| Hoplitis mocsaryi | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Megachilidae |
| Genus: | Hoplitis |
| Species: | H. mocsaryi |
| Binomial name | |
| Hoplitis mocsaryi Friese, 1895 [1] | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Hoplitis mocsaryi is a species of bees in the genus Hoplitis . [2]
From Italy (Calabria, Sicily) east to Samsun / Turkey, north to Moravia, south to Sicily and the Peloponnese. In Turkey only on the Black Sea coast. In Central Europe only proven from Lower Austria and Burgenland (historical and current). [3]
Warm, dry locations with stocks of forage plants, such as flood dams, steppes. From the lowlands to the colline altitude level. [3]
Pollen sources: Oligolectic on Linum , Linaceae family. [3] The main pollen source is Linum austriacum and Linum flavum . The petals of both species are also used in nest building. While Linum species are indispensable for this species, they are otherwise only very occasionally used by wild bees to collect pollen. These are mostly bees of the genus Halictus and Lasioglossum. [4]
Nest building: Nests were found in sandy and steppe soils, sometimes on areas that were fairly densely overgrown with grass. [3]
Flight period: In one generation from April to May. [3]
Dedicated to the Hungarian hymenopterologist Alexander (= Sandor) Mocsáry (1841-1915). [3]
Subgenus Lepidandrena HEDICKE, 1933, florivaga group. [3]
Megachilidae is a cosmopolitan family of mostly solitary bees. Characteristic traits of this family are the restriction of their pollen-carrying structure to the ventral surface of the abdomen, and their typically elongated labrum. Megachilid genera are most commonly known as mason bees and leafcutter bees, reflecting the materials from which they build their nest cells ; a few collect plant or animal hairs and fibers, and are called carder bees, while others use plant resins in nest construction and are correspondingly called resin bees. All species feed on nectar and pollen, but a few are kleptoparasites, feeding on pollen collected by other megachilid bees. Parasitic species do not possess scopae. The motion of Megachilidae in the reproductive structures of flowers is energetic and swimming-like; this agitation releases large amounts of pollen.
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