Stelis (Pseudostelis) minuta (Lepeletier & Audinet-Serville, 1825)
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16958242 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:387AD02A-54C0-4D7E-BF1F-FA0F748217F7 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/1B4187C4-FFC8-FFCB-FB59-FE47FD3998D9 |
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Felipe |
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Stelis (Pseudostelis) minuta (Lepeletier & Audinet-Serville, 1825) |
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Stelis (Pseudostelis) minuta (Lepeletier & Audinet-Serville, 1825) View in CoL
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SHORT DESCRIPTION: Very small Stelis species (5-7 mm), slightly bigger than S. minima (Schenck, 1859) . Both sexes have white spots on the sides of the first two, sometimes three terga. Punctation of terga denser than in S. minima .
HOST SPECIES: Different small species from the Megachilidae family, like Hoplitis leucomelana (Kirby, 1802) ; H. claviventris (Thomson, 1872) ; H. tridentata (Dufour & Perris), 1840 ; H. anthocopoides (Schenck, 1853) ; Heriades truncorum (Linnaeus, 1758) ; Osmia gallarum (Spinola, 1808) ; Chelostoma campanularum (Kirby, 1802) , and C. rapunculi (Lepeletier, 1841) ( KASPAREK, 2015) .
DISTRIBUTION IN EUROPE: Widespread in the entire Mediterranean region ( KASPAREK, 2015). Does not occur in the United Kingdom ( KASPAREK, 2015; ELSE & EDWARDS, 2018). The species is thought to be expanding in the Netherlands ( REEMER, 2018).
EU RED LIST STATUS: Least concern (LC) ( NIETO et al., 2014)
ORIGIN OF RECORDS:
- FLEMISH BRABANT PROVINCE. Diest ; 1♂; 2.vi.2019; leg./coll. W. Vertommen; det. W. Vertommen, J. D’Haeseleer.
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