The species-group names of bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea, Apiformes) described from Crimea, North Caucasus, European part of Russia and Ural. Part III. Families Melittidae and Apidae (Except Bombus Latreille and Apis Linnaeus) Author Proshchalykin, M. Yu. Author Astafurova, Yu. V. Author Levchenko, T. V. Author Shlyakhtenok, A. S. Author Schwarz, M. text Far Eastern Entomologist 2019 2019-12-06 396 17 44 http://dx.doi.org/10.25221/fee.396.3 journal article 10.25221/fee.396.3 2713-2196 7164991 FE1F63DC-55A9-4B48-BF26-B500BE9A0B3A Eucera asiatica Alfken, 1936 Eucera asiatica Alfken, 1936: 10 , 12, , (key) ( holotype : , “ Armavir am Kuban ” [ Armavir , Krasnodar Terr., Russia ], MNHU). CURRENT STATUS. A junior synonym of Eucera taurica Morawitz, 1870 (Sitdikov & Pesenko 1988: 85). DISTRIBUTION. Russia : North Caucasus, Crimea, European part; Europe, North Africa, Iran , China .