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Female working on the nest closure. Kavčič, Rakitovec, Kraški rob, June 2006 (above and below).	Hoplitis mazzuccoi (Schwarz & Gusenleitner, 2005) East Mediterranean species. In Slovenia only on Mt. Kavčič above Rakitovec at the Karst edge in Istria (sub-Mediterranean region). I observed males patrolling the flowers of Lotus corniculatus (Fabaceae). Nests in dry Rubus stems (pers. obs.) and probably also in burrows in wood, where specimens rest. Sand is possibly used for the nest plug (not confirmed yet). Univoltine. Flies from May to July. A. Gogala, 2009: Hoplitis mazzuccoi (Schwarz & Gusenleitner) in Slovenia and Micreriades species of the East Adriatic coast (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) (*pdf)
	Hoplitis illyrica – another member of the subgenus Micreriades
Male from Kavčič, Rakitovec, collected in June 2009.
Head of a male (above) and his apical terga (below).
	Razširjenost vrste v Sloveniji. Najdena le na Kavčiču pri Rakitovcu na Kraškem robu.

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Andrej Gogala: Bee fauna of Slovenia