Holarctic , Afrotropics , Neotropics [1] [2] [3] . In Europe, 17 species, including Epeolus cruciger (Panzer, 1799) , Epeolus schummeli Schilling, 1848 , Epeolus variegatus ( Linnaeus , 1758) [4] [5] .
Small, slightly pubescent bees, with whitish-yellow markings on the body like those of wasps and reddish-red legs. Length - 5-11 mm. Kleptoparasites of Colletes bees, in whose nests they lay their eggs. Adults appear in June – July and, as a rule, on the same plants as their host bees [6] . Maxillary palps 1-segmented. In females, on the 6th abdominal sternum, there are lanceolate, finely serrated processes. In the front wing there are three radio-medial cells, the 1st of them is much larger than the 3rd. The top of the radial cell (it is elliptical in shape) is removed from the front edge of the wing. Hind tibia with spurs [7] [2] .
In 1802, when the genus was first described, the French entomologist Pierre Latraille did not explain the name of the bee genus that he proposed. According to Thomas Onuferko, the author of the generic revision, the name Epeolus comes from the soldier Epei ( dr. Greek Ἐπειός ), who in ancient Greek mythology built the Trojan wooden horse , and that this was inspired by the sinister character of these kleptoparasitic cuckoo bees. A few more names use the same root as their base, for example, Epeoloides Giraud (Osirini), Parepeolus Ducke (Osirini), Protepeolini, Pseudepeolus Holmberg (Epeolini) [2] .
More than 100 species [2] .
- Epeolus ainsliei Crawford , 1932
- Epeolus alatus Friese , 1922
- Epeolus alpinus Friese, 1893
- Epeolus amabilis Gerstäcker , 1869
- Epeolus americanus ( Cresson , 1878)
- Epeolus anticus ( Walker , 1871)
- Epeolus arciferus Cockerell , 1924
- Epeolus asperatus Cockerell, 1909
- Epeolus asperrima ( Moure , 1954)
- Epeolus assamensis Meade-Waldo , 1913
- Epeolus aureovestitus Dours, 1873
- Epeolus australis mitchell, 1962
- Epeolus autumnalis Robertson , 1902
- Epeolus banksi (Cockerell, 1907)
- Epeolus barberiellus Cockerell, 1907
- Epeolus beulahensis Cockerell, 1904
- Epeolus bifasciatus Cresson, 1864
- Epeolus bischoffi (Mavromoustakis, 1954)
- Epeolus boliviensis Friese, 1908
- Epeolus caffer ( Lepeletier , 1841)
- Epeolus canadensis Mitchell, 1962
- Epeolus carioca (Moure, 1954)
- Epeolus carolinus mitchell, 1962
- Epeolus cestus Eardley, 1991
- Epeolus claripennis Friese, 1908
- Epeolus collaris Pérez , 1895
- Epeolus compactus Cresson, 1878
- Epeolus compar Alfken, 1937
- Epeolus coreanus Yasumatsu, 1933
- Epeolus corniculatus bischoff , 1923
- Epeolus cruciger ( Panzer , 1799)
- Epeolus crucis Cockerell, 1904
- Epeolus diodontus Cockerell, 1934
- Epeolus erigeronis Mitchell, 1962
- Epeolus fallax Morawitz , 1872
- Epeolus fasciatus Friese, 1895
- Epeolus fervidus Smith , 1879
- Epeolus flavociliatus Friese, 1899
- Epeolus flavofasciatus Smith, 1879
- Epeolus floridensis mitchell, 1962
- Epeolus friesei Brauns , 1903
- Epeolus fulviventris Bischoff, 1923
- Epeolus fulvopilosus Cameron , 1902
- Epeolus fumipennis Say , 1837
- Epeolus gabrielis Cockerell, 1909
- Epeolus gianellii Gribodo , 1894
- Epeolus glabratus Cresson, 1878
- Epeolus hitei Cockerell, 1908
- Epeolus howardi Mitchell, 1962
- Epeolus humillimus Cockerell, 1918
- Epeolus ilicis Mitchell, 1962
- Epeolus intermedius Pérez, 1884
- Epeolus interruptus Robertson, 1900
- Epeolus ishikawai Tadauchi & Schwarz, 1999
- Epeolus japonicus Bischoff, 1930
- Epeolus julliani Pérez, 1884
- Epeolus kristenseni Friese, 1915
- Epeolus lanhami mitchell , 1962
- Epeolus lectoides Robertson, 1901
- Epeolus lectus cresson , 1878
- Epeolus luteipennis Friese, 1917
- Epeolus lutzi Cockerell, 1921
- Epeolus melectiformis Yasumatsu, 1938
- Epeolus melectimimus Cockerell & Sandhouse , 1924
- Epeolus mercatus Fabricius , 1804
- Epeolus mesillae (Cockerell, 1895)
- Epeolus minimus (Robertson, 1902)
- Epeolus minutus Radoszkowski , 1888
- Epeolus montanus (Cresson, 1878)
- Epeolus natalensis Smith, 1879
- Epeolus nigra (Michener, 1954)
- Epeolus novomexicanus Cockerell, 1912
- Epeolus odontothorax (Michener, 1954)
- Epeolus olympiellus Cockerell, 1904
- Epeolus peregrinus Cockerell, 1911
- Epeolus pictus Nylander , 1848
- Epeolus pilatei Cockerell, 1924
- Epeolus productulus Bischoff, 1930
- Epeolus productus Bischoff, 1930
- Epeolus pubescens Cockerell, 1937
- Epeolus pulchellus Cresson, 1865
- Epeolus pusillus Cresson, 1864
- Epeolus pygmaeorum Cockerell, 1932
- Epeolus rubrostictus Cockerell & Sandhouse, 1924
- Epeolus rufomaculatus Cockerell & Sandhouse, 1924
- Epeolus rufothoracicus bischoff , 1923
- Epeolus rufulus Cockerell, 1941
- Epeolus rugosus Cockerell, 1949
- Epeolus schraderi (Michener, 1954)
- Epeolus schummeli Schilling , 1849
- Epeolus scutellaris Say, 1824
- Epeolus siculus Giordani Soika , 1944
- Epeolus sigillatus Alfken, 1930
- Epeolus tarsalis Morawitz, 1874
- Epeolus tibetanus Meade-Waldo, 1913
- Epeolus transitorius Eversmann , 1852
- Epeolus tristicolor Viereck , 1905
- Epeolus tristis Smith, 1854
- Epeolus tsushimensis Cockerell, 1926
- Epeolus variegatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Epeolus variolosus ( Holmberg , 1886)
- Epeolus vernalis Mitchell, 1962
- Epeolus vinogradovi Popov , 1952
- Epeolus weemsi Mitchell, 1962
- Epeolus zonatus Smith, 1854
- Other Species (2018) [2] : Epeolus andriyi Onuferko, 2018 , Epeolus attenboroughi Onuferko, 2018 , Epeolus axillaris Onuferko, 2018 , Epeolus basili Onuferko, 2018 , Epeolus brumleyi Onuferko, 2018 , Epeolus chamaesarachae Onuferko, 2018uferuusuferko , Epeolus diadematus Onuferko, 2018 , Epeolus ferrarii Onuferko, 2018 , Epeolus gibbsi Onuferko, 2018 , Epeolus inornatus Onuferko, 2018 , Epeolus nebulosus Onuferko, 2018 , Epeolus packeri Onuferko, 2018 , Epeolus 2018u, 2018 , Epeolus 2018ufer, 2018, 2018
