Amegilla epaphrodita

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Amegilla epaphrodita
Amegilla (Asaropoda) epaphrodita (10.3897-zookeys.908.47375) Figure 11.jpg
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Apidae
Genus: Amegilla
Species:
A. epaphrodita
Binomial name
Amegilla epaphrodita
Brooks, 1988 [1] [2] [3]

Amegilla epaphrodita or Amegilla (Asaropoda) epaphrodita is a species of digger bee. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1988 by entomologist Robert Brooks. [1] [2] [3]

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Description

The body length of the male allotype is 17 mm, forewing length 11.1 mm, head width 5.1 mm. [2]

Distribution and habitat

The species occurs in the Top End of the Northern Territory. The type locality of the female holotype is 15 km east of Mount Cahill; that of the male allotype is believed to be Ubirr Rock, both in Kakadu National Park. [2] [3]

Behaviour

The bees are flying mellivores. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 Brooks, RW (1988). "Systematics and phylogeny of the anthophorine bees (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae; Anthophorini)". University of Kansas Science Bulletin. 53: 436–575 [554].
  2. 1 2 3 4 Leijs, R; Dorey, J; Hogendoorn, K (2020). "The genus Amegilla (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Anthophorini) in Australia: a revision of the subgenus Asaropoda". ZooKeys (908): 45–122. Bibcode:2020ZooK..908...45L. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.908.47375 .
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Species Amegilla (Asaropoda) epaphrodita Brooks, 1988". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2025. Retrieved 2025-12-29.


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