Epeolus cruciger
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Epeolus cruciger is a bee from the family of Apidae .
features
The bees are 6 to 8 millimeters long. The body of the females is mostly black, their mandibles , labrum , calli, tegulae , scutellum , sternites and legs are red. Often it is also the sides of the thorax and tergites . The first tergite has two elongated hair spots lying one behind the other on both sides, which do not touch on the outside. The second tergite has two, the third and fourth four hair spots on the rear edge. The labrum is flat and densely punctured. There are two teeth close to the slightly notched front edge. The antennae are longer than they are wide. The vertex slopes down slightly towards the back. The mesonotum lacks long hair. The fifth sternite is flat when viewed in profile. The males have a black body with the mandibles, the tegulae, the seventh sternite, the rails ( tibia ) and tarsi are red. The hair spots of the tergite and the labrum are developed as in the female. The antennae are almost as long as they are wide. The second and third sternite are often dense and punctiform and have continuous bands on the rear edge.
Occurrence and way of life
The species is distributed in southern, central and southern northern Europe. The animals fly from late June to early October. They parasitize Colletes hederae , Colletes marginatus and the heather silk bee ( Colletes succinctus ).
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 .
