Melitta haemorrhoidalis
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Melitta hemorrhoidal is a bee from the family of Apidae .
features
The bees have a body length of 12 to 13 millimeters (females) or 11 to 13 millimeters (males). The females come in two color forms. One has black hair, the end fringe and the splint brush (Scopa) are red. In the second form, the head, thorax and the sternites are yellow-brown, the mesonotum in the middle and the second to fourth tergites on the disc are black haired. The tergites have narrow white bands on the rear edge. The end fringe and the scopa are red-brown. The males are yellow-brown, the mesonotum is darker and black in the middle, as are the tergites three to five. These have no end ties. The antennae are thickened at the bottom towards the end. The sixth sternite is flat, the end plate of the eighth sternite is red-brown.
Occurrence and way of life
The species is common in Europe, north to central Finland. They colonize forest edges and hedges. Pollen is only collected from bluebells ( campanula ). The animals fly from late May to mid-September. Nomada emarginata and Nomada flavopicta are cuckoo bees of the species.
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 .
