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Dasypoda thoracica Baer, 1853 | ||
| Familia | Melittidae | |
| Ordo | Hymenoptera | |
| Classis | Insecta | |
| Typus | Arthropoda | |
| Summary | It is one of the rarest species of Melittidae in Poland. Not protected by law. To-day known from only three places (Kujawy, Nida River Valley, Kraków-Częstochowa Upland), though it was formerly reported from seven localities in other regions of the country. A decline in its numbers and withdrawal from certain localities is attributed to strong anthropopressure and overgrowing of nesting places. It is recommended to extend legal protection to the sites of Dasypoda thoracica occurrence, stop plant succession in nesting places and make attempts at its reintroduction. | |
| Literature | Banaszak J. 1979. Materiały do znajomości pszczół (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) fauny Polski. II. Badania Fizjogr. Pol. Zach., C, 32: 59-68.  Celary W. 2002. The Ground-nesting Solitary Bee, Dasypoda thoracica Baer, 1853 (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Melittidae) and Its Life History. Folia biol. 50 (3-4): 191-198. | |
| Author | Waldemar Celary | |
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