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Female on Lysimachia. Otok, Cerkniško jezero, July 2006.

 

Macropis europaea Warncke, 1973

 

 

Eurosiberian species, widely distributed in Slovenia.

Oligolectic, specialized on Lysimachia (Primulaceae). Nests in burrows in the ground, excavated by itself.

Univoltine. Flies from July to September.

 

Male on Lysimachia. Zadnji kraj, Cerkniško jezero, July 2008.

 

Razširjenost vrste v Sloveniji.

Zelo razširjena v vlažnih habitatih, njen obstoj na Primorskem pa je vprašljiv.

 

 

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Andrej Gogala: Bee fauna of Slovenia