Review of the Epeolus cruciger species group (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Epeolus Latreille, 1802) of Asia, with the description of two new species Author Astafurova, Yulia V. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0557-7792 Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Saint Petersburg 199034, Russia Author Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7870-8226 Federal Scientific Center of the East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity, Far East Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok 690022, Russia proshchalikin@biosoil.ru text Journal of Hymenoptera Research 2022 2022-08-31 92 305 328 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.92.90098 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.92.90098 1314-2607-92-305 8EFC7E8F96F44AA0A585CC64B1DECB05 6285E1FBDA8354978C7A2CD86D8488E0 Epeolus mongolicus Astafurova & Proshchalykin, 2021 Epeolus mongolicus Astafurova & Proshchalykin, 2021b: 19, ♀ (holotype: ♀, W Mongolia, Zavkhan, 40 km SW of Uliastay [OLBL]). Material examined. Kyrgyzstan , Ak-Ulen , Issyk-Kul Lake , 29.VI.1953 , ( 1 ♀ ), D. Panfilov [ZMMU]; Ala-Tal , Nura , Kysyl Suu , 2900 m , 22.VII.1999 , ( 1 ♀ ), F. Wagner [OLBL] ; Russia , Tyva Republic , 25 km SE Erzin , Tes-Khem River , 14-15.VII.2014 , ( 1 ♀ ), AL, MP, VL [ZISP] , Mongolia , see Astafurova and Proshchalykin (2021b : 19). Distribution. *Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia (Bulgan, Zavkhan), *Russia (Tyva Republic) ( Astafurova and Proshchalykin 2021b ). Remarks. Male unknown.