About Tetralonia malvae (Rossi, 1790)
Tetralonia malvae (Rossi, 1790), commonly called the Mallow longhorn, is a bee species that belongs to the insect family Apidae. This bee is oligolectic, meaning it only collects pollen from plant sources belonging to the mallow family, Malvaceae. This species has a wide geographic distribution. Its range extends from Spain, through southern and central Europe, southern Russia, Asia Minor, and the Caucasus, all the way to Central Asia. To the north, its range reaches as far as Lithuania and Orenburg. To the south, its range extends to Sicily, Crete, Syria, Iraq, and Northern Iran.
