Amegilla rhodoscymna

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Amegilla rhodoscymna
Amegilla (Asaropoda) rhodoscymna (10.3897-zookeys.908.47375) Figure 19.jpg
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Apidae
Genus: Amegilla
Species:
A. rhodoscymna
Binomial name
Amegilla rhodoscymna
(Cockerell, 1905) [1] [2] [3]
Synonyms
  • Anthophora rhodoscymnaCockerell, 1905
  • Anthophora rufescensFriese, 1911

Amegilla rhodoscymna or Amegilla (Asaropoda) rhodoscymna 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 13–14 mm, forewing length 10–11 mm, head width 5–6 mm. [2]

Distribution and habitat

The species occurs along the east coast of Australia from the Cape York Peninsula southwards to northern New South Wales. The type locality is Mackay. [2] [3]

Behaviour

The adults are flying mellivores. Flowering plants visited by the bees include Angophora and Xanthorrhoea species. [2]

Male Amegilla rhodoscymna male.jpg
Male
Female Amegilla rhodoscymna female.jpg
Female

References

  1. 1 2 Cockerell, TDA (1905). "Descriptions and records of bees. IV". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 7 (16): 392–403 [395]. doi:10.1080/03745480509442880.
  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 . PMID   32076376.
  3. 1 2 3 "Species Amegilla (Asaropoda) rhodoscymna (Cockerell, 1905)". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2025. Retrieved 2025-12-31.


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