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Female on Salvia pratensis. Lukovec,
Kras, April 2007. |
Lasioglossum xanthopus (Kirby, 1802) West Palaearctic species. In the sub-Mediterranean, pre-Alpine and
pre-Dinaric regions of Slovenia. According to Westrich (1990) polylectic species visiting mainly
Lamiaceae, but in Slovenia it collects pollen exclusively from Salvia (Lamiaceae) (pers. obs.). Nests
in burrows in the ground, excavated by itself. Solitary species. Univoltine. Overwintered females fly from April to June, males
in September and October or in early spring. |
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Razširjenost vrste v Sloveniji. Na Krasu,
Pivškem, Zaplani in pri izviru Krke. |
Andrej
Gogala: Bee fauna of Slovenia