Hoplitis mocsaryi is a species of bees in the genus Hoplitis.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Megachilidae |
| Genus: | Hoplitis |
| Species: | H. mocsaryi
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| Binomial name | |
| Hoplitis mocsaryi Friese, 1895[1]
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Description
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Range
editFrom 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]
Habitat
editWarm, dry locations with stocks of forage plants, such as flood dams, steppes. From the lowlands to the colline altitude level.[3]
Ecology
editPollen 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]
Etymology
editDedicated to the Hungarian hymenopterologist Alexander (= Sandor) Mocsáry (1841-1915).[3]
Taxonomy
editSubgenus Lepidandrena HEDICKE, 1933, florivaga group.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b "Hoplitis mocsaryi (Friese, 1895)". www.gbif.org.
- ^ "Mosary's Small-Mason (Hoplitis mocsaryi)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2021-12-15.
- ^ a b c d e f g Erwin., Scheuchl (2016). Taschenlexikon der Wildbienen Mitteleuropas : alle Arten im Porträt. Quelle & Meyer Verlag. ISBN 978-3-494-01653-5. OCLC 1041414212.
- ^ Westrich, Paul 1947- (2019). Die Wildbienen Deutschlands. Verlag Eugen Ulmer. ISBN 978-3-8186-0881-1. OCLC 1190164412.
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