The cuckoo bees of the genus Epeolus Latreille, 1802 (Hymenoptera, Apidae) from the Middle East and North Africa with descriptions of two new species Author Bogusch, Petr https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4554-6141 Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Hradec Kralove, Rokitanskeho 62, CZ- 500 03 Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic bogusch.petr@gmail.com text Journal of Hymenoptera Research 2021 2021-08-24 84 45 68 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.84.67049 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.84.67049 1314-2607-84-45 4E9D0FF660864824B30F352A8398CA75 19A43C0DD9905702BE84DD38EA8CC1DD 5349425 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. Denes ; 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. Denes ; Homs al Muhamam env., 7.VI.2000 , ( 1 ♀ ), K. Denes ; Palmyra , 6.VI.2000 , ( 1 ♂ ), K. Denes ; north of Raqqa , Rasafa ar, 5.VI.2000 , ( 2 ♀ ), K. Denes [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) .