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Female chewing a leaf, used as building material for cell partitions in the nest. Brje pri Komnu, Kras, July 2008.	Hoplitis tridentata (Dufour & Perris, 1840) North Mediterranean species. Distributed in the sub-Mediterranean, sub-Pannonian and pre-Dinaric regions of Slovenia. Oligolectic, specialized on Fabaceae. Nests in hollow plant stems. The cell partitions are made of masticated leaves and pith. Univoltine. Flies from June to August.
Female entering her nest in a hollow stem. Brje pri Komnu, Kras, July 1996.
	Razširjenost vrste v Sloveniji. Prebiva le v toplejših predelih.

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Andrej Gogala: Bee fauna of Slovenia