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Female on Calluna vulgaris. Radensko polje, Vel. Račna, August 2011 (above and below).

 

Colletes succinctus (Linnaeus, 1758)

 

 

Palaearctic species. In pre-Alpine, pre-Dinaric and sub-Pannonian regions of Slovenia.

Oligolectic, specialized on Calluna (Ericaceae). Nests in burrows in the ground, excavated by itself.

Univoltine. Flies in August and September.

 

 

 

Male on Calluna vulgaris. Radensko polje, Vel. Račna, August 2011.

 

Female from Sp. Brnik, collected in August 1993.

 

Razširjenost vrste v Sloveniji.

V zadnjih letih je postala redkejša.

 

 

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Andrej Gogala: Bee fauna of Slovenia