Catalogue and identification key of the bee genus Epeolus Latreille, 1802 (Hymenoptera, Apidae) from the Palaearctic region Author Astafurova, Yulia V. Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya Nab., 1, Saint Petersburg, 199034, Russia. Author Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. Federal Scientific Center of the East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity, Far Eastern Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok- 22, 690022, Russia. & Corresponding author text Zootaxa 2024 2024-05-20 5453 2 183 213 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5360.3.8 journal article 298000 10.11646/zootaxa.5453.2.2 9e64885c-72a9-4857-a40d-476ac24ae6bf 1175-5326 11233829 C5C7C811-B9A1-414D-8FA4-11DED4400FB4 41. Epeolus tarsalis Morawitz, 1873 ( Figs 58, 59 , 81 ) Epeolus tarsalis Morawitz, 1873: 182–183 , ♂ , ( lectotype , ♂ , designated by Astafurova & Proshchalykin 2021b: 23 , Russia , Dagestan , Derbent; ZISP). Epeolus praeustus Pérez, 1884: 324–326 , ♀ , ( lectotype : ♀ , designated by Le Divelec 2021: 18 , France , Eaux-Bonnes; MNHN). Synonymized by Warncke 1986: 60 . ? Epeolus sibiricus Radoszkowski, 1887: 295 , ♀ , ♂ ( syntypes : ♀♀ , ♂♂ , Russia , Vladivostok; ZMHB or OLBL (see Astafurova & Proshchalykin 2021a: 34 ). Epeolus rozenburgensis Lith, 1949: 105–112 , ♀ , ( holotype : ♀ , Netherlands , Hook of Holland ; NHR). Synonymized by Warncke 1986: 60 . Epeolus himukanus Hirashima, 1955: 40–41 , ♂ , fig. 1, ( holotype : ♂ , Japan , Kyushu, Hyuga Province, Funaishi-Okawachi; KUFJ). Synonymized by Astafurova & Proshchalykin 2021a: 32 . Epeolus tarsalis ssp. tirolensis Lith, 1956: 38 , ♀ , ♂ , fig. 20, ( holotype : ♀ , Italy , South-Tirol, St. Pauls; NMW). Synonymized by Warncke 1986: 61 . Other notable publications. Bischoff 1930: 6 (descriptive note); Pittioni 1945: 128–147 ( Epeolus tarsalis , E. praeustus , E. sibiricus ; key, re-description, variation, figures); Lith 1956: 35–39 (subspecies, variation, figures); Hirashima & Tadauchi 1979: 122 ( E. tarsalis ssp. himukanus , figure); Mitai & Tadauchi 2009: 71–74 ( Epeolus tarsalis ssp. himukanus , description female, figures); Scheuchl 2000: 143 , 146 (key); Mitai in Tadauchi & Murao 2014: 411 ( Epeolus tarsalis ssp. himukanus , descriptive note, figures); Bogusch & Hadrava 2018: 42 , 43, 55, 56 (key, diagnosis, figures); Bogusch 2019: 268 , 269 (diagnosis, figures); Le Divelec 2021: 18–21 (notes on synonymy; figures of Epeolus praeustus lectotype ); Astafurova & Proshchalykin 2021a: 32–34 (key, variation, figures). FIGURES 77–85. Epeolus Latreille. 77—angle between scutellum and propodeum, lateral view ( E. siculus Giordani Soika , ♀); 78, 79—thorax, ventral view (78— E. rasmonti Astafurova & Proshchalykin , ♀; 79— E. transitorius Eversmann , ♀); 80, 81—metasoma, ventral view (80— E. melectiformis Yasumatsu , ♂; 81— E. tarsalis Morawitz , ♂); 82—S4–S5, lateral view ( E. variegatus (Linnaeus) , ♀); 83, 84—gonostylus, lateral view (83— E. asiaticus Astafurova & Proshchalykin , ♂; 84— E. cruciger (Panzer) , ♂); 85—pygidial plate, dorsal view ( E. subrufescens Saunders , ♂). Host (s). Colletes halophilus Verhoeff , C. collaris Dours (Pérez 1883; Pittioni 1945 ; Lith 1949 ). Distribution. Europe, Russia , Kazakhstan ( East Kazakhstan Region ), Mongolia , Korean Peninsula, Japan (Honshu, Kyushu) ( Astafurova & Proshchalykin 2023 ).