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Genus Epeolus Latreille
[Family Apidae, Subfamily Nomadinae, Tribe Epeolini]
Epeolus Latreille, 1802: p.427; Type species: Apis variegata Linnaeus, 1758 monobasic.
Epeolus (Diepeolus) Gribodo, 1894: p.79; Type species: Epeolus giannellii Gribodo, 1894, monobasic.
Pyrrhomelecta Ashmead, 1899: p.66; Type species: Epeolus glabratus Cresson, 1878, by original designation.
Argyroselenis Robertson, 1903: p.284; Type species: Triepeolus minimus Robertson, 1902, by original designation.
Oxybiastes Mavromoustakis, 1954: p.260; Type species: Oxybiastes bischoffi Mavromoustakis, 1954, by original designation.
S. No.
Name of Species with Author & Year
Distribution OR
Collection Site
1.
assamensis Meade Waldo, 1913 AMNH XII: p.94 Assam 2. bischoffi [Mavromoustakis, 1954: p.260 (Oxybiastes)]; under Epeolus (Epeolus) in Michener, 2000: p.631 Israel 3.
fervidus Smith in Cockerell, 1911 AMNH VIII: p.668 India 4.
peregrinus Cockerell, 1911, AMNH VII: p.234; Cockerell, 1911 AMNH VIII: p.668 Nasik 5.
pictus Nylander in Nurse, 1904 JBNHS XV: p.570 Quetta 6.
tibetanus Meade Waldo, 1913 AMNH XII: p.95 Tibet
Political territories have been mentioned as such (as mentioned by original authors): Burma [Present day Myanmar], Ceylon [Present day Sri Lanka], Bengal [Present day East Bengal in India and the present day Bangla Desh], Punjab [western part of the state is the present day Punjab in Pakistan].
Dr. Rajiv K. Gupta
Department of Zoology
Jai Narain Vyas University
Jodhpur 342 005, India
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