Amegilla walkeri

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Amegilla walkeri
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Apidae
Genus: Amegilla
Species:
A. walkeri
Binomial name
Amegilla walkeri
(Cockerell, 1905) [1] [2] [3]
Synonyms
  • Anthophora walkeriCockerell, 1905
  • Anthophora darwiniCockerell, 1910

Amegilla walkeri or Amegilla (Zonamegilla) walkeri 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 10–12 mm, forewing length 7–8 mm. Both sexes have grey fur on the scutum, due of a mixture of black and white hairs, with metallic, blue, fur bands on the terga. [2]

Distribution and habitat

The species occurs mainly in tropical areas of northern Australia, including the Kimberley region of Western Australia and the Top End of the Northern Territory. Type localities include Baudin Island on the Kimberley coast and Darwin. [2] [3]

Behaviour

The adults are flying mellivores. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 Cockerell, TDA (1905). "Descriptions and records of bees. IV". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 7 (16): 392–403 [396]. doi:10.1080/03745480509442880.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Leijs, Remko; Batley, Michael; Hogendoorn, Katja (2017). "The genus Amegilla (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Anthophorini) in Australia: A revision of the subgenera Notomegilla and Zonamegilla". ZooKeys (653): 79–140 [89, 136]. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.653.11177 . PMC   5345376 . PMID   28331394.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Species Amegilla (Zonamegilla) walkeri (Cockerell, 1905)". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2025. Retrieved 2026-01-01.


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