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Male on Inula. Dragonja, Stena, July
2008. |
Lithurgus chrysurus Fonscolombe, 1834 Mediterranean species. In Slovenia near the source of the Rižana
river, near Dragonja and Sečovlje (sub-Mediterranean region), in Celje
and Škofljica pri Ljubljani (pre-Alpine region). Oligolectic, specialized on Asteraceae (e.g. Centaurea). Nests in burrows in wood,
excavated by itself. Univoltine. Flies in July and August. |
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Female from the source of the Rižana river,
collected in July 1994. |
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Razširjenost vrste v Sloveniji. Vrsta je prisotna v Istri, na Celjskem in v Škofljici pri
Ljubljani. |
Andrej
Gogala: Bee fauna of Slovenia