Amegilla houstoni

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Amegilla houstoni
Amegilla (Asaropoda) houstoni (10.3897-zookeys.908.47375) Figure 15.jpg
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Apidae
Genus: Amegilla
Species:
A. houstoni
Binomial name
Amegilla houstoni
Brooks, 1988 [1] [2] [3]

Amegilla houstoni or Amegilla (Asaropoda) houstoni 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 species is known only from the female holotype. It has metasomal terga with black fur and white posterior hair bands. [2]

Distribution and habitat

The species occurs in the Kimberley region of northern Western Australia. The type locality is the top of the Napier Range, Windjana Gorge. [2] [3]

Behaviour

The bees are flying mellivores. Flowering plants visited by the bees include Trichodesma species. [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 [555].
  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) houstoni Brooks, 1988". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2025. Retrieved 2025-12-30.


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