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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:roleTerm>Author</mods:roleTerm>
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<mods:namePart>Bogusch, Petr</mods:namePart>
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<mods:nameIdentifier type="ORCID">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4554-6141</mods:nameIdentifier>
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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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<mods:nameIdentifier type="email">bogusch.petr@gmail.com</mods:nameIdentifier>
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<mods:title>Journal of Hymenoptera Research</mods:title>
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<mods:date>2021</mods:date>
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<mods:number>2021-08-24</mods:number>
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<mods:number>84</mods:number>
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<mods:start>45</mods:start>
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<mods:url>http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.84.67049</mods:url>
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<mods:classification>journal article</mods:classification>
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<mods:identifier type="DOI">http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.84.67049</mods:identifier>
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<mods:identifier type="Pensoft-Pub">1314-2607-84-45</mods:identifier>
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<treatment ID-GBIF-Taxon="184941451" LSID="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:24E0CE05-DBF1-4308-913F-4FDDB5639F90" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/E6D5300186495D298542F9C3D6173837" lastPageNumber="45" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="45" type="nomenclature">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="45">
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<taxonomicName LSID="http://zoobank.org/24E0CE05-DBF1-4308-913F-4FDDB5639F90" authority="Bogusch, 2021" authorityName="Bogusch" authorityYear="2021" class="Insecta" family="Apidae" genus="Epeolus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Epeolus iranicus" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="iranicus" status="sp. nov.">Epeolus iranicus</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel pageId="0" pageNumber="45">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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</paragraph>
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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">
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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">Figure 1</figureCitation>
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="45" type="materials_examined">
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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" collectorName="Escalera" country="Iran" location="Iran" specimenCount="♀" typeStatus="Holotype">
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">
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<typeStatus>Holotype</typeStatus>
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</emphasis>
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:
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<specimenCount>♀</specimenCount>
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,
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<collectingCountry name="Iran">Iran</collectingCountry>
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: Bazuft, Kuhre-Sefid, 1900,
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<collectorName>Escalera</collectorName>
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leg. (OLML).
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</materialsCitation>
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="45">
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<materialsCitation collectingDate="1978-05-26" location="Rafsanjan" specimenCount="3" specimenCount-female="1" specimenCount-male="2" stateProvince="Kerman" typeStatus="Paratypes">
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">
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<typeStatus>Paratypes</typeStatus>
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</emphasis>
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:
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<specimenCount type="male">2 ♂</specimenCount>
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,
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<specimenCount type="female">1 ♀</specimenCount>
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with the same labels as
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<typeStatus>holotype</typeStatus>
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(BMNH);
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<collectingRegion country="Iran" name="Kerman">Kerman</collectingRegion>
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,
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<quantity metricMagnitude="4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.0" unit="km" value="10.0">10 km</quantity>
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W
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<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:E6D5300186495D298542F9C3D6173837:9A0717E19ED80C43D946A7B120BA5EAA" name="Rafsanjan" stateProvince="Kerman">Rafsanjan</location>
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,
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<collectingDate value="1978-05-26">26.5.1978</collectingDate>
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</materialsCitation>
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,
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<specimenCount type="male">1 ♂</specimenCount>
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, K. Warncke leg. and det. (OLML).
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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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 most similar 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. 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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, and all three species are characterised by the presence of apical (as opposed to submedial) labral tubercles (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">1d</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">3d</figureCitation>
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) and yellowish to reddish antennal segments, especially F1 and F2 (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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). The body is reddish in colour except the frons, vertex and the middle part of mesoscutum in females and entire mesoscutum in males, which are black (Fig.
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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">1a</figureCitation>
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and
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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">1b</figureCitation>
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).
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Bogusch" authorityYear="2021" class="Insecta" family="Apidae" genus="Epeolus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Epeolus iranicus" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="iranicus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">Epeolus iranicus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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differs from
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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 follows:
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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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has sparser tomentum on the body, which does not cover the entire clypeus, frons, and mesopleura, shorter F1, and broken bands on the metasomal terga. Additionally, the frons is densely punctate but with shiny interspaces. The shape of male pygidium is much narrower with no emargination in the middle and differs from that 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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(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. 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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most of body is brownish or reddish in colour (in
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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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it is mostly black), on most parts of body the punctation is sparser, and the metasomal terga and sterna are smooth and shiny.
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<caption ID-Zenodo-Dep="5349429" doi="10.3897/jhr.84.67049.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/579296" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" start="Figure 1" startId="F1">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="45">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">Figure 1.</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Bogusch" authorityYear="2021" class="Insecta" family="Apidae" genus="Epeolus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Epeolus iranicus" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="iranicus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">Epeolus iranicus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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sp. nov.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">a, c-h</emphasis>
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holotype, female
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">b, i</emphasis>
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paratype, 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 view
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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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</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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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">Female.</emphasis>
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Body length: 7.7 mm (Fig.
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).
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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 (Fig.
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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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). Mandible light reddish, mandibular apex and preapical tooth dark brown. Labrum light reddish, semi-transparent, 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 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">1d</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. 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 sparse punctures, interspaces shiny and slightly greater than puncture diameters. Antenna reddish with flagellomeres dorsally partly brownish. Flagellomeres slightly longer than wide (L/W ratio = 1.05-1.1), F2 longer than other flagellomeres (L/W ratio = 1.35) (Fig.
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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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).
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">Mesosoma</emphasis>
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Pronotum reddish-brown and entirely obscured by whitish tomentum. Mesoscutum reddish with wide black medial line and whitish tomentum laterally. 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 (Fig.
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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">1e</figureCitation>
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). Propodeum brownish, very finely sculptured, matt, and laterally with whitish tomentum. Mesopleuron reddish, partly obscured with dense whitish tomentum, coarsely and densely punctate, with interspaces shiny and smaller than puncture diameters (but ill visible under the tomentum) (Fig.
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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">1f</figureCitation>
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). Wings brownish with dark brown venation. Legs light reddish or orange, partly covered by whitish tomentum, only tarsal claws brown, tibial spurs on middle and hind legs yellow.
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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">Metasoma</emphasis>
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Metasoma entirely reddish. T1 finely and sparsely punctate, interspaces shiny and larger than puncture diameters. T1 with lateral spots of whitish tomentum at the base and near the apex, T2-T4 with apical bands of tomentum, which are broken in the middle. T2-T4 densely but finely punctate with shiny interspaces and ill-developed depressions. T5 shiny with very fine and dense punctation, whitish tomentum on sides, pseudopygidial area short, with silvery pubescence (Fig.
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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">1g</figureCitation>
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). 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. S5 wide and straight (see from side) (Fig.
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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">1h</figureCitation>
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). Processes on sides of S6 normal, with short projections, reddish.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">Male.</emphasis>
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Body length: 7.6 mm (Fig.
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).
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">Head</emphasis>
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Length to width ratio = 1.2. 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 sparse punctures, interspaces shiny and slightly greater than puncture diameters. Antenna reddish with flagellomeres dorsally partly brownish. Flagellomeres slightly shorter than wide (L/W ratio = 0.9), F3 a little longer than other flagellomeres (L/W ratio = 1.05), F2 longer (L/W ratio = 1.3).
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">Mesosoma</emphasis>
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Pronotum black and entirely obscured by whitish tomentum. Mesoscutum black and with whitish tomentum laterally. Punctation coarse and dense, interspaces narrower than puncture diameters but shiny. Mesoscutellum reddish, round, densely and coarsely punctate, punctures slightly larger than on the mesoscutum, axillar tooth (free portion of axilla) long and acute but slightly shorter than mesoscutellum. Mesoscutellum with posterior margin extending over propodeum. Propodeum brownish, very finely sculptured, matt, and laterally with whitish tomentum. Mesopleuron reddish, partly obscured with dense whitish tomentum, coarsely and densely punctate, with interspaces shiny and smaller than puncture diameters (but ill visible under tomentum). Wings brownish with dark brown venation. Legs light reddish or orange, partly covered by whitish tomentum, only tarsal claws brown, tibial spurs on middle and hind legs yellow.
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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">Metasoma</emphasis>
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Metasoma entirely reddish. T1 finely and sparsely punctate, interspaces shiny and larger than puncture diameters. T1 with lateral spots of whitish tomentum at the base and near the apex, T2-T4 with apical bands of tomentum, which are broken in the middle. T2-T4 densely but finely punctate with shiny interspaces and ill-developed depressions. T5 shiny with very fine and dense punctation, whitish tomentum on sides, pseudopygidial area short, with silver pubescence. T6 reddish, bearing reddish pygidial plate, with long yellowish hair (Fig.
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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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). 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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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="45" type="etymology">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="45">Etymology.</paragraph>
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All known specimens were collected in Iran:
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Bogusch" authorityYear="2021" class="Insecta" family="Apidae" genus="Epeolus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Epeolus iranicus" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="iranicus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">Epeolus iranicus</emphasis>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="45" type="ecology">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="45">Ecology.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="45">Host and floral associations are unknown.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="45">Distribution.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="45">Recently known only from two nearby localities in Iran and several specimens from other localities (however, not properly localised) from the same country.</paragraph>
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</treatment>
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