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Female from Petišovci, Prekmurje, collected in July 1995.

 

Hoplitis leucomelana (Kirby, 1802)

 

 

European species, widely distributed in Slovenia.

Polylectic species, visiting mainly Lotus (Fabaceae). Nests in hollow stems. The cell partitions are made of masticated leaves.

Univoltine. Flies from June to August.

 

Male on Lotus corniculatus. His hair bands are rubbed off already. Lukovec, Kras, July 2009.

 

Razširjenost vrste v Sloveniji.

Zelo razširjena vrsta, vendar ni nikjer pogosta.

 

 

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Andrej Gogala: Bee fauna of Slovenia