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Male sleeping on Malva. Strunjan, Istra, June 1997.

 

Eucera nigrifacies Lepeletier, 1841

 

 

Mediterranean species. In Slovenia only at the coast near Strunjan and Dragonja.

Probably polylectic species. It visits Malva (Malvaceae), Knautia (Dipsacaceae) and other flowers, but I didn't observe it collecting pollen.

Univoltine. Flies in May and June.

 

Female sleeping on Knautia. Strunjan, Istra, June 1997.

 

Male on Trifolium fragiferum. Strunjan, Istra, June 2011.

 

Razširjenost vrste v Sloveniji.

V Istri.

 

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Andrej Gogala: Bee fauna of Slovenia