Amegilla asserta

Amegilla asserta
Foraging female
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Apidae
Genus: Amegilla
Subgenus: Zonamegilla
Species:
A. asserta
Binomial name
Amegilla asserta
(Cockerell, 1926)
Synonyms
  • Amegilla perasserta Rayment, 1947
  • Anthophora perasserta Rayment, 1947
  • Anthophora perasserta assertiella Rayment, 1947[1]

Amegilla asserta is a species of bee endemic to Australia, belonging to the family Apidae subfamily Apinae. Females forage by performing buzz pollination.[citation needed]

Distribution

Amegilla asserta is found in eastern Australia, from Eyre Peninsula in South Australia, across temperate regions of Victoria and New South Wales, and along the east coast of Queensland.[2] The range includes the cities of Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane. A. asserta is the more common of the two species found in Melbourne,[3] followed by A. chlorocyanea.

References

  1. ^ "Amegilla perasserta - -- Discover Life". discoverlife.org.
  2. ^ Leijs, Remko; Batley, Michael; Hogendoorn, Katja (2017-08-02). "The genus Amegilla (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Anthophorini) in Australia: A revision of the subgenera Notomegilla and Zonamegilla". ZooKeys (653): 79–140. Bibcode:2017ZooK..653...79L. doi:10.3897/zookeys.653.11177. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 5345376. PMID 28331394.
  3. ^ Dorey, James (24 January 2019). Bees of Australia : a photographic exploration. CSIRO. ISBN 978-1-4863-0849-1. OCLC 1030955218.