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Female on Lythrum salicaria. Radensko
polje, Velika Račna, July 2008 (above and below). |
Melitta nigricans Alfken, 1905 European species. Distributed in the pre-Alpine, pre-Dinaric,
Dinaric and sub-Pannonian regions of Slovenia. Oligolectic, specialized on Lythrum
(Lythraceae). Nests in burrows in the ground, excavated by itself. Univoltine. Flies in July and August. |
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Razširjenost vrste v Sloveniji. Nekoč pogosta v vlažnih habitatih, v sušnih letih je ponekod izginila in se v zadnjih vlažnejših letih znova pojavlja. |
Andrej
Gogala: Bee fauna of Slovenia