The genus Epeolus Latreille, 1802 (Hymenoptera, Apidae) in Central Asia.

Available information about bees of the genus Epeolus in Central Asia is summarized. Twenty species are currently known from this area. Two new species are described: E.albus Astafurova & Proshchalykin, sp. nov. and E.pesenkoi Astafurova, sp. nov. Two species are newly recorded from Central Asia: E.asiaticus Astafurova & Proshchalykin, 2022 and E.nudiventris Bischoff, 1930. The hitherto unknown male of E.mikhailovi Astafurova & Proshchalykin, 2021 is described, and lectotypes are designated for E.ruficornis Morawitz, 1875 and E.vinogradovi Popov, 1952.