Species info
Classification > Subfamily Apinae > Tribe Epicharitini > Genus Epicharis > Subgenus Epicharis
Epicharis (Epicharis) rustica (Olivier, 1789)
Female in lateral view, Misiones (MLP). Photo: L. Alvarez
Female in lateral view, Misiones (MLP). Photo: L. Alvarez
Female in lateral view, Misiones (MLP). Photo: L. Alvarez
 
Geographic distribution
Distribution
Solitary bees, soil excavators
  • Argentina
    • Misiones
Other distribution
Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela
 
Synonyms
  • Apis hirtipes Fabricius, 1793
Host plants
Oil rewarding flowers: Stigmaphyllon bonariense (Hook. and Arn.) C.E. Anderson (Torretta et al. 2022)
References
  • SCHROTTKY, C. 1913. La distribución geográfica de los himenópteros argentinos. An. Soc. Cient. Argent. 75: 180-286
  • BERTONI, A. W. 1918b. Notas entomológicas (biológicas y sistemáticas). I. Himenopteros apoideos. An. Cient. Paraguayos (2) 3: 219-231
  • MOURE, J. S. 1945. Notas sôbre os Epicharitina (Hymenopt., Apoidea). Rev. Entomol. (Rio J.) 16 (3): 293-314
  • TORRETTA, J.P., ALISCIONI, S. S., MARRERO, H.J., AVALOS, A. A. 2022. Oil flowers of Malpighiaceae and its oil-collecting bees: loyalty and robbery in a highly specialized system. Apidologie 53: 30
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