Amegilla froggatti

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Amegilla froggatti
Amegilla (Asaropoda) frogatti (10.3897-zookeys.908.47375) Figure 13.jpg
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Apidae
Genus: Amegilla
Species:
A. froggatti
Binomial name
Amegilla froggatti
(Cockerell, 1914) [1] [2] [3]
Synonyms
  • Anthophora preissi froggattiCockerell, 1914

Amegilla froggatti or Amegilla (Asaropoda) froggatti is a species of digger bee. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1914 by British-American entomologist Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell. [1] [2] [3]

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Description

The body length is 14 mm, forewing length 9–10 mm, head width 4–5 mm. [2]

Distribution and habitat

The species occurs in Queensland and New South Wales in the Brigalow Belt South, Cobar Peneplain and Darling Riverine Plains bioregions. The type locality is Brewarrina. [2] [3]

Behaviour

Flowering plants visited by the bees include Capparis mitchellii . [2]

References

  1. 1 2 Cockerell, TDA (1914). "Descriptions and records of bees. LXIV". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 8 (14): 464–472 [468]. doi:10.1080/00222931408693602.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 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 . PMC   7010838 . PMID   32076376.
  3. 1 2 3 "Species Amegilla (Asaropoda) frogatti Cockerell, 1914". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2025. Retrieved 2025-12-31.


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