Epeolus alpinus Friese, 1893

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Epeolus alpinus Friese, 1893

Epeolus alpinus Friese, 1893: 34, ♀, ♂ (type locality: Goeschenen, Switzerland).

Epeolus variegatus Thomson, 1872 (nom. praeocc., nec Linnaeus 1758): 212, ♀ (type locality: unknown).

Epeolus glacialis Alfken, 1913: 36, nomen novum for E. variegatus Thomson, 1872.

Epeolus montanus Bischoff, 1930: 9, ♀, ♂ (type locality: Warnemünde, Germany).

Epeolus pilosus Bischoff, 1930: 9-10, ♀, ♂ (type locality: Rositten [=Rybachij], Kaliningrad Prov., Russia).

Epeolus alpinus Bischoff, 1930 (nom. praeocc., nec Friese 1893): 9-10, ♀ (type locality: Saas, Switzerland).

Material examined.

Dornod, 15 km W of Choibalsan, Kerulen River , 770 m, 24.VII.2007, (1 ♀), JH [PCMS]; Khuvsgul, Terkhiyn-Tsaggan Lake, 47°11'N, 99°43'E, 2100 m, 22.VII.2005, (6 ♀, 2 ♂), JH & PT [PCMS]; Tuv , 100 km E of Ulaanbaatar, 20 km NE of Tereltz , Tuul River, 15-21.VII.2003, (6 ♀, 4 ♂), JH [OLBL/PCMS]; Khangaun Mts , 5 km N of Khunt , 20.VII.2005, (1 ♀), JH [PCMS] ; 75 km W Ulaanbaatar , dunes, 2.VIII.2005, (1 ♀), JH [PCMS] ; 50 km N of Ulaanbaatar, E of Mandal , 1180 m, 8-13.VIII.2007, (2 ♀), JH [PCMS]; Selenge , 90 km N of Ulaanbaatar, Segnez River, 1450 m, 6-8.VII.2003, (3 ♀, 2 ♂), JH [PCMS]; Ulaanbaatar , Tola River , Urga [=Ulaanbaatar], 30.VI-5.VII.1905, (10 ♀, 27 ♂), PK [ZISP]; Zuunmod env., 47°11'N, 106°59'E, 1630 m, 27.VII.2004, (3 ♀), MK [OLBL/PCMS]; Uvurkhangai, Kholt [375 km SW Ulaanbaatar], Northern Gobi, 15-16.VII.1926, (10 ♀), PK [ZISP] ; 12 km E of Aravaykheer , 46°22'N, 102°49'E, 1800 m, 3.VII.2004, (1 ♀), JH [PCMS]; Zavkhan , 40 km SW of Uliastay , dunes, 18.VII.2005, (1 ♂), JH [PCMS] .

Distribution.

*Mongolia (Dornod, Khuvsgul, Tuv, Selenge, Ulaanbaatar, Uvurkhangai, Zavkhan); North Africa, Europe, Turkey, Iran, Russia (eastern part to Far East).