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Female on Campanula bononiensis. Lukovec, Kras, June 2011 (above and below).	Hoplitis praestans (Morawitz, 1894) Mediterranean species. In Slovenia on Mt. Nanos, near Lukovec in the Kras and on Mt. Kavčič (sub-Mediterranean region). Oligolectic, specialized on Campanula (Campanulaceae). I observed males patrolling Echium (Boraginaceae). Univoltine. Flies from June to August.
Male from Mt. Nanos, collected in July 1993.
	Razširjenost vrste v Sloveniji. Na Nanosu, pri Lukovcu na Krasu in na Kavčiču v Čičariji.

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Andrej Gogala: Bee fauna of Slovenia