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Female from Dragonja, Istra, collected in June 1995.

 

Chelostoma ventrale Schletterer, 1889

 

 

Mediterranean species. In Slovenia near the villages Dragonja and Padna in Istria (sub-Mediterranean region), an old record is from the vicinity of Ljubljana.

Oligolectic, specialized on Asteraceae.

Univoltine. Flies in May and June.

 

Razširjenost vrste v Sloveniji.

V novejšem času najdena le v Istri.

 

 

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Andrej Gogala: Bee fauna of Slovenia