Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia, 34(1) 1991

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VOL 34(1) 1991

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Colletidae, Andrenidae, Halictidae, Melittidae, Megachilidae and Antho­phoridae, Tatra Mts

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Apoidea of the Tatra Mountains and the adjacent area. Part I. Colletidae, Andrenidae, Halictidae, Melittidae, Megachilidae, and Anthophoridae

• Mirosława DYLEWSKA

Abstract:

Altogether 139 species of Apoidea (excluding the family Apidae) were re­corded from the Tatras (92) and from the sub-Tatra zone (47). Their occurrence is restricted above all to warm places and the presence of food plants and suitable sites for nesting. 27 (19.5%) species are montane, north-montane, north-central-European, and Euro-Siberian elements. 70 (50%) are xerothermic species. The species live only in the warmest places and are relicts of the warmer post glacial period, when meso-climatic conditions prevailed here, enabling them to spread. Similarly, a few of their highest localities are relict ones.