Amegilla adelaidae

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Amegilla adelaidae
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Apidae
Genus: Amegilla
Species:
A. adelaidae
Binomial name
Amegilla adelaidae
(Cockerell, 1905) [1] [2] [3]
Synonyms
  • Anthophora adelaidaeCockerell, 1905
  • Amegilla adelaidae(Cockerell) Michener, 1965
  • Amegilla (Zonamegilla) adelaidae(Cockerell) Brooks, 1988

Amegilla adelaidae or Amegilla (Zonamegilla) adelaidae is a species of digger bee. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1905 by British-American entomologist Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell. [1] [2] [3]

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Description

The body length is 12–13 mm, forewing length 8 mm. [2]

Distribution and habitat

The species occurs mainly in tropical and subtropical areas of Australia, including the arid zone. The type locality is the Adelaide River in the Top End of the Northern Territory. [2] [3]

Behaviour

The adults are flying mellivores. Flowering plants visited by the bees include Plectranthus and Ricinus species. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 Cockerell, TDA (1905). "Descriptions and records of bees. IV". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 7 (16): 392–403 [397]. doi:10.1080/03745480509442880.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Leijs, Remko; Batley, Michael; Hogendoorn, Katja (2017). "The genus Amegilla (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Anthophorini) in Australia: A revision of the subgenera Notomegilla and Zonamegilla". ZooKeys (653): 79–140 [89, 109]. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.653.11177 . PMC   5345376 . PMID   28331394.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Species Amegilla (Zonamegilla) adelaidae (Cockerell, 1905)". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2025. Retrieved 2026-01-01.


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