Catalogue and identification key of the bee genus Epeolus Latreille, 1802 (Hymenoptera, Apidae) from the Palaearctic region Author Astafurova, Yulia V. Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya Nab., 1, Saint Petersburg, 199034, Russia. Author Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. Federal Scientific Center of the East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity, Far Eastern Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok- 22, 690022, Russia. & Corresponding author text Zootaxa 2024 2024-05-20 5453 2 183 213 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5360.3.8 journal article 298000 10.11646/zootaxa.5453.2.2 9e64885c-72a9-4857-a40d-476ac24ae6bf 1175-5326 11233829 C5C7C811-B9A1-414D-8FA4-11DED4400FB4 13. Epeolus flavociliatus Friese, 1899 ( Figs 18, 19 , 89) Epeolus flavociliatus Friese, 1899: 284–285 , ♂ , ( holotype : ♂ , Egypt , Fayum , Siala ; ZMHB). Holotype unlocated according to Le Divelec, 2021: 12 . ? Epeolus berlandi Benoist, 1950: 941 , ♂ , ( holotype : ♂ , Mauritania , Fort Gouraud ; MNHN ). Synonymized by Bogusch & Hadrava 2018: 27. ? Epeolus laevigatus Bischoff, 1930: 13 , ♀ , ( holotype : ♀ , Algeria , Mascara ; ZMHB). Synonymized by Bogusch & Hadrava 2018: 27. ? Epeolus flavociliatus ssp. canarius Warncke, 1993: 764–765 , ♀ , ♂ , ( holotype : ♂ , Spain , Canary Islands , El Soccoro ; MSNN). Other notable publications. Bogusch & Hadrava 2018: 27–28 , 56, 55 (key, synonymy, diagnosis, figures); Le Divelec 2021: 11 , 12 (notes on synonymy, figures of Epeolus berlandi holotype ). Host (s). Colletes moricei Saunders ( Warncke 1993 for Epeolus flavociliatus canarius ), C. phalericus Morice ( Bischoff 1930 for Epeolus laevigatus ). Remarks. According to Le Divelec (2021: 12) the synonymy of Epeolus berlandi , E. flavocilliatus , E. laevigatus and status of E. flavociliatus canarius needs to be reviewed. Distribution. Algeria , Egypt , Morocco , Tunisia , Canary Islands ( Spain ), Turkey , Iran , Jordan , UAE ( Bogusch 2021 ).