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 aureovestitus Dours, 1873 Published records. Portugal and Spain, North Africa, holotype from Algeria ( Bogusch and Hadrava 2018 ). Lhomme et al. (2020) published a record from Morocco (Marrakesh-Safi). Material examined. Algeria : Biskra , date, collector and number of specimens unknown, ( K. Warncke , unpublished hand-written data) . Morocco : Taroudant , Oued Souss , 24.VI.1974 , ( 1 ♀ ), K. M. Guichard , G. E. Else [ M. Schwarz det.] (BMNH); Tizi-n-Test, 30.VI.1987 , ( 1 ♀ ), M. Schwarz [ P. Bogusch det.] (OLML) . Tunisia : Hamman Lif , date and collector unknown, ( 1 ♂ ); Kathairia , Wiese , south of Tabarka , 23.VI.1994 , ( 1 ♂ ), L. Hauser [both P. Bogusch det.] (OLML) .