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Female on Centaurea. Brje pri Komnu, Kras, July 1989.

 

Pseudoanthidium nanum (Mocsáry, 1879)

 

 

West Palaearctic species, widely distributed in Slovenia.

Oligolectic, specialized on Asteraceae (e.g. Centaurea). Nests in hollow stems. The cell partitions are made of cottony plant down.

Univoltine. Flies from June to September.

 

Male on Centaurea. Brestovica pri Komnu, Kras, September 2005.

 

Razširjenost vrste v Sloveniji.

Je zelo razširjena in zaenkrat ni ogrožena.

 

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Andrej Gogala: Bee fauna of Slovenia