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Female from Padna, Istra, collected in July 1995.

 

Melitta leporina (Panzer, 1799)

 

 

Eurosiberian species, widely distributed in Slovenia.

Oligolectic, specialized on Fabaceae (mainly Medicago). Nests in burrows in the ground, excavated by itself.

Univoltine. Flies in July and August.

 

Razširjenost vrste v Sloveniji.

Zelo razširjena, vendar trenutno stanje ni znano.

 

 

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Andrej Gogala: Bee fauna of Slovenia