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Male near the host's nests. Lukovica pri
Brezovici, Ljubljansko barje, May 1992. |
Melecta luctuosa (Scopoli, 1770) Eurosiberian species. In the pre-Alpine and sub-Pannonian regions of Slovenia. Cleptoparasitic species. Hosts: species of the genus Anthophora, mainly Anthophora aestivalis. I can confirm Anthophora
retusa as its host. Univoltine. Flies from April to June. |
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Razširjenost vrste v Sloveniji. Na robu Ljubljanskega
barja, v Mariboru, Podčetrtku in Dobrovniku. Redka in ogrožena vrsta. |
Andrej
Gogala: Bee fauna of Slovenia