Colletes eous f. 3512

Rhodes near Faliraki

 

ID is based on a collected specimen.

 

Thanks to Jelle Devalez for suggesting the right ID!

 

This species is fairly common in the frigana around Faliraki, and the only Colletes sp. co-occurring with the cuckoo bee Epeolus transitorius (= Epeolus julliani), and thus it is very likely to be the host of the latter, at least in Rhodes. (Epeolus spp. are more or less species-specific kleptoparasites of different Colletes sp., but, to my knowledge, the host of Epeolus transitorius is not known.)

Done