellomeres slightly longer than wide (L / W ratio = 1.05 - 1.1), F 2 longer than other flagellomeres (L / W ratio = 1.35) (Fig. 1 c). Mesosoma. Pronotum reddish-brown and entirely obscured by whitish tomentum. Mesoscutum reddish with wide black medial line and whitish tomentum laterally. Punctation coarse and dense, interspaces narrower than puncture diameters but shiny. Mesoscutellum reddish, round, densely and coarsely punctate, punctures twice as large as on mesoscutum, axillar tooth (free portion of axilla) long and acute but slightly shorter than mesoscutellum. Mesoscutellum with posterior margin extending over propodeum (Fig. 1 e). Propodeum brownish, very finely sculptured, matt, and laterally with whitish tomentum. Mesopleuron reddish, partly obscured with dense whitish tomentum, coarsely and densely punctate, with interspaces shiny and smaller than puncture diameters (but ill visible under the tomentum) (Fig. 1 f). Wings brownish with dark brown venation. Legs light reddish or orange, partly covered by whitish tomentum, only tarsal claws brown, tibial spurs on middle and hind legs yellow. Metasoma. Metasoma entirely reddish. T 1 finely and sparsely punctate, interspaces shiny and larger than puncture diameters. T 1 with lateral spots of whitish tomentum at the base and near the apex, T 2 - T 4 with apical bands of tomentum, which are broken in the middle. T 2 - T 4 densely but finely punctate with shiny interspaces and ill-developed depressions. T 5 shiny with very fine and dense punctation, whitish tomentum on sides, pseudopygidial area short, with silvery pubescence (Fig. 1 g). T 6 reddish with slightly curved apex, bearing wide reddish pygidial plate, with long yellowish hair. S 2 finely and sparsely punctate; interspaces wider than puncture diameters. Other sterna more finely and densely punctate. S 5 wide and straight (see from side) (Fig. 1 h). Processes on sides of S 6 normal, with short projections, reddish. Male. Body length: 7.6 mm (Fig. 1 b). Head. Length to width ratio = 1.2. Mandible light reddish, mandibular apex and preapical tooth dark brown. Labrum similar to that of female. Clypeus reddish, matt and with very fine and dense punctation, interspaces smaller than puncture diameters. Clypeus entirely covered by whitish tomentum. Frons black with basal part from clypeus to antennal tubercles reddish, with dense whitish hair around antennal socket, and with well-developed and sharp frontal keel. Vertex black, with sparse punctures, interspaces shiny and slightly greater than puncture diameters. Antenna reddish with flagellomeres dorsally partly brownish. Flagellomeres slightly shorter than wide (L / W ratio = 0.9), F 3 a little longer than other flagellomeres (L / W ratio = 1.05), F 2 longer (L / W ratio = 1.3). Mesosoma. Pronotum black and entirely obscured by whitish tomentum. Mesoscutum black and with whitish tomentum laterally. Punctation coarse and dense, interspaces narrower than puncture diameters but shiny. Mesoscutellum reddish, round, densely and coarsely punctate, punctures slightly larger than on the mesoscutum, axillar tooth (free portion of axilla) long and acute but slightly shorter than mesoscutellum. Mesoscutellum with posterior margin extending over propodeum. Propodeum brownish, very finely sculptured, matt, and laterally with whitish tomentum. Mesopleuron reddish, partly obscured with dense whitish tomentum, coarsely and densely punctate, with interspaces shiny and smaller than puncture diameters (but ill visible under tomentum). Wings brownish with dark brown venation. Legs light reddish or orange, partly covered by whitish tomentum, only tarsal claws brown, tibial spurs on middle and hind legs yellow. Metasoma. Metasoma entirely reddish. T 1 finely and sparsely punctate, interspaces shiny and larger than puncture diameters. T 1 with lateral spots of whitish tomentum at the base and near the apex, T 2 - T 4 with apical bands of tomentum, which are broken in the middle. T 2 - T 4 densely but finely punctate with shiny interspaces and ill-developed depressions. T 5 shiny with very fine and dense punctation, whitish tomentum on sides, pseudopygidial area short, with silver pubescence. T 6 reddish, bearing reddish pygidial plate, with long yellowish hair (Fig. 1 i). S 2 - S 3 finely punctate with interspaces larger than puncture diameter, with white tomentum on apex, S 4 - S 5 with prominent thick yellowish hair on apex.	en	Bogusch, Petr (2021): The cuckoo bees of the genus Epeolus Latreille, 1802 (Hymenoptera, Apidae) from the Middle East and North Africa with descriptions of two new species. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 84: 45-68, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.84.67049, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.84.67049
E6D5300186495D298542F9C3D6173837.taxon	etymology	Etymology. All known specimens were collected in Iran: Epeolus iranicus (- a, - um).	en	Bogusch, Petr (2021): The cuckoo bees of the genus Epeolus Latreille, 1802 (Hymenoptera, Apidae) from the Middle East and North Africa with descriptions of two new species. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 84: 45-68, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.84.67049, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.84.67049
E6D5300186495D298542F9C3D6173837.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Recently known only from two nearby localities in Iran and several specimens from other localities (however, not properly localised) from the same country.	en	Bogusch, Petr (2021): The cuckoo bees of the genus Epeolus Latreille, 1802 (Hymenoptera, Apidae) from the Middle East and North Africa with descriptions of two new species. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 84: 45-68, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.84.67049, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.84.67049
349C16F848E852F4A6E644FB2A1BAD5A.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Morocco: Oukaimeden, 8. VII. 1975, (6 ♀), J. Gusenleitner leg., (2 ♀), A. W. Ebmer; 11. VII. 1975, (1 ♂, 1 ♀), J. Gusenleitner [all P. Bogusch det.] (OLML); idem, 24. VII. 1985, (1 ♀), K. Guichard [P. Bogusch det.] (KUBC); idem, 12. V. 2015, (1 ♂, 1 ♀), V. Soon [P. Bogusch det.] (UTME); idem, 25. - 27. VI. 1987, (4 ♂, 22 ♀), M. Schwarz; idem, 25. VI. 1988, (1 ♀), J. Schmidt [all P. Bogusch det.] (OLML).	en	Bogusch, Petr (2021): The cuckoo bees of the genus Epeolus Latreille, 1802 (Hymenoptera, Apidae) from the Middle East and North Africa with descriptions of two new species. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 84: 45-68, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.84.67049, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.84.67049
8DC61E2A956654A38FE3FE247FB4EE01.taxon	description	Figure 2	en	Bogusch, Petr (2021): The cuckoo bees of the genus Epeolus Latreille, 1802 (Hymenoptera, Apidae) from the Middle East and North Africa with descriptions of two new species. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 84: 45-68, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.84.67049, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.84.67049
8DC61E2A956654A38FE3FE247FB4EE01.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Holotype: ♀, Egypt: Gebel Elba, date unknown, H. Priesner leg. (KUBC). Paratypes: Chad: Tibesti, Zouar, 11.3.1953, (1 ♂), K. M. Guichard leg. (KUBC); Morocco: 20 km east of Agdz, 20.4.1995, (1 ♀), M. Halada leg. (OLML); Road Nr. 110 between Er Rashida and Goulmina, 22.4.2017, (1 ♀), M. Snizek leg. (OLML).	en	Bogusch, Petr (2021): The cuckoo bees of the genus Epeolus Latreille, 1802 (Hymenoptera, Apidae) from the Middle East and North Africa with descriptions of two new species. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 84: 45-68, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.84.67049, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.84.67049
8DC61E2A956654A38FE3FE247FB4EE01.taxon	description	Description. Female. Body length: 7.5 mm (Fig. 2 a). Head. Length to width ratio = 1.3. Mandible yellow, mandibular apex and preapical tooth dark brown (Fig. 2 c). Labrum yellow, semitransparent, shiny, coarsely and sparsely punctate, subapically with pair of small teeth separated by medial shallow emargination, sides convex (Fig. 2 d). Clypeus yellow, shiny and with very fine and dense punctation in the middle, interspaces smaller or similar as puncture diameter. Lateral parts of clypeus with punctation of similar size but very sparse with large interspaces. Face with yellow base at clypeus, then to interorbital tubercle black, with dense whitish hair around antennal socket, and with well-developed frontal keel. Vertex with fine and sparse punctures, interspaces shiny and greater than puncture diameters. Gena with a prominent, lamella-like preoccipital carina. Antenna reddish, only scape, pedicel and F 1 completely yellow, last two flagellomeres with brownish colour partly. Flagellomeres slightly shorter than wide (L / W ratio = 0.9), F 2 a little longer than other flagellomeres (L / W ratio = 1) (Fig. 2 c). Mesosoma. Pronotum reddish-brown and entirely obscured by yellowish tomentum. Mesoscutum black with yellowish tomentum, with dense punctation, interspaces narrower than puncture diameters. Mesoscutellum reddish, round, densely and coarsely punctate, punctures slightly larger than on the mesoscutum, axillar tooth (free portion of axilla) long and acute, slightly longer than mesoscutellum. Mesoscutellum with posterior margin extending over propodeum (Fig. 2 e). Propodeum black, very finely sculptured on the top, the rest shiny, and laterally with yellowish tomentum. Mesopleuron reddish, entirely obscured with dense yellowish tomentum, coarsely and densely punctate, with interspaces shiny and similar in size to puncture diameters (but ill visible under the tomentum) (Fig. 2 f). Wings brownish with dark brown venation. Legs light reddish or orange, tibial spurs on middle and hind legs yellow. Metasoma. Metasoma entirely reddish. T 1 finely and sparsely punctate, interspaces shiny and larger than puncture diameters. T 1 - T 4 with entire bands of tomentum. T 2 - T 4 densely but finely punctate with shiny interspaces and ill-developed depressions. T 5 shiny with very fine and dense punctation, whitish tomentum on sides, pseudopygidial area short, with silver pubescence (Fig. 2 f). T 6 reddish with slightly curved apex, bearing reddish pygidial plate, which is not very wide, with long brownish hair. S 2 coarsely and densely punctate, interspaces narrower than puncture diameters or similar in width. Other sterna more finely and densely punctate. S 5 wide and straight (see from side) (Fig. 2 g). Processes on sides of S 6 normal, with short projections, reddish. Male. Body length: 7 mm (Fig. 2 b). Head. Length to width ratio = 1.27. Mandible yellow, mandibular apex and preapical tooth dark brown. Labrum similar to that of female. Clypeus yellow, shiny and with very fine and dense punctation in the middle, interspaces smaller or similar as puncture diameter. Lateral parts of clypeus with punctation of similar size but very sparse with large interspaces. Frons black, with dense whitish hair around antennal socket, and with well-developed frontal keel. Vertex with fine and sparse punctures, interspaces shiny and greater than puncture diameters. Antenna reddish, only scape, pedicel and F 1 completely yellow, last four flagellomeres darker, brownish. Flagellomeres slightly shorter than wide (L / W ratio = 0.85), F 2 longer than other flagellomeres (L / W ratio = 1.4). Mesosoma. Pronotum black and entirely obscured by yellowish tomentum. Mesoscutum black with yellowish tomentum, with dense punctation, interspaces narrower than puncture diameters. Mesoscutellum reddish, round, densely and coarsely punctate, punctures slightly larger than on the mesoscutum, axillar tooth (free portion of axilla) long and acute, slightly longer than mesoscutellum. Mesoscutellum with posterior margin extending over propodeum. Propodeum black, very finely sculptured and shiny in the middle, and laterally with yellowish tomentum. Mesopleuron black with reddish macula in the middle, entirely obscured with dense yellowish tomentum, coarsely and densely punctate, with interspaces shiny and similar in size to puncture diameters. Wings brownish with dark brown venation. Legs light reddish or orange, only coxae black, tibial spurs on middle and hind legs yellow. Metasoma. Metasoma reddish except base of T 1. T 1 finely and sparsely punctate, interspaces shiny and larger than puncture diameters. T 1 - T 6 with entire bands of tomentum. T 2 - T 4 densely but finely punctate with shiny interspaces and ill-developed depressions. T 7 (pygidium) reddish with large punctures (Fig. 2 i). S 2 finely and densely punctate, interspaces narrower than puncture diameters or similar in width. Other sterna more finely and densely punctate. S 2 - S 3 with white tomentum on apex, S 4 - S 5 with prominent thick yellowish hair on apex.	en	Bogusch, Petr (2021): The cuckoo bees of the genus Epeolus Latreille, 1802 (Hymenoptera, Apidae) from the Middle East and North Africa with descriptions of two new species. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 84: 45-68, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.84.67049, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.84.67049
8DC61E2A956654A38FE3FE247FB4EE01.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The species is named in dedication to Hermann Priesner (1891 - 1974), Austrian entomologist, specialist on Heteroptera and Thysanoptera, and the person who collected the holotype. The epithet Epeolus priesneri is masculine and declined in the genitive case.	en	Bogusch, Petr (2021): The cuckoo bees of the genus Epeolus Latreille, 1802 (Hymenoptera, Apidae) from the Middle East and North Africa with descriptions of two new species. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 84: 45-68, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.84.67049, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.84.67049
8DC61E2A956654A38FE3FE247FB4EE01.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Only four specimens were found in collections, two from Morocco, one from Egypt and Chad (Tibesti Mts.). The species probably occurs in North Africa and in Sahara, distribution south of the Sahara and in the nearest countries in Asia and South Europe is likely but yet unconfirmed.	en	Bogusch, Petr (2021): The cuckoo bees of the genus Epeolus Latreille, 1802 (Hymenoptera, Apidae) from the Middle East and North Africa with descriptions of two new species. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 84: 45-68, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.84.67049, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.84.67049
6C944375EC82593792363146FAB5651B.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Turkey: Nemrut, 7. - 8. VI. 1992, (1 ♀), M. Hradsky; Karadut env., 1.6.2001, (1 ♂, 1 ♀), K. Denes [all P. Bogusch det.] (OLML).	en	Bogusch, Petr (2021): The cuckoo bees of the genus Epeolus Latreille, 1802 (Hymenoptera, Apidae) from the Middle East and North Africa with descriptions of two new species. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 84: 45-68, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.84.67049, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.84.67049
339DC8452B735D90AD2B8684BBDAE09D.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Turkey: Kazan-Kizilcahaman, 30. VI. 1976, (1 ♂), Desmier de Chenal; idem, 21. - 22. VI. 1965, (1 ♂), Holzschuh [M. Schwarz det.]; Sultan Daglari, Yalvaz env., 5. VII. 1993, (1 ♀), K. Denes [all P. Bogusch det.] (OLML).	en	Bogusch, Petr (2021): The cuckoo bees of the genus Epeolus Latreille, 1802 (Hymenoptera, Apidae) from the Middle East and North Africa with descriptions of two new species. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 84: 45-68, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.84.67049, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.84.67049
BB492D41AA0A50F3A98420574DE768BF.taxon	description	Figure 3	en	Bogusch, Petr (2021): The cuckoo bees of the genus Epeolus Latreille, 1802 (Hymenoptera, Apidae) from the Middle East and North Africa with descriptions of two new species. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 84: 45-68, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.84.67049, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.84.67049
BB492D41AA0A50F3A98420574DE768BF.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Syntypes: Turkmenistan, Serax, date unknown, (1 ♂, 1 ♀), Radoszkowski's collection (NHMB), examined. The female is designated here as a lectotype. Other material. Iran: Anaesthal, date unknown, (1 ♂), Ritter; Ghezir (Gherir), 4. X. 1975, (1 ♀), collector unknown; 30 km west of Karaj, 19. VII. 1975, (1 ♂, 3 ♀), 15 km south of Karaj, 21. VII. 1975, (1 ♀), P. F. Torchio [all P. Bogusch det.] (OLML). Israel: Arad, 500 m n. m., 24. V. 1975, (1 ♀), K. M. Guichard [M. Schwarz det.] (BMNH).	en	Bogusch, Petr (2021): The cuckoo bees of the genus Epeolus Latreille, 1802 (Hymenoptera, Apidae) from the Middle East and North Africa with descriptions of two new species. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 84: 45-68, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.84.67049, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.84.67049
BB492D41AA0A50F3A98420574DE768BF.taxon	description	Description. Female. Body length: 9 mm (Fig. 3 a). Head. Length to width ratio = 1.3. Mandible light reddish, mandibular apex and preapical tooth dark brown (Fig. 3 c). Labrum light reddish, semitransparent, shiny, coarsely and sparsely punctate, apically with pair of small teeth separated by medial shallow emargination, apex with prominent whitish hair, with sides convex (Fig. 3 d). Clypeus reddish, matt and with very fine and dense punctation, interspaces smaller than puncture diameters. Clypeus entirely covered by whitish tomentum. Face black with basal part from clypeus to antennal tubercles reddish, with dense whitish hair around antennal socket, and with well-developed and sharp frontal keel. Vertex black, with dense punctures, interspaces shiny and smaller than puncture diameters. Antenna reddish with flagellomeres dorsally partly brownish. Flagellomeres slightly longer than wide (L / W ratio = 1.2), F 2 longer than other flagellomeres (L / W ratio = 1.7) (Fig. 3 c). Mesosoma. Pronotum reddish-brown and entirely obscured by whitish tomentum. Mesoscutum black, reddish only laterally, with whitish tomentum laterally and white paramedian bands reaching from the base somewhere behind the middle part of mesoscutum. Punctation coarse and dense, interspaces narrower than puncture diameters but shiny. Mesoscutellum reddish, round, densely and coarsely punctate, punctures twice as larger as on mesoscutum, axillar tooth (free portion of axilla) long and acute but slightly shorter than mesoscutellum. Mesoscutellum with posterior margin extending over propodeum (Fig. 3 e). Propodeum reddish, very finely sculptured, matt, dorsally and laterally with whitish tomentum. Mesopleuron reddish, entirely obscured with dense whitish tomentum, coarsely and densely punctate, with interspaces shiny and smaller than puncture diameters (but ill visible under the tomentum) (Fig. 3 f). Wings brownish with dark brown venation. Legs light reddish or orange, on dorsal side entirely covered by whitish tomentum, only tarsal claws brown, tibial spurs on middle and hind legs yellow. Metasoma. Metasoma entirely reddish. T 1 finely and sparsely punctate, interspaces shiny and larger than puncture diameters. T 1 with whitish tomentum at the base and an unbroken apical band, T 2 - T 4 with unbroken apical bands of tomentum. T 2 - T 4 densely but finely punctate with shiny interspaces and well-developed depressions. T 5 shiny with very fine and dense punctation, whitish tomentum on sides, pseudopygidial area short, with silver pubescence (Fig. 3 g). T 6 reddish with slightly curved apex, bearing wide reddish pygidial plate, with long yellowish hair. S 2 finely and sparsely punctate, interspaces wider than puncture diameters. Other sterna more finely and densely punctate. S 2 - S 4 entirely covered by whitish tomentum. S 5 wide and straight (see from side) (Fig. 3 h). Processes on sides of S 6 normal, with short projections, reddish. Male. Body length: 10 mm (Fig. 3 b). Head. Length to width ratio = 1.25. Mandible light reddish, mandibular apex and preapical tooth dark brown. Labrum similar to that of female. Clypeus reddish, matt and with very fine and dense punctation, interspaces smaller than puncture diameters. Clypeus entirely covered by whitish tomentum. Frons black with basal part from clypeus to antennal tubercles reddish, with dense whitish hair around antennal socket, and with well-developed and sharp frontal keel. Vertex black, with dense punctures, interspaces shiny and smaller than puncture diameters. Antenna reddish with flagellomeres dorsally partly brownish. Flagellomeres slightly shorter than wide (L / W ratio = 0.95), F 2 longer than other flagellomeres (L / W ratio = 1.4). Mesosoma. Pronotum reddish-brown with black line in the middle, and entirely obscured by whitish tomentum. Mesoscutum black, with whitish tomentum laterally and ill-developed white paramedian bands reaching from the base to the middle part of mesoscutum. Punctation coarse and dense, interspaces narrower than puncture diameters but shiny. Mesoscutellum reddish, round, densely and coarsely punctate, punctures twice as large as on mesoscutum, axillar tooth (free portion of axilla) long and acute but slightly shorter than mesoscutellum. Mesoscutellum with posterior margin extending over propodeum. Propodeum black, very finely sculptured, matt, dorsally and laterally with whitish tomentum. Mesopleuron black, entirely obscured with dense whitish tomentum, coarsely and densely punctate, with interspaces shiny and smaller than puncture diameters (but ill visible under the tomentum). Wings brownish with dark brown venation. Legs light reddish or orange, on dorsal side entirely covered by whitish tomentum, only tarsal claws brown, tibial spurs on middle and hind legs yellow. Metasoma. Metasoma dark brown. T 1 finely and sparsely punctate, interspaces shiny and larger than puncture diameters. T 1 with whitish tomentum at the base and an unbroken apical band, T 2 with C-shaped pattern of whitish tomentum on each side, apically connecting into an unbroken apical band. T 3 - T 6 with unbroken apical bands of tomentum. T 2 - T 5 densely but finely punctate with shiny interspaces and well-developed depressions. T 7 reddish, bearing reddish wide and apically bilobed pygidial plate, with long brown hair on basal part (Fig. 3 i). S 2 - S 3 finely punctate with interspaces larger than puncture diameter, with white tomentum on apex, S 4 - S 5 with prominent thick yellowish hair on apex.	en	Bogusch, Petr (2021): The cuckoo bees of the genus Epeolus Latreille, 1802 (Hymenoptera, Apidae) from the Middle East and North Africa with descriptions of two new species. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 84: 45-68, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.84.67049, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.84.67049
BB492D41AA0A50F3A98420574DE768BF.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Turkmenistan (type location), in the Middle East currently reported from Iran and Israel.	en	Bogusch, Petr (2021): The cuckoo bees of the genus Epeolus Latreille, 1802 (Hymenoptera, Apidae) from the Middle East and North Africa with descriptions of two new species. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 84: 45-68, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.84.67049, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.84.67049
1723F90F147C5456AA7AC24484E432E1.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Algeria: Biskra, 24. IV. 1897, (1 ♀), collector unknown [P. Bogusch det.] (BMNH). Egypt: Dahshur, 16. V. 1958, (1 ♂, 1 ♀), W. Pulawski; Serapeum (Md. el Sharqiya), 4. VII. 1949, (1 ♀), 22. V. 1949, (1 ♂), 27. V. 1949, (3 ♂, 1 ♀), 26. IX. 1949, (1 ♀), D. B. Baker [all D. B. Baker det.] (KUBC). Iran: prov. Garmsarc, Semran, Eyoaneheh, Kalateh-Hoseinabad, 2. VI. 2005, (1 ♂), O. Berg [P. Bogusch det.] (OLML). Morocco: Tanger, " Mus. Drews ", (1 ♀), date and collector unknown [P. Bogusch det.] (NHMC). Oman: Al Wusta, Wadi Rawnah, 14. IV. 2013, (2 ♂, 3 ♀), K. Denes; El Aiun, Saguia el Hanra, 24. X. 1943, (1 ♂), collector unknown [all P. Bogusch det.] (OLML). Palestine: Negev, III. 1919, (1 ♀), collector unknown [P. Bogusch det.] (OLML). Syria: Al-Muharram env., 7. VI. 2000, (2 ♂), K. Denes; Homs al Muhamam env., 7. VI. 2000, (1 ♀), K. Denes; Palmyra, 6. VI. 2000, (1 ♂), K. Denes; north of Raqqa, Rasafa ar, 5. VI. 2000, (2 ♀), K. Denes [all P. Bogusch det.] (OLML). UAE: Abu Dhabi, 13. IV. 1988, (1 ♀), I. L. Hammer [D. B. Baker det.] (BMNH); Abu Dhabi International Airport, 3. IV. 1991, (1 ♀), I. Hammer; Al Ain (I'con), 8. IV. 1993, (1 ♀), I. Hammer [all P. Bogusch det.] (KUBC); Hatta, 14. IV. 1990, (1 ♀), I. L. Hammer [D. B. Baker det.] (BMNH); Jebel Haflit, 18. III. 2009, (1 ♂), E. Scheuchl [P. Bogusch det.] (OLML); Liwa, 22. IX. 1985, (1 ♀), J. N. B. Brown [D. B. Baker det.] (BMNH); idem, 17. I. 1986, (1 ♂), 23. III. 1990, (1 ♂, 1 ♀), I. Hammer; Suweihan road, 24. III. 1987, (2 ♂), 9. IV. 1988, (1 ♀), I. Hammer [D. B. Baker det.] (KUBC); idem, 12. IV. 1988, (1 ♂), I. L. Hammer [D. B. Baker det.] (BMNH).	en	Bogusch, Petr (2021): The cuckoo bees of the genus Epeolus Latreille, 1802 (Hymenoptera, Apidae) from the Middle East and North Africa with descriptions of two new species. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 84: 45-68, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.84.67049, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.84.67049
88C3B4E025615C4CB3B26A907AFF529D.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Cyprus: Akrotiri bay, 12. VII. 1943, (1 ♂, 3 ♀), 18. VII. 1965, (1 ♀), 19. VII. 1933, (1 ♀), 10. VII. 1943, (1 ♂); Enkomi, 20. VI. 1947, (1 ♂, 1 ♀), collector unknown [all P. Bogusch det.] (OLML). Iran: coastal plain between Chalus and Shahsavar, 1. - 4. VI. 1965, 19 ex., 11. - 12. VI. 1965, 14 ex., 17. VI. 1965, 1 ex., 21. - 22. VI. 1965, 12 ex., 24. VI. 1965, 2 ex., 27. VI. 1965, 6 ex., 30. VI. 1965, 2 ex., 6. VIII. 1965, 1 ex., 13. VIII. 1965, 8 ex., 22. - 23. VIII. 1965, 2 ex., 3. IX. 1965, 2 ex., 7. - 9. IX. 1965, 13 ex., 14. IX. 1965, 4 ex., 23. - 25. IX. 1965, 6 ex., 27. IX. 1965, 3 ex., 30. X. 1965, 1 ex., 19. V. 1966, 1 ex., 22. V. 1966, 1 ex., 27. V. 1966, 4 ex., 29. V. 1966, 2 ex., 31. V. 1966, 2 ex., 1. - 2. VI. 1966, 2 ex., 9. VI. 1966, 2 ex., 11. VI. 1966, 1 ex., 20. VI. 1966, 2 ex., 24. VI. 1966, 1 ex., 28. - 29. VI. 1966, 3 ex., 30. IX. 1966, 1 ex., 5. - 6. X. 1966, 4 ex., 2. - 3. VI. 1967, 19 ex., 7. - 9. VI. 1967, 26 ex., 11. - 14. VI. 1967, 24 ex., 20. VI. 1967, 3 ex., 22. VI. 1967, 1 ex., 27. VI. 1967, 2 ex., 14. VII. 1967, 1 ex., 24. VII. 1967, 1 ex., 1. VIII. 1967, 1 ex., 5. VIII. 1967, 1 ex., 22. - 23. VIII. 1697, 3 ex., 26. VIII. 1967, 1 ex., 29. - 30. VIII. 1967, 2 ex., 26. - 27. IX. 1967, 2 ex., 29. X. 1967, 1 ex., all D. B. Baker [all D. B. Baker det.] (KUBC). Turkey: Didim, 26. V. 1986, (2 ♂), K. Guichard [D. B. Baker det.] (KUBC); Mersin / Icel, Tanyeri / Erzincan, Konya (K. Warncke, unpublished hand-written data); Nemrut, Karadut, 2. VII. 1993, (1 ♂), K. Denes [P. Bogusch det.] (OLML).	en	Bogusch, Petr (2021): The cuckoo bees of the genus Epeolus Latreille, 1802 (Hymenoptera, Apidae) from the Middle East and North Africa with descriptions of two new species. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 84: 45-68, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.84.67049, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.84.67049
09C28BC3CCE15037AD3B35851FA13246.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Iran: Elburs, 25. VII. 1977, (2 ♂), J. Gusenleitner [P. Bogusch det.] (OLML); 75 km south of Chalus, 25. VII. 1977, (3 ♂), 13. VII. 1979, (1 ♂); Polur-foe, 21. VII. 1977, (1 ♂); Puloun, 11. VII. 1965, (1 ♀), K. Warncke [all P. Bogusch det.] (OLML). Morocco: High Atlas, Tichka Pass Sued, 13. VII. 1975, (1 ♀), A. W. Ebmer; Oukameiden, 28. VI. 1987, (1 ♀), M. Schwarz; Pass north-east of Mesnrie, 3. VIII. 1987, (1 ♀), M. Schwarz [all P. Bogusch det.] (OLML). Turkey: Avanos / Kirsekur, 20 km north of Yuksekova / Hakkari, collector and date unknown [P. Bogusch det.] (OLML).	en	Bogusch, Petr (2021): The cuckoo bees of the genus Epeolus Latreille, 1802 (Hymenoptera, Apidae) from the Middle East and North Africa with descriptions of two new species. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 84: 45-68, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.84.67049, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.84.67049
