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Female on Centaurea. Brje pri Komnu, Kras, July 1989.

 

Megachile melanopyga Costa, 1863

 

 

North Mediterranean species. Distributed in a large part of Slovenia.

Polylectic species, visits mainly Asteraceae. Nests in grass tussocks.

Partly bivoltine. Flies from May to September.

 

Razširjenost vrste v Sloveniji.

Na Primorskem pogosta, drugod redka vrsta.

 

 

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Andrej Gogala: Bee fauna of Slovenia