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Female on Centaurea triumfettii. Rakitovec, Kraški rob, June 2009 (above and below).	Osmia melanogaster Spinola, 1808 North Mediterranean species. In the sub-Mediterranean, pre-Alpine and sub-Pannonian regions of Slovenia. Oligolectic, specialized on Asteraceae. Observed on Centaurea. Nests probably in various pre-existing cavities. Univoltine. Flies from May to July.
Male on Serratula lycopifolia. Rakitovec, Kraški rob, June 2007.
	Razširjenost vrste v Sloveniji. Redka in ogrožena vrsta, nazadnje najdena pri Rakitovcu na Kraškem robu.

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Andrej Gogala: Bee fauna of Slovenia