Nomada rufipes
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Nomada rufipes is a bee from the family of Apidae .
features
The bees are 7 to 9 millimeters long. The head of the female is black and drawn in red or red-yellow. The thorax and abdomen are also black, but with yellow and white spots. The labrum is red or red-yellow and has a serrated transverse ridge behind the front edge. The third antennae is slightly longer than the fourth. The scutellum has a yellow or white spot. It is occasionally structured in a point-like manner. The rails ( tibia ) of the hind legs are blunt at the end and have two short, thick thorns. In males, the head, thorax and tergites are black and yellow. The labrum is yellow or yellow-red, otherwise the same as in the female. The third antennae is also slightly longer than the fourth. The slightly humped shield has two yellow spots and larger spaces between the punctiform structures than the female. The rails of the hind legs are blunt at the end and have only a few, small, not standing thorns.
Occurrence and way of life
The species is common in Europe. The animals fly from mid-May to mid-September. They parasitize Andrena fuscipes and Andrena similima , probably also Andrena denticulata .
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 .
