Anthophora salviae
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Anthophora salviae is a bee from the family of Apidae .
features
The bees have a body length of 9 to 11 millimeters (females) or 9 to 10 millimeters (males). The females are predominantly hairy white, on the thorax the hair is mixed with black hair. The face has a white and yellow markings. The sternites and the disks of the tergites are hairy black. The tergites are provided with wide, white hair ties at the rear edge. The splint brush (Scopa) is white, the side face is black. The claw members lack the pulvillus . The males are similar to the females. At the end of the seventh tergite you have two teeth.
Occurrence and way of life
The species is distributed in southern Europe and the Caucasus. It flies in the Mediterranean from late March to mid-October. The females create their nests in the ground. Pollen is collected from different plant families. Cuckoo bees of the species are not known.
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 .
Web links
- Anthophora salviae at Fauna Europaea. Retrieved June 28, 2011