Melitta (Melitta) nigricans ALFKEN, 1905
| Body form |
Andreniform |
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| Buzz pollinator |
No |
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| Flight period |
July |
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August |
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June |
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| Flowers visited |
Scrophulariaceae |
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Asteraceae |
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Campanulaceae |
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Fabaceae |
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Geraniaceae |
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Lythraceae |
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Onagraceae |
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| Habitat types |
Freshwater habitats |
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Natural and semi-natural grasslands |
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| Lectic status (Cane & Sipes) |
Monolectic |
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| Lectic status (Müller & Kuhlmann) |
Narrowly oligolectic |
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| Lectic status (Robertson) |
Monolectic |
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| Mode of pollen transport |
Legs only |
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| Nesting trait |
Excavator: Ground |
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| Overwintering phase |
Prepupa within a cocoon |
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| Pollen moisture |
Moistened with nectar |
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| Preferred plant family |
Lythrum salicariae (Lythraceae) |
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| Sociality |
Solitary |
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| Tongue length |
Short |
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| Voltinism |
Univoltine |
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