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12-04-2010, 02:17 PM
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| | | Bee ID - Melecta sp. ?
Found this bee today- looked like a melecta sp. but a lot darker without the white patching of M. albifrons that I normally see- is it another Melecta species?
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12-04-2010, 07:21 PM
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Ah - checking the BWARS site - maybe it's a dark female form of Melecta albifrons ? Melecta albifrons
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12-04-2010, 09:35 PM
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Evening Brian,
That would seem most likely - it has the wing venation of Melecta as far as I can tell.
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Originally Posted by Jason Green  Evening Brian,
That would seem most likely - it has the wing venation of Melecta as far as I can tell.
Take care, Jason | Thanks Jason - couldn't find any reference to toher Melecta sp. in the uk
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13-04-2010, 09:47 AM
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The only other Melecta I could find referenced was M. luctuosa, which may have heavier-tinted wings. |
15-04-2010, 10:13 PM
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Melecta luctuosa is the only other Melecta species recorded from UK. It is a parasite on Anthophora retusa. M. luctuosa is missing, presumed extinct in UK. None has been seen for about a century.
M. albifrons is quite variable, and many specimens have the white abdominal patches reduced in size or absent. |
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Originally Posted by eucera Melecta luctuosa is the only other Melecta species recorded from UK. It is a parasite on Anthophora retusa. M. luctuosa is missing, presumed extinct in UK. None has been seen for about a century.
M. albifrons is quite variable, and many specimens have the white abdominal patches reduced in size or absent. | Thanks for the confirmation Eucera 
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