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Female on Betonica officinalis. Lukovica pri Brezovici, August 2004.

 

Rophites quinquespinosus Spinola, 1808

 

 

European species. Widely distributed in Slovenia, absent from the sub-Mediterranean region.

Oligolectic, specialized on Lamiaceae (e.g. Betonica). Nests in burrows in the ground, excavated by itself.

Univoltine. Flies from June to August.

 

Razširjenost vrste v Sloveniji.

Razširjena vrsta, ni je na Primorskem.

 

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Andrej Gogala: Bee fauna of Slovenia