Amegilla preissi

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Amegilla preissi
Amegilla (Asaropoda) preissi (10.3897-zookeys.908.47375) Figure 18.jpg
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Apidae
Genus: Amegilla
Species:
A. preissi
Binomial name
Amegilla preissi
(Cockerell, 1910) [1] [2] [3]
Synonyms
  • Anthophora preissiCockerell, 1910
  • Asaropoda sordidulaRayment, 1931
  • Asaropoda sordidaRayment, 1931
  • Asaropoda grisescensRayment, 1931

Amegilla preissi or Amegilla (Asaropoda) preissi is a species of digger bee. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1910 by British-American entomologist Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell. [1] [2] [3]

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Description

The body length is 13–15 mm, forewing length 10 mm, head width 5 mm. [2]

Distribution and habitat

The species occurs in south-west Western Australia in the Avon Wheatbelt, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Swan Coastal Plain and Warren bioregions. Type localities include Swan River and Geraldton. [2] [3]

Behaviour

Flowering plants visited by the bees include Corymbia calophylla . [2]

References

  1. 1 2 Cockerell, TDA (1910). "Some Australian bees in the Berlin Museum". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 18: 98–114 [107].
  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) preissi (Cockerell, 1910)". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2025. Retrieved 2025-12-31.


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