Eucera interrupta
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Eucera interrupta is a bee from the family of Apidae .
features
The bees have a body length of 12 to 14 millimeters. The females are hairy brown. Your splint brush (Scopa) is white. The mesonotum is structured very densely punctiform on the sides and in the front, in the middle it is shiny and almost non-punctured. The second and third tergites have broad, highly visible patches of hair on the side. The males are hairy gray-brown. The labrum and the frontal plate ( clypeus ) are yellow. The mesonotum is structured irregularly in the middle and is more or less shiny. The third and fourth tergite have hair spots on the back side, the fifth tergite has a hair band. The color of these spots and the bandage ranges from white to brown. The fifth sternite has an indented, triangular area in the middle. The heel phalanx (metatarsus) on the hind legs is slightly curved.
Occurrence and way of life
The species is widespread in southern, eastern and in some places in Central Europe. Pollen is exclusively of leguminous plants collected (Faboideae). The animals fly from early May to late July. Cuckoo bees of the species are believed to be Nomada sexfasciata and Nomada nobilis .
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 .