Epeolus subrufescens Saunders, 1908

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, pp. 45-68 : 45

Epeolus subrufescens Saunders, 1908

Epeolus subrufescens Synonyms (detailed in Bogusch and Hadrava (2018)): Epeolus diodontus Cockerell, 1934.

Published records.

Known from the Middle East and North Africa: Algeria, Egypt, Iran, Jordan, Libya, Sudan, Syria, Turkey, and UAE, ( Bogusch and Hadrava 2018).

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. Deneš; 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. Deneš; Homs al Muhamam env., 7.VI.2000, ( 1 ♀), K. Deneš; Palmyra , 6.VI.2000, ( 1 ♂), K. Deneš; north of Raqqa, Rasafa ar, 5.VI.2000, ( 2 ♀), K. Deneš [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) .