Amegilla asserta
Foraging female
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Apidae
Genus: Amegilla
Subgenus: Zonamegilla
Species:
A. asserta
Binomial name
Amegilla asserta
(Cockerell, 1926)
Synonyms
  • Amegilla perasserta Rayment, 1947
  • Anthophora perasserta Rayment, 1947
  • Anthophora perasserta assertiella Rayment, 1947[1]

Amegilla asserta is a species of bee endemic to Australia, belonging to the family Apidae subfamily Apinae. Females forage by performing buzz pollination.

Description

Distribution

Amegilla asserta is found in eastern Australia, from Eyre Peninsula in South Australia, across temperate regions of Victoria and New South Wales, and along the east coast of Queensland.[2] The range includes the cities of Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane. A. asserta is the most common of the two species found in Melbourne,[3] followed by A. chlorocyanea.

References

  1. ↑ "Amegilla perasserta - -- Discover Life". discoverlife.org.
  2. ↑ Leijs, Remko; Batley, Michael; Hogendoorn, Katja (2017-08-02). "The genus Amegilla (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Anthophorini) in Australia: A revision of the subgenera Notomegilla and Zonamegilla". ZooKeys (653): 79–140. doi:10.3897/zookeys.653.11177. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 5345376. PMID 28331394.
  3. ↑ photographer., Dorey, James, author (24 January 2019). Bees of Australia : a photographic exploration. ISBN 978-1-4863-0849-1. OCLC 1030955218. {{cite book}}: |first= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)


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