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 fasciatus Friese, 1895 Published records. Southern and Central Europe, but recent records are known only from France and Spain ( Bogusch and Hadrava 2018 ). Pesenko (1974) reported this species also from Russia - Rostov Province. Recorded also from Turkey and the Middle East ( Alfken 1935 ; Pesenko 1974 ; Bogusch 2018 ).