Anthophora fulvitarsis
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Anthophora fulvitarsis is a bee from the family of Apidae .
features
The bees are 16 to 18 millimeters long. The females have yellow markings on their faces. They are predominantly hairy white-gray , with occasional black hairs on the thorax and first tergite . The tergite disks on the third to fifth tergite are hairy black. The second to fourth tergites have white hair ties on the rear edge. The splint brush (Scopa) is red-yellow. The cheeks are as wide as the third antennae is wide in the middle. The males look similar to the females. On the seventh tergite, they end up with two long, narrow little thorns. The tarsi of the middle legs have black hair fringes on the heel peg (metatarsus) in front and on both sides of the claw peg, the heel peg also has very long hair.
Occurrence and way of life
The species is widespread in southern Europe, occasionally in Central Europe. It flies in the Mediterranean area from May to June. The females build their nests in steep walls made of loess and sandstone. Pollen is collected from different plant families. The cuckoo bee of the species is Melecta albifrons and probably also Coelioxys rufescens .
supporting documents
Felix Amiet, M. Herrmann, A. Müller, R. Neumeyer: Fauna Helvetica 20: Apidae 5 . Center Suisse de Cartographie de la Faune, 2007, ISBN 978-2-88414-032-4 .