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<mods:title>The cuckoo bees of the genus Epeolus Latreille, 1802 (Hymenoptera, Apidae) from the Middle East and North Africa with descriptions of two new species</mods:title>
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<mods:affiliation>Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Hradec Kralove, Rokitanskeho 62, CZ- 500 03 Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic</mods:affiliation>
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<treatment ID-GBIF-Taxon="184941455" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:BB492D41AA0A50F3A98420574DE768BF" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/BB492D41AA0A50F3A98420574DE768BF" lastPageNumber="45" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">
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<taxonomicName LSID="BB492D41-AA0A-50F3-A984-20574DE768BF" authority="Radoszkowski, 1893" authorityName="Radoszkowski" authorityYear="1893" baseAuthorityName="Bogusch" baseAuthorityYear="2021" class="Insecta" family="Apidae" genus="Epeolus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Epeolus seraxensis" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="seraxensis" status="stat. nov.">Epeolus seraxensis Radoszkowski, 1893</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel pageId="0" pageNumber="45">stat. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Epeolus seraxensis stat. nov. a, c-h lectotype, female b, i syntype, male a, b habitus, dorsal view c head, frontal view d labrum, frontal view e mesosoma, dorsal view f mesopleuron, lateral view g metasoma, dorsal view h ventral views i pygidium, dorsal view. Scale bars: 1.0 mm (a-c, e-h); 0.1 mm (d, i)." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.84.67049.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/579298" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">Figure 3</figureCitation>
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Bogusch" authorityYear="2021" class="Insecta" family="Apidae" genus="Epeolus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Epeolus transitorius subsp. var. var. seraxensis" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="variety" species="transitorius" status="stat. nov." subSpecies="var." variety="seraxensis">Epeolus transitorius var. seraxensis</taxonomicName>
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Radoszkowski, 1893: 54-55 (syntypes: ♀♀, ♂♂, Serax, Turkmenistan, NHMB, ISZP).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="45">Material examined.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="45">
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<materialsCitation collectingDate="2021-01-01" collectingDateMax="2021-12-31" collectingDateMin="2021-01-01" country="Turkmenistan" location="Serax" specimenCount="2" specimenCount-female="1" specimenCount-male="1" typeStatus="Syntypes">
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">
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<typeStatus>Syntypes</typeStatus>
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:
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<collectingCountry name="Turkmenistan">Turkmenistan</collectingCountry>
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,
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<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:BB492D41AA0A50F3A98420574DE768BF:43A17B2BD075D7508A27F7B0C6225060" country="Turkmenistan" name="Serax">Serax</location>
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, date unknown, (
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<specimenCount type="male">1 ♂</specimenCount>
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,
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<specimenCount type="female">1 ♀</specimenCount>
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),
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Radoszkowski’s">Radoszkowski's</normalizedToken>
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collection (NHMB), examined. The female is
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">designated here</emphasis>
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as a
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<typeStatus>lectotype</typeStatus>
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</materialsCitation>
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.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="45">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">
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Other material.
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<materialsCitation collectingDate="1975-07-19" collectingDateMax="1975-10-04" collectingDateMin="1975-07-19" collectorName="P. F. Torchio" country="Iran" county="Karaj" determinerName="P. Bogusch" location="Anaesthal" municipality="Karaj" specimenCount="7" specimenCount-female="5" specimenCount-male="2">
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<collectingCountry name="Iran">Iran</collectingCountry>
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:
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<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:BB492D41AA0A50F3A98420574DE768BF:CF65CA4A34B431076855D8DB4552A156" country="Iran" county="Karaj" municipality="Karaj" name="Anaesthal">Anaesthal</location>
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, date unknown, (
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<specimenCount type="male">1 ♂</specimenCount>
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),
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<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:BB492D41AA0A50F3A98420574DE768BF:4FA8072940787E092B04DDFF4828BECD" country="Iran" county="Karaj" municipality="Karaj" name="Ritter">Ritter</location>
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;
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<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:BB492D41AA0A50F3A98420574DE768BF:B5B5395507E4C6CBF700C50F6ACB50D4" country="Iran" county="Karaj" municipality="Karaj" name="Ghezir">Ghezir</location>
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(
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<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:BB492D41AA0A50F3A98420574DE768BF:D9E09FE1D29DF4CD9CBD743892835E30" country="Iran" county="Karaj" municipality="Karaj" name="Gherir">Gherir</location>
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),
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<collectingDate value="1975-10-04">4.X.1975</collectingDate>
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, (
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<specimenCount type="female">1 ♀</specimenCount>
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), collector unknown;
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<quantity metricMagnitude="4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.0" unit="km" value="30.0">30 km</quantity>
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west of
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<collectingMunicipality>Karaj</collectingMunicipality>
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,
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<collectingDate value="1975-07-19">19.VII.1975</collectingDate>
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, (
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<specimenCount type="male">1 ♂</specimenCount>
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,
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<specimenCount type="female">3 ♀</specimenCount>
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),
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<quantity metricMagnitude="4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.5" unit="km" value="15.0">15 km</quantity>
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south of
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<collectingCounty>Karaj</collectingCounty>
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,
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<collectingDate value="1975-07-21">21.VII.1975</collectingDate>
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, (
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<specimenCount type="female">1 ♀</specimenCount>
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),
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<collectorName>P. F. Torchio</collectorName>
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[all
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<determinerName>P. Bogusch</determinerName>
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det.] (OLML)
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</materialsCitation>
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</emphasis>
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.
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<materialsCitation collectingDate="1975-05-24" collectorName="K. M. Guichard" country="Israel" determinerName="M. Schwarz" elevation="500" location="Arad" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-female="1">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">
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<collectingCountry name="Israel">Israel</collectingCountry>
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</emphasis>
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:
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<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:BB492D41AA0A50F3A98420574DE768BF:98FA407B140FFCECA7D4A1CB3F04CF81" country="Israel" name="Arad">Arad</location>
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,
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<quantity metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.0" unit="m" value="500.0">
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<elevation metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.0" unit="m" value="500.0">500 m</elevation>
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</quantity>
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n. m.,
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<collectingDate value="1975-05-24">24.V.1975</collectingDate>
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, (
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<specimenCount type="female">1 ♀</specimenCount>
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),
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<collectorName>K. M. Guichard</collectorName>
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[
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<determinerName>M. Schwarz</determinerName>
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det.] (BMNH)
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</materialsCitation>
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.
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="45" type="differential diagnosis">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="45">Differential diagnosis.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="45">
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This species is probably closely related to
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<taxonomicName family="Apidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="E. transitorius" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rank="species" species="transitorius">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">E. transitorius</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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and
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<taxonomicName family="Apidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="E. iranicus" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rank="species" species="iranicus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">E. iranicus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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, and all three species are characterised by the presence of apical (as opposed to submedial) labral tubercles (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Epeolus seraxensis stat. nov. a, c-h lectotype, female b, i syntype, male a, b habitus, dorsal view c head, frontal view d labrum, frontal view e mesosoma, dorsal view f mesopleuron, lateral view g metasoma, dorsal view h ventral views i pygidium, dorsal view. Scale bars: 1.0 mm (a-c, e-h); 0.1 mm (d, i)." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.84.67049.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/579298" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">3d</figureCitation>
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) and yellowish to reddish antennal segments, especially F1 and F2 (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Epeolus seraxensis stat. nov. a, c-h lectotype, female b, i syntype, male a, b habitus, dorsal view c head, frontal view d labrum, frontal view e mesosoma, dorsal view f mesopleuron, lateral view g metasoma, dorsal view h ventral views i pygidium, dorsal view. Scale bars: 1.0 mm (a-c, e-h); 0.1 mm (d, i)." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.84.67049.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/579298" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">3c</figureCitation>
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). The body is reddish in colour except the head and mesoscutum in both sexes, which are black.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">Epeolus seraxensis</emphasis>
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can be separated from
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<taxonomicName family="Apidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="E. iranicus" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rank="species" species="iranicus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">E. iranicus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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by the denser tomentum on the body, which covers entire clypeus, frons, mesopleura and legs (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Epeolus seraxensis stat. nov. a, c-h lectotype, female b, i syntype, male a, b habitus, dorsal view c head, frontal view d labrum, frontal view e mesosoma, dorsal view f mesopleuron, lateral view g metasoma, dorsal view h ventral views i pygidium, dorsal view. Scale bars: 1.0 mm (a-c, e-h); 0.1 mm (d, i)." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.84.67049.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/579298" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">3a, b</figureCitation>
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), and by the longer F1 (Figs
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Epeolus iranicus sp. nov. a, c-h holotype, female b, i paratype, male a, b habitus, dorsal view c head, frontal view d labrum, frontal view e mesosoma, dorsal view f mesopleuron, lateral view g metasoma, dorsal view h ventral view i pygidium, dorsal view. Scale bars: 1.0 mm (a-c, e-h); 0.1 mm (d, i)." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.84.67049.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/579296" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">1c</figureCitation>
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and
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Epeolus seraxensis stat. nov. a, c-h lectotype, female b, i syntype, male a, b habitus, dorsal view c head, frontal view d labrum, frontal view e mesosoma, dorsal view f mesopleuron, lateral view g metasoma, dorsal view h ventral views i pygidium, dorsal view. Scale bars: 1.0 mm (a-c, e-h); 0.1 mm (d, i)." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.84.67049.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/579298" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">3c</figureCitation>
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for comparison), and unbroken bands on the metasomal terga. The body construction in both sexes is more robust and similar to that of
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<taxonomicName family="Apidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="E. transitorius" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rank="species" species="transitorius">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">E. transitorius</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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. The frons is densely punctate but with shiny interspaces (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Epeolus seraxensis stat. nov. a, c-h lectotype, female b, i syntype, male a, b habitus, dorsal view c head, frontal view d labrum, frontal view e mesosoma, dorsal view f mesopleuron, lateral view g metasoma, dorsal view h ventral views i pygidium, dorsal view. Scale bars: 1.0 mm (a-c, e-h); 0.1 mm (d, i)." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.84.67049.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/579298" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">3c</figureCitation>
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). The male pygidium is wide and emarginated on the apical part, different from that of
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<taxonomicName family="Apidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="E. iranicus" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rank="species" species="iranicus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">E. iranicus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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(Figs
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Epeolus iranicus sp. nov. a, c-h holotype, female b, i paratype, male a, b habitus, dorsal view c head, frontal view d labrum, frontal view e mesosoma, dorsal view f mesopleuron, lateral view g metasoma, dorsal view h ventral view i pygidium, dorsal view. Scale bars: 1.0 mm (a-c, e-h); 0.1 mm (d, i)." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.84.67049.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/579296" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">1i</figureCitation>
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and
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Epeolus seraxensis stat. nov. a, c-h lectotype, female b, i syntype, male a, b habitus, dorsal view c head, frontal view d labrum, frontal view e mesosoma, dorsal view f mesopleuron, lateral view g metasoma, dorsal view h ventral views i pygidium, dorsal view. Scale bars: 1.0 mm (a-c, e-h); 0.1 mm (d, i)." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.84.67049.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/579298" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">3i</figureCitation>
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). From
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<taxonomicName family="Apidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="E. transitorius" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rank="species" species="transitorius">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">E. transitorius</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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, this species differs as follows: in
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<taxonomicName family="Apidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="E. seraxensis" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rank="species" species="seraxensis">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">E. seraxensis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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the metasomal bands are uninterrupted and most of body is brownish in colour and covered with whitish tomentum. The length of F1 in both sexes and shape of male pygidium support the treatment of
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<taxonomicName family="Apidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="E. seraxensis" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rank="species" species="seraxensis">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">E. seraxensis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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as a separate species. It is also close to
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Bischoff" authorityYear="1930" class="Insecta" family="Apidae" genus="Epeolus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Epeolus laticauda" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="laticauda">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">Epeolus laticauda</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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Bischoff, 1930 by dense tomentun on sterna, unbroken tergal bands, wide and bilobed pygidial plate (but in
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<taxonomicName family="Apidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="E. seraxensis" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rank="species" species="seraxensis">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">E. seraxensis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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wider and more distinctly bilobed). In
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<taxonomicName family="Apidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="E. laticauda" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rank="species" species="laticauda">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">E. laticauda</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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labral tubercles are positioned very close to apex, not on the apical margin as in
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<taxonomicName family="Apidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="E. seraxensis" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rank="species" species="seraxensis">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">E. seraxensis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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.
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</paragraph>
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<caption ID-Zenodo-Dep="5349439" doi="10.3897/jhr.84.67049.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/579298" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" start="Figure 3" startId="F3">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="45">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">Figure 3.</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Radoszkowski" authorityYear="1893" baseAuthorityName="Bogusch" baseAuthorityYear="2021" class="Insecta" family="Apidae" genus="Epeolus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Epeolus seraxensis" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="seraxensis">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">Epeolus seraxensis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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stat. nov.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">a, c-h</emphasis>
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lectotype, female
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">b, i</emphasis>
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syntype, male
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">a, b</emphasis>
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habitus, dorsal view
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">c</emphasis>
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head, frontal view
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">d</emphasis>
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labrum, frontal view
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">e</emphasis>
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mesosoma, dorsal view
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">f</emphasis>
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mesopleuron, lateral view
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">g</emphasis>
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metasoma, dorsal view
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">h</emphasis>
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ventral views
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">i</emphasis>
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pygidium, dorsal view. Scale bars: 1.0 mm (
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">a-c, e-h</emphasis>
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); 0.1 mm (
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">d, i</emphasis>
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).
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</paragraph>
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</caption>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="45" type="description">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="45">Description.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="45">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">Female.</emphasis>
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Body length: 9 mm (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Epeolus seraxensis stat. nov. a, c-h lectotype, female b, i syntype, male a, b habitus, dorsal view c head, frontal view d labrum, frontal view e mesosoma, dorsal view f mesopleuron, lateral view g metasoma, dorsal view h ventral views i pygidium, dorsal view. Scale bars: 1.0 mm (a-c, e-h); 0.1 mm (d, i)." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.84.67049.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/579298" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">3a</figureCitation>
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).
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="45">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">Head</emphasis>
|
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.
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</emphasis>
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Length to width ratio = 1.3. Mandible light reddish, mandibular apex and preapical tooth dark brown (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Epeolus seraxensis stat. nov. a, c-h lectotype, female b, i syntype, male a, b habitus, dorsal view c head, frontal view d labrum, frontal view e mesosoma, dorsal view f mesopleuron, lateral view g metasoma, dorsal view h ventral views i pygidium, dorsal view. Scale bars: 1.0 mm (a-c, e-h); 0.1 mm (d, i)." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.84.67049.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/579298" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">3c</figureCitation>
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). Labrum light reddish, semitransparent, shiny, coarsely and sparsely punctate, apically with pair of small teeth separated by medial shallow emargination, apex with prominent whitish hair, with sides convex (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Epeolus seraxensis stat. nov. a, c-h lectotype, female b, i syntype, male a, b habitus, dorsal view c head, frontal view d labrum, frontal view e mesosoma, dorsal view f mesopleuron, lateral view g metasoma, dorsal view h ventral views i pygidium, dorsal view. Scale bars: 1.0 mm (a-c, e-h); 0.1 mm (d, i)." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.84.67049.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/579298" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">3d</figureCitation>
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). Clypeus reddish, matt and with very fine and dense punctation, interspaces smaller than puncture diameters. Clypeus entirely covered by whitish tomentum. Face black with basal part from clypeus to antennal tubercles reddish, with dense whitish hair around antennal socket, and with well-developed and sharp frontal keel. Vertex black, with dense punctures, interspaces shiny and smaller than puncture diameters. Antenna reddish with flagellomeres dorsally partly brownish. Flagellomeres slightly longer than wide (L/W ratio = 1.2), F2 longer than other flagellomeres (L/W ratio = 1.7) (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Epeolus seraxensis stat. nov. a, c-h lectotype, female b, i syntype, male a, b habitus, dorsal view c head, frontal view d labrum, frontal view e mesosoma, dorsal view f mesopleuron, lateral view g metasoma, dorsal view h ventral views i pygidium, dorsal view. Scale bars: 1.0 mm (a-c, e-h); 0.1 mm (d, i)." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.84.67049.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/579298" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">3c</figureCitation>
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).
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="45">
|
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">Mesosoma</emphasis>
|
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.
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||
</emphasis>
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Pronotum reddish-brown and entirely obscured by whitish tomentum. Mesoscutum black, reddish only laterally, with whitish tomentum laterally and white paramedian bands reaching from the base somewhere behind the middle part of mesoscutum. Punctation coarse and dense, interspaces narrower than puncture diameters but shiny. Mesoscutellum reddish, round, densely and coarsely punctate, punctures twice as larger as on mesoscutum, axillar tooth (free portion of axilla) long and acute but slightly shorter than mesoscutellum. Mesoscutellum with posterior margin extending over propodeum (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Epeolus seraxensis stat. nov. a, c-h lectotype, female b, i syntype, male a, b habitus, dorsal view c head, frontal view d labrum, frontal view e mesosoma, dorsal view f mesopleuron, lateral view g metasoma, dorsal view h ventral views i pygidium, dorsal view. Scale bars: 1.0 mm (a-c, e-h); 0.1 mm (d, i)." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.84.67049.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/579298" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">3e</figureCitation>
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). Propodeum reddish, very finely sculptured, matt, dorsally and laterally with whitish tomentum. Mesopleuron reddish, entirely obscured with dense whitish tomentum, coarsely and densely punctate, with interspaces shiny and smaller than puncture diameters (but ill visible under the tomentum) (Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Epeolus seraxensis stat. nov. a, c-h lectotype, female b, i syntype, male a, b habitus, dorsal view c head, frontal view d labrum, frontal view e mesosoma, dorsal view f mesopleuron, lateral view g metasoma, dorsal view h ventral views i pygidium, dorsal view. Scale bars: 1.0 mm (a-c, e-h); 0.1 mm (d, i)." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.84.67049.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/579298" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">3f</figureCitation>
|
||
). Wings brownish with dark brown venation. Legs light reddish or orange, on dorsal side entirely covered by whitish tomentum, only tarsal claws brown, tibial spurs on middle and hind legs yellow.
|
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</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="45">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">Metasoma</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
Metasoma entirely reddish. T1 finely and sparsely punctate, interspaces shiny and larger than puncture diameters. T1 with whitish tomentum at the base and an unbroken apical band, T2-T4 with unbroken apical bands of tomentum. T2-T4 densely but finely punctate with shiny interspaces and well-developed depressions. T5 shiny with very fine and dense punctation, whitish tomentum on sides, pseudopygidial area short, with silver pubescence (Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Epeolus seraxensis stat. nov. a, c-h lectotype, female b, i syntype, male a, b habitus, dorsal view c head, frontal view d labrum, frontal view e mesosoma, dorsal view f mesopleuron, lateral view g metasoma, dorsal view h ventral views i pygidium, dorsal view. Scale bars: 1.0 mm (a-c, e-h); 0.1 mm (d, i)." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.84.67049.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/579298" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">3g</figureCitation>
|
||
). T6 reddish with slightly curved apex, bearing wide reddish pygidial plate, with long yellowish hair. S2 finely and sparsely punctate, interspaces wider than puncture diameters. Other sterna more finely and densely punctate. S2-S4 entirely covered by whitish tomentum. S5 wide and straight (see from side) (Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Epeolus seraxensis stat. nov. a, c-h lectotype, female b, i syntype, male a, b habitus, dorsal view c head, frontal view d labrum, frontal view e mesosoma, dorsal view f mesopleuron, lateral view g metasoma, dorsal view h ventral views i pygidium, dorsal view. Scale bars: 1.0 mm (a-c, e-h); 0.1 mm (d, i)." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.84.67049.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/579298" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">3h</figureCitation>
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||
). Processes on sides of S6 normal, with short projections, reddish.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="45">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">Male.</emphasis>
|
||
Body length: 10 mm (Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Epeolus seraxensis stat. nov. a, c-h lectotype, female b, i syntype, male a, b habitus, dorsal view c head, frontal view d labrum, frontal view e mesosoma, dorsal view f mesopleuron, lateral view g metasoma, dorsal view h ventral views i pygidium, dorsal view. Scale bars: 1.0 mm (a-c, e-h); 0.1 mm (d, i)." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.84.67049.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/579298" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">3b</figureCitation>
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).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="45">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">Head</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
Length to width ratio = 1.25. Mandible light reddish, mandibular apex and preapical tooth dark brown. Labrum similar to that of female. Clypeus reddish, matt and with very fine and dense punctation, interspaces smaller than puncture diameters. Clypeus entirely covered by whitish tomentum. Frons black with basal part from clypeus to antennal tubercles reddish, with dense whitish hair around antennal socket, and with well-developed and sharp frontal keel. Vertex black, with dense punctures, interspaces shiny and smaller than puncture diameters. Antenna reddish with flagellomeres dorsally partly brownish. Flagellomeres slightly shorter than wide (L/W ratio = 0.95), F2 longer than other flagellomeres (L/W ratio = 1.4).
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||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="45">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">Mesosoma</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
Pronotum reddish-brown with black line in the middle, and entirely obscured by whitish tomentum. Mesoscutum black, with whitish tomentum laterally and ill-developed white paramedian bands reaching from the base to the middle part of mesoscutum. Punctation coarse and dense, interspaces narrower than puncture diameters but shiny. Mesoscutellum reddish, round, densely and coarsely punctate, punctures twice as large as on mesoscutum, axillar tooth (free portion of axilla) long and acute but slightly shorter than mesoscutellum. Mesoscutellum with posterior margin extending over propodeum. Propodeum black, very finely sculptured, matt, dorsally and laterally with whitish tomentum. Mesopleuron black, entirely obscured with dense whitish tomentum, coarsely and densely punctate, with interspaces shiny and smaller than puncture diameters (but ill visible under the tomentum). Wings brownish with dark brown venation. Legs light reddish or orange, on dorsal side entirely covered by whitish tomentum, only tarsal claws brown, tibial spurs on middle and hind legs yellow.
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||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="45">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">Metasoma</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
</emphasis>
|
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Metasoma dark brown. T1 finely and sparsely punctate, interspaces shiny and larger than puncture diameters. T1 with whitish tomentum at the base and an unbroken apical band, T2 with C-shaped pattern of whitish tomentum on each side, apically connecting into an unbroken apical band. T3-T6 with unbroken apical bands of tomentum. T2-T5 densely but finely punctate with shiny interspaces and well-developed depressions. T7 reddish, bearing reddish wide and apically bilobed pygidial plate, with long brown hair on basal part (Fig.
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||
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Epeolus seraxensis stat. nov. a, c-h lectotype, female b, i syntype, male a, b habitus, dorsal view c head, frontal view d labrum, frontal view e mesosoma, dorsal view f mesopleuron, lateral view g metasoma, dorsal view h ventral views i pygidium, dorsal view. Scale bars: 1.0 mm (a-c, e-h); 0.1 mm (d, i)." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.84.67049.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/579298" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">3i</figureCitation>
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). S2-S3 finely punctate with interspaces larger than puncture diameter, with white tomentum on apex, S4-S5 with prominent thick yellowish hair on apex.
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||
</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="45" type="distribution">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="45">Distribution.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="45">Turkmenistan (type location), in the Middle East currently reported from Iran and Israel.</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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</treatment>
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