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A couple on Stachys recta. Dragonja,
Stena, May 2008 (above and below). |
Protosmia
tiflensis
(Morawitz, 1876) East Mediterranean species. In
Slovenia only at Stena near Dragonja in Istra (sub-Mediterranean region). It visits Fabaceae and Lamiaceae, I
observed it on Stachys recta (Lamiaceae). Nests probably in burrows in wood (Gräffe, 1892). Univoltine. Flies from April to June. |
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Razširjenost vrste v Sloveniji. Edino najdišče je Stena pri Dragonji. |
Andrej
Gogala: Bee fauna of Slovenia