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 10.11646/zootaxa.5453.2.2 1175-5326 11233829 C5C7C811-B9A1-414D-8FA4-11DED4400FB4 35. Epeolus ruficornis Morawitz, 1875 ( Figs 49 , 75 , 98) Epeolus ruficornis Morawitz, 1875: 144 , , , ( lectotype : , designated by Astafurova & Proshchalykin 2023: 255 , Tajikistan , Varzaminor [=Ayni]; ZMMU). Other notable publications. Bischoff 1930 (descriptive note); Astafurova & Proshchalykin 2023: 255–256 (figures of lectotype ). Host (s). Unknown. New records. IRAN , 1 ♀ , 1 ♂ , Golestan province , 70 km E of Minudasht , 37°26'N , 55°49'E , 1050 m , Mi. Halada [ OLBL ] . Distribution. Azerbaijan , Russia (Kalmyk Republic, Astrakhan Oblast ), Tajikistan , Turkmenistan , Kyrgyzstan , Uzbekistan , Kazakhstan , * Iran , Mongolia ( Dornogovi , Khovd , Uvurkhangai, Orkhon ), China ( Xinjiang , Gansu ) ( Astafurova & Proshchalykin 2021a , 2023; Proshchalykin et al . 2023 ).