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<mods:title>Review of the Epeolus julliani species group (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Epeolus Latreille, 1802), with descriptions of two new species</mods:title>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Epeolus rasmonti Astafurova &amp; Proshchalykin, sp. nov., holotype, female, habitus, lateral view. Scale bar: 1.0 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.94.96429.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/785006" pageId="0" pageNumber="191">Figs 4</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Epeolus rasmonti Astafurova &amp; Proshchalykin, sp. nov., holotype, female A habitus, dorsal view B head, frontal view C labrum, frontal view D metasoma, ventral view. Scale bars: 1.0 mm (A, D); 0.5 mm (B); 0.3 mm (C)." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.94.96429.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/785007" pageId="0" pageNumber="191">, 5</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Epeolus rasmonti Astafurova &amp; Proshchalykin, sp. nov., paratype, male A, B habitus, lateral view (A) ventral view (B). Scale bars: 1.0 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.94.96429.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/785008" pageId="0" pageNumber="191">, 6</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. Epeolus rasmonti Astafurova &amp; Proshchalykin, sp. nov., paratype, male A habitus, dorsal view B head, frontal view C hind basiratsus, dorsal view D T 7, dorsal view. Scale bars: 1.0 mm (A); 0.5 mm (B-D)." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.94.96429.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/785009" pageId="0" pageNumber="191">, 7</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Epeolus transitorius Eversmann, 1852, female (A), E. rasmonti Astafurova &amp; Proshchalykin, sp. nov., paratype, female (B, C), E. kyzylkumicus Astafurova, sp. nov., female (D) A, B lower mesepisternum, ventral view C subpleural signum (arrow), ventral view D S 6, lateral view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A, B); 0.3 mm (C, D)." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.94.96429.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/785010" pageId="0" pageNumber="191">, 8B, C</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 9" captionStartId="F9" captionText="Figure 9. Male, genitalia A, C, E, G, I genital capsule, dorsal view B, D, F, H, J penis, dorsal view A, B Epeolus seraxensis Radoszkowski, 1893 C, D Epeolus kyzylkumicus Astafurova, sp. nov. E, F E. julliani Perez, 1884 G, H E. rasmonti Astafurova &amp; Proshchalykin, sp. nov. I, J E. laticauda Bischoff, 1930. Scale bars: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.94.96429.figure9" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/785011" pageId="0" pageNumber="191">, 9G, H</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 10" captionStartId="F10" captionText="Figure 10. Distribution of Epeolus transitorius Eversmann (red dots) and E. rasmonti Astafurova &amp; Proshchalykin, sp. nov. (blue dots)." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.94.96429.figure10" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/785012" pageId="0" pageNumber="191">, 10</figureCitation>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="191">Material examined.</paragraph>
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: 
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, 
<collectingCountry name="Russia">Russia</collectingCountry>
, 
<collectingRegion country="Russia" name="Buryatiya">Buryatia</collectingRegion>
<collectingCounty>Republic</collectingCounty>
, 
<collectingMunicipality>Gusinoye Lake</collectingMunicipality>
, 
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, 
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, 
<collectorName>A. Lelej</collectorName>
, 
<collectorName>M. Proshchalykin</collectorName>
, 
<collectorName>V. Loktionov</collectorName>
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; 
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<typeStatus>Paratypes</typeStatus>
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, 
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, the same label as in the 
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[FSCV/ ZISP]; 
<specimenCount type="female">6 ♀</specimenCount>
, 
<specimenCount type="male">1 ♂</specimenCount>
, the same label as in the 
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, but 
<date value="2007-07-26">26.VII.2007</date>
[FSCV/ ZISP]; 
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<collectingDate value="2007-07-30">30.VII.2007</collectingDate>
, 
<collectorName>A. Lelej</collectorName>
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<collectorName>M. Proshchalykin</collectorName>
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<materialsCitation collectingDate="1954-08-18" collectorName="G. Bey-Bienko" country="China" location="Summer Palace" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-female="1" stateProvince="Beijing">
<collectingCountry name="China">China</collectingCountry>
, 
<collectingRegion country="China" name="Beijing">Beijing</collectingRegion>
, park of the 
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[ZISP]
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; 
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<collectingCountry name="Mongolia">Mongolia</collectingCountry>
, 
<collectingMunicipality>Khutag</collectingMunicipality>
, 
<collectingRegion country="Mongolia" name="Selenge">Selenga</collectingRegion>
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:72F96FC04CCA50508F5BC25E3D185451:DD4AA360EB1FB5B8375A9FC9B09238E6" country="Mongolia" municipality="Khutag" name="River" stateProvince="Selenga">River</location>
, 
<collectingDate value="1975-07-25">25.VII.1975</collectingDate>
, (
<specimenCount type="male">1 ♂</specimenCount>
), 
<collectorName>E. Narchuk</collectorName>
[ZISP]
</materialsCitation>
; 
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2007-07-27" collectorName="M. Kadlecova, M. Halada, P. Tymer" country="Mongolia" elevation="1250" location="Moltsoy Els" specimenCount="17" specimenCount-female="3" specimenCount-male="14">
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SEE of Baruun-Urt
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, 
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:72F96FC04CCA50508F5BC25E3D185451:A2D2F8D5FD676E46BDDE9F9135F8B9CB" country="Mongolia" name="Moltsoy Els">Moltsoy Els</location>
, 
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<elevation metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.25" unit="m" value="1250.0">1250 m</elevation>
</quantity>
, 
<collectingDate value="2007-07-27">27.VII.2007</collectingDate>
, (
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, 
<specimenCount type="male">14 ♂</specimenCount>
), 
<collectorName>M. Kadlecova</collectorName>
, 
<collectorName>M. Halada</collectorName>
, 
<collectorName>P. Tymer</collectorName>
[OLBL]
</materialsCitation>
; 
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<locationDeviation location="Ondorkhaan">
<quantity metricMagnitude="5" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.0" unit="km" value="100.0">100 km</quantity>
NE of Ondorkhaan
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, 
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:72F96FC04CCA50508F5BC25E3D185451:D6089A3157ED67B58F02D179DEF6D33B" country="Mongolia" name="Kerulen River">Kerulen River</location>
, 
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<elevation metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="9.7" unit="m" value="970.0">970 m</elevation>
</quantity>
, 
<collectingDate value="2007-07-22">22.VII.2007</collectingDate>
, (
<specimenCount type="male">3 ♂</specimenCount>
), 
<collectorName>M. Kadlecova</collectorName>
[OLBL]
</materialsCitation>
; 
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2007-07-23" collectorName="M. Halada" country="Mongolia" elevation="820" location="Choibalsan" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-male="1">
<quantity metricMagnitude="5" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.0" unit="km" value="100.0">100 km</quantity>
W 
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:72F96FC04CCA50508F5BC25E3D185451:51393BC048C251E47EBAEEDF4AB4CD8A" country="Mongolia" name="Choibalsan">Choibalsan</location>
, 
<quantity metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="8.2" unit="m" value="820.0">
<elevation metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="8.2" unit="m" value="820.0">820 m</elevation>
</quantity>
, 
<collectingDate value="2007-07-23">23.VII.2007</collectingDate>
, (
<specimenCount type="male">1 ♂</specimenCount>
), 
<collectorName>M. Halada</collectorName>
[OLBL]
</materialsCitation>
; 
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2007-07-24" collectorName="M. Halada" country="Mongolia" elevation="770" location="Kerulen River" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-male="1">
<locationDeviation location="Choibalsan">
<quantity metricMagnitude="4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.5" unit="km" value="15.0">15 km</quantity>
W Choibalsan
</locationDeviation>
, 
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:72F96FC04CCA50508F5BC25E3D185451:289DAF135EE7869517CF6EC67A29B084" country="Mongolia" name="Kerulen River">Kerulen River</location>
, 
<quantity metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="7.7" unit="m" value="770.0">
<elevation metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="7.7" unit="m" value="770.0">770 m</elevation>
</quantity>
, 
<collectingDate value="2007-07-24">24.VII.2007</collectingDate>
, (
<specimenCount type="male">1 ♂</specimenCount>
), 
<collectorName>M. Halada</collectorName>
[OLBL]
</materialsCitation>
.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="191">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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This species is most similar to 
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, with which it uniquely shares a deep depression in the anteromedian area of the mesepisternum, but can be separated from it by the position of the subpleural signum on a small elevated plate (Fig. 
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) and the presence of a strong, sharp carina on the mesepisternum lateral to the anteromedian depression (Fig. 
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) (vs weak rounded corners, Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Epeolus transitorius Eversmann, 1852, female (A), E. rasmonti Astafurova &amp; Proshchalykin, sp. nov., paratype, female (B, C), E. kyzylkumicus Astafurova, sp. nov., female (D) A, B lower mesepisternum, ventral view C subpleural signum (arrow), ventral view D S 6, lateral view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A, B); 0.3 mm (C, D)." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.94.96429.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/785010" pageId="0" pageNumber="191">8A</figureCitation>
). The differences between 
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sp. nov., 
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and other species of the 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="191">Epeolus julliani</emphasis>
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group are outlined in Table 
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.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="191">Description.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="191">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="191">Female.</emphasis>
Total body length 7.0-9.0 mm (Figs 
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, 
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); forewing length (without tegula) 6.0-7.0mm.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="191">Figure 4.</emphasis>
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Astafurova &amp; Proshchalykin, sp. nov., holotype, female, habitus, lateral view. Scale bar: 1.0 mm.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="191">
Structure and sculpture: Head (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Epeolus rasmonti Astafurova &amp; Proshchalykin, sp. nov., holotype, female A habitus, dorsal view B head, frontal view C labrum, frontal view D metasoma, ventral view. Scale bars: 1.0 mm (A, D); 0.5 mm (B); 0.3 mm (C)." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.94.96429.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/785007" pageId="0" pageNumber="191">5B</figureCitation>
) 1.3 times as wide as long. Labrum (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Epeolus rasmonti Astafurova &amp; Proshchalykin, sp. nov., holotype, female A habitus, dorsal view B head, frontal view C labrum, frontal view D metasoma, ventral view. Scale bars: 1.0 mm (A, D); 0.5 mm (B); 0.3 mm (C)." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.94.96429.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/785007" pageId="0" pageNumber="191">5C</figureCitation>
) 1.55 times as wide as long, more or less rounded basally and laterally, weakly concave medially, apical margin straight without medial tooth; apically with two well-visible carina-shaped teeth (tubercles); integument shiny, areolate punctate (10-30 
<normalizedToken originalValue="μm">μm</normalizedToken>
). Clypeus densely and finely punctate (10-15 
<normalizedToken originalValue="μm">μm</normalizedToken>
/ confluent-0.5), narrowly impunctate along apical margin. Frons with developed frontal keel. Frons and vertex coarsely and areolate punctate (30-40 
<normalizedToken originalValue="μm">μm</normalizedToken>
). F1 long, ca 1.5 times as long as wide, F2 distinctly shorter than F1 (1.0-1.1 times as long as wide), succeeding flagellomeres slightly longer than wide (ca 1.2 times). Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum coarsely and mostly areolate punctate (30-70 
<normalizedToken originalValue="μm">μm</normalizedToken>
), a few small interspaces between punctures shiny and smooth. Axilla slightly convex laterally, apically with distinct short tooth. Mesoscutellum with shallow medial longitudinal impression; poste-rior margin scarcely extending over propodeum. Mesepisternum areolate punctate on upper half and with dull, delicately shagreened interspaces on lower part; anteromedian area with deep depression, laterally from anteromedian depression with strong sharp carina (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Epeolus transitorius Eversmann, 1852, female (A), E. rasmonti Astafurova &amp; Proshchalykin, sp. nov., paratype, female (B, C), E. kyzylkumicus Astafurova, sp. nov., female (D) A, B lower mesepisternum, ventral view C subpleural signum (arrow), ventral view D S 6, lateral view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A, B); 0.3 mm (C, D)." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.94.96429.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/785010" pageId="0" pageNumber="191">8B</figureCitation>
). Propodeal triangle shagreened. Metasomal terga densely and finely punctate (10-15 
<normalizedToken originalValue="μm">μm</normalizedToken>
/ confluent-1), interspaces shiny; marginal zones wide, equal to length of discs. Pseudopygidial area narrow, linear. Pygidial plate trapezoidal, apically truncate. Processes on sides of S6 normal, with short projections. Metasomal terga and sterna with punctures more or less equally dense (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Epeolus rasmonti Astafurova &amp; Proshchalykin, sp. nov., holotype, female A habitus, dorsal view B head, frontal view C labrum, frontal view D metasoma, ventral view. Scale bars: 1.0 mm (A, D); 0.5 mm (B); 0.3 mm (C)." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.94.96429.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/785007" pageId="0" pageNumber="191">5D</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="191">Figure 5.</emphasis>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="191">Epeolus rasmonti</emphasis>
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Astafurova &amp; Proshchalykin, sp. nov., holotype, female 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="191">A</emphasis>
habitus, dorsal view 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="191">B</emphasis>
head, frontal view 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="191">C</emphasis>
labrum, frontal view 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="191">D</emphasis>
metasoma, ventral view. Scale bars: 1.0 mm (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="191">A, D</emphasis>
); 0.5 mm (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="191">B</emphasis>
); 0.3 mm (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="191">C</emphasis>
).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="191">Integument coloration: Head mostly black, but mandibles (excluding darker apex), labrum, clypeus along apical margin, scape and F1 reddish (amber). Mesosoma mostly black; pronotal lobe, tegulae, axillae, mesoscutellum, metanotum medially and legs (including spurs) reddish (amber); wings with brownish darkening, stigma and veins brown. Mesepisternum partially reddish (usually in middle part, lower scobal area). Metasomal terga black; marginal zones brownish to dark-golden apically. Py-gidial plate reddish with brownish edging. Sterna brownish to reddish; margins golden.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="191">Pubescence: Body with relatively sparse pubescence; tomentum white, except black on tergal discs. Labrum with thin sparse setae. Paraocular area with dense tomentum obscuring integument; remaining part of face and vertex with sparse thin pubescence. Upper half of frons with relatively long erect simple setae mixed with adpressed sparse plumose pubescence. Genal area with relatively dense plumose setae, but not obscuring integument. Pronotum dorsally with tomentum obscuring integument, but medially setae sparse and short. Mesoscutum with dense tomentum peripherally and with narrow paramedial strips. Mesepisternum with sparse, short plumose pubescence or glabrous on lower part and with relatively dense and longer plumose pubescence on upper half. Metanotal integument obscured by tomentum except medially. Legs with sparse pubescence. T1 with basal band of tomentum interrupted medially and connected with apical band laterally; margins of T1-T4 with widely interrupted bands of tomentum. Black tomentum on T1-T4 discs and in interrupted area sparser than pale tomentum. T5 obscured by white tomentum laterally and black medially. Pseudopygidial area with white pubescence. Discs of metasomal sterna with short brownish plumose setae, sparse on S2 and entirely obscured by tomentum on S3-S5; margins with dense and pale tomentum interrupted medially.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="191">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="191">Male.</emphasis>
Structure, sculpture, coloration and are similar to those of the female (Figs 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Epeolus rasmonti Astafurova &amp; Proshchalykin, sp. nov., paratype, male A, B habitus, lateral view (A) ventral view (B). Scale bars: 1.0 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.94.96429.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/785008" pageId="0" pageNumber="191">6</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. Epeolus rasmonti Astafurova &amp; Proshchalykin, sp. nov., paratype, male A habitus, dorsal view B head, frontal view C hind basiratsus, dorsal view D T 7, dorsal view. Scale bars: 1.0 mm (A); 0.5 mm (B-D)." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.94.96429.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/785009" pageId="0" pageNumber="191">7</figureCitation>
), but pubescence more developed. Total body length 5.5-8.0 mm; forewing length (without tegula) 6.0-6.5 mm. F1 1.3-1.4 times as long as wide, succeeding flagellomeres ca 1.1 times as long as wide. Labrum with dense, plumose setae medially. Face obscured by plumose tomentum, but on upper frons sparser and mixed with long setae (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. Epeolus rasmonti Astafurova &amp; Proshchalykin, sp. nov., paratype, male A habitus, dorsal view B head, frontal view C hind basiratsus, dorsal view D T 7, dorsal view. Scale bars: 1.0 mm (A); 0.5 mm (B-D)." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.94.96429.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/785009" pageId="0" pageNumber="191">7B</figureCitation>
). Mesoscutum with paramedial strips wider than in female. Axillae and mesoscutellum black or reddish. Mesepisternum mostly areolate-punctate, with shiny, smooth interspaces on lower part; entirely obscured by tomentum. Hind basitarsus boarded by dense fringe of long golden setae (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. Epeolus rasmonti Astafurova &amp; Proshchalykin, sp. nov., paratype, male A habitus, dorsal view B head, frontal view C hind basiratsus, dorsal view D T 7, dorsal view. Scale bars: 1.0 mm (A); 0.5 mm (B-D)." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.94.96429.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/785009" pageId="0" pageNumber="191">7C</figureCitation>
). Metasomal terga with apical bands narrower interrupted than in female. Pygidial plate (T7) reddish, shiny, coarsely and densely punctate, ca 1.2 times wider than long, narrowed toward apex; apical margin rounded, slightly bilobed or almost straight (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. Epeolus rasmonti Astafurova &amp; Proshchalykin, sp. nov., paratype, male A habitus, dorsal view B head, frontal view C hind basiratsus, dorsal view D T 7, dorsal view. Scale bars: 1.0 mm (A); 0.5 mm (B-D)." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.94.96429.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/785009" pageId="0" pageNumber="191">7D</figureCitation>
). Margins of S2 and S3 with dense uninterrupted white tomentum bands; S4 and S5 normal, with gold long setae. Genitalia as on Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 9" captionStartId="F9" captionText="Figure 9. Male, genitalia A, C, E, G, I genital capsule, dorsal view B, D, F, H, J penis, dorsal view A, B Epeolus seraxensis Radoszkowski, 1893 C, D Epeolus kyzylkumicus Astafurova, sp. nov. E, F E. julliani Perez, 1884 G, H E. rasmonti Astafurova &amp; Proshchalykin, sp. nov. I, J E. laticauda Bischoff, 1930. Scale bars: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.94.96429.figure9" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/785011" pageId="0" pageNumber="191">9G, H</figureCitation>
.
</paragraph>
<caption doi="10.3897/jhr.94.96429.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/785008" pageId="0" pageNumber="191" start="Figure 6" startId="F6">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="191">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="191">Figure 6.</emphasis>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="191">Epeolus rasmonti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Astafurova &amp; Proshchalykin, sp. nov., paratype, male 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="191">A, B</emphasis>
habitus, lateral view (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="191">A</emphasis>
) ventral view (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="191">B</emphasis>
). Scale bars: 1.0 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption doi="10.3897/jhr.94.96429.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/785009" pageId="0" pageNumber="191" start="Figure 7" startId="F7">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="191">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="191">Figure 7.</emphasis>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="191">Epeolus rasmonti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Astafurova &amp; Proshchalykin, sp. nov., paratype, male 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="191">A</emphasis>
habitus, dorsal view 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="191">B</emphasis>
head, frontal view 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="191">C</emphasis>
hind basiratsus, dorsal view 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="191">D</emphasis>
T7, dorsal view. Scale bars: 1.0 mm (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="191">A</emphasis>
); 0.5 mm (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="191">B-D</emphasis>
).
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="191" type="etymology">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="191">Etymology.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="191">The specific epithet is a patronym honoring our colleague and friend Prof. Pierre Rasmont (University of Mons, Belgium) on the occasion of his 65th birthday and in recognition of his many contri-butions to the study of bee diversity.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="191" type="distribution">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="191">Distribution</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="191">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="191">
(Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 10" captionStartId="F10" captionText="Figure 10. Distribution of Epeolus transitorius Eversmann (red dots) and E. rasmonti Astafurova &amp; Proshchalykin, sp. nov. (blue dots)." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.94.96429.figure10" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/785012" pageId="0" pageNumber="191">10</figureCitation>
).
</emphasis>
Russia (Buryatia Rep.), Mongolia (Bulgan, Dornod, Khentii, Sukhbaatar), China (Beijing).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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