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Male collected in Padna, Istra, in April 1995.

 

Melecta obscura simulatrix (Lieftinck, 1969)

 

 

East Mediterranean subspecies of the north Mediterranean species. In Slovenia near Padna in Istra (sub-Mediterranean region).

Cleptoparasitic species. Host: Habropoda tarsata.

Univoltine. Flies in April and May.

 

Razširjenost vrste v Sloveniji.

Najdena le pri Padni v Istri.

 

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Andrej Gogala: Bee fauna of Slovenia