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Female on Lythrum
salicaria. Cerkniško jezero, August 2011 (above and below). |
Tetraloniella salicariae (Lepeletier, 1841) West Palaearctic species, widely distributed in Slovenia. Oligolectic, specialized on Lythrum
(Lythraceae), but collecting also pollen from Melilotus (Fabaceae). Nests in burrows in the ground, excavated
by itself. Univoltine. Flies in July and August. |
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Female on Melilotus.
Jarški prod, Sava river, Ljubljana, August 2004. |
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Razširjenost vrste v Sloveniji. Močno
razširjena vrsta, ki pa je v zadnjih letih redka. |
Andrej
Gogala: Bee fauna of Slovenia