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Female from Jarški prod near Črnuče, collected in June 1994.	Melitta dimidiata Morawitz, 1876 North Mediterranean species. In Slovenia only along the river Sava near Črnuče (pre-Alpine region), where it is probably extinct now. Oligolectic, specialized on Onobrychis (Fabaceae). Nests in burrows in the ground, excavated by itself. Univoltine. Flies from May to July.
	Razširjenost vrste v Sloveniji. Najdena je bila le na Jarškem produ ob reki Savi pri Ljubljani, vendar je tam skoraj gotovo izumrla.

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Andrej Gogala: Bee fauna of Slovenia