11. Epeolus fallax Morawitz, 1872

(Figs 16, 102–106)

Epeolus fallax Morawitz, 1872: 387, ♂, (lectotype: ♂, designated here, Calabria [Italy] // Epeolus fallax Morawitz [handwritten by F. Morawitz] // к.[оллекциЯ] Ф. Моравица [Collection of F. Morawitz] // Syntypus <red label> // Lectotypus, Epeolus fallax Mor., des. Astafurova <red label> // Zoological Institute St. Petersburg INS_HYM_0002656.

Diepeolus giannellii Gribodo, 1894: 80, ♂, (holotype: ♂, Algeria, Boghari; MSNG). Synonymized by Bogusch & Hadrava 2018: 23.

Epeolus speculifer Pérez, 1895: 27, ♀, (holotype: ♀, Spain, Barcelona; MNHN). Synonymized by Bogusch & Hadrava 2018: 23.

Other notable publications. Bischoff 1930: 3–4 (descriptive note); Westrich & Bülles 2016: 15–25 (figures); Bogusch & Hadrava 2018: 22–26, 55, 56 (key, synonymy, diagnosis, re-description, figures); Le Divelec 2021: 7–9, 22–23, 30, 31 (key, notes on synonymy, figures, figures of Diepeolus giannellii holotype and Epeolus speculifer lectotype).

Host (s). Colletes hederae (Westrich & Bülles 2016) .

Distribution. Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco, Portugal, Spain, France, Germany, Italy (Bogusch & Hadrava 2018).