25. Epeolus melectiformis Yasumatsu, 1938

(Figs 60, 80, 101)

Epeolus melectiformis Yasumatsu, 1938: 224, ♀, ♂, (holotype: ♂; Japan, Shikoku, Ookawa-mura, Tosa; KUFJ).

Other notable publications. Hirashima 1955: 42 (key); Lith 1956: 39 (re-description, figures); Hirashima & Tadauchi 1979: 121 (figure); Mitai in Tadauchi & Murao 2014: 410 (descriptive note, figures); Astafurova & Proshchalykin 2021a: 38–30, 34 (key, variation, figures).

Host (s). Unknown.

Distribution. Russia (Eastern Siberia, Far East), Mongolia, China (Inner Mongolia), Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Ryukyu) (Astafurova & Proshchalykin 2021a).