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Female from Koštabona, Istra, collected in June 1993.	Andrena hypopolia Schmiedeknecht, 1883 Mediterranean species. In Slovenia only near Koštabona in Istria (sub-Mediterranean region). Polylectic species, visiting only Brassicaceae and Apiaceae. Nests in burrows in the ground, excavated by itself. Bivoltine. Flies in May and June and in July and August.
	Razširjenost vrste v Sloveniji. Le v dolini Dragonje pri Koštaboni.

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