(Figs 3 c, 11 e –f)
Mellinus variegatus Fabricius 1798: 265, Ƥ (type locality: Europe).
Mellinus labiatus Fabricius 1798: 267, 3 (type locality: Europe).
Philanthus analis Fabricius 1804: 307, 3 (type locality: Europe).
Prosopis colorata Panzer 1805: pl. 89, fig. 14, Ƥ (type locality: Germany).
Prosopis coriacea Pérez 1895: 63, Ƥ, 3 (type locality: Barbarie).
Prosopis variegate var. obscura Höppner 1901: 239, 3 (type locality: Germany).
Hylaeus hookeri Cockerell 1931: 534, Ƥ, 3 (type locality: Asni; Ifrane, Marocco).
Prosopis impressifrons Gussakovskij 1932: 66, 3 (holotype— 3, Sedanka, Vladivostok, Primorskiy Terr., Russia, 20.VIII. 1930). Synonymized by Osytshnjuk & Romankova 1995: 486.
Prosopis rufithorax Alfken 1933: 47, Ƥ (type locality: Morocco).
Prosopis variegata relicta Warncke 1981: 158 –159, Ƥ, 3 (type locality: Lato b. Agias Nikolaos; Sitia, Malia; Heraklion, Crete).
Prosopis variegatus: Shumakova et al. 1982: 159.
Prosopis variegata: Eversmann 1852: 52; Osytshnjuk & Romankova 1995: 486.
Hylaeus variegatus: Proshchalykin 2003 a: 26; 2004: 3; 2005: 30; 2007 a: 883; 2007 b: 89; 2008: 6; 2010: 509; Ignatenko 2004: 113; Ignatenko & Proshchalykin 2005: 244; Konusova et al. 2007: 213; Quest 2009: 135; Proshchalykin & Quest 2009: 239.
Material examined: 71 Ƥ, 87 3. Russia. Omsk Prov. (Tatarka); Tyva Republic (15 km NE Turan; 30 km W Shagonar; 45 km E Chadan; Balgyzyn; 90 km S Kyzyl); Irkutsk Prov. (15 km E Ust'-Ordynskiy); Buryatia (Kaykhta, Ulan-Ude, Dzhida, Urulyungui, Gusinoe Lake, Baraty); Zabaikalskiy Terr. (20 km SSE Krasnokamensk, 25 km NE Solov’evsk); Amurskaya Prov. (10 km E Arkhara, 25 km N Svobodnyi, Natal’ino, Dim, Poyarkovo, Leninskiy, Glukhari); Jewish AP (Pashkovo, 40 km N Amurzet, Radde); Primorskiy Terr. (Anisimovka, Blagodatnoe, Gornotaezhnoe, Khasan, Kedrovaya Pad Nature Reserve, Benevskoe, Novokachalinsk, Blagodatnoe, Spassk); Khabarovsk Terr. (Myaochan Ridge, Komsomolsk on Amur).
Distribution in Russia. European part (Osytshnjuk et al. 1978), Orenburg Prov. (Eversmann 1852), Tomsk. Prov., Kemerovo Prov. (Konusova et al. 2007), Altai Terr. (Shumakova et al. 1982), *Omsk Prov., *Tyva Republic, *Irkutsk Prov., Buryatia, Zabaikalskiy Terr., Amurskaya Prov., Jewish AP, Primorskiy Terr., Khabarovsk Terr.
General distribution. Transpalaearctice species, from northern Africa (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia) up to Mongolia, China (Hebei), and Russian Far East; Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Lebanon, Syria; absent in Europe only in the British Isles and Scandinavia.