Hymenoptera collection of
the
Slovenian
Museum of Natural History,
Ljubljana
Megachile (Callomegachile) sp., close to M. mystaceana (Michener,
1962)
Malaysia, Hulu Perak, Belum-Temenggor forest,
March 1994 (female)
Member of the predominantly
tropical subgenus Callomegachile, to which the longest bee in the world,
up to 39 mm long Megachile pluto from Indonesia, also belongs. Callomegachile
females use resin for nest construction.
Pripadnica pretežno tropskega
podrodu Callomegachile, v katerega uvrščamo tudi najdaljšo
čebelo na svetu, do 39 mm dolgo vrsto Megachile pluto iz
Indonezije. Samice podrodu Callomegachile za gradnjo gnezd uporabljajo
smolo.
Live specimens licking paper
moisted with sweet liquid used as bait for moths. Belum-Temenggor forest, photo
Matija Gogala.
Živi primerki ližejo papir,
namočen s sladko tekočino, uporabljan kot vaba za metulje. Foto
Matija Gogala.
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kožekrilcev
Prirodoslovnega muzeja Slovenije