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Female on Campanula. Nanos, July 2005.

 

Hoplitis mitis (Nylander, 1852)

 

 

European species. In Slovenia on the Mts. Golica (Alpine region), Nanos, Čaven and Vremščica (sub-Mediterranean region).

Oligolectic, specialized on Campanula (Campanulaceae). Nests in various pre-existing cavities. Nests are made of scraps of leaves.

Univoltine. Flies from June to August.

 

Male on his resting place near Campanula flowers. Nanos, July 2009.

 

Razširjenost vrste v Sloveniji.

Močna je populacija na Nanosu.

 

 

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Andrej Gogala: Bee fauna of Slovenia