Amegilla asserta

Amegilla asserta
	Foraging female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Apidae
Genus:	Amegilla
Subgenus:
Species:	A. asserta
Binomial name
	Amegilla asserta; (Cockerell, 1926)
Synonyms
	Amegilla perasserta Rayment, 1947; Anthophora perasserta Rayment, 1947; Anthophora perasserta assertiella Rayment, 1947;

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[]

^ "Amegilla perasserta - -- Discover Life". discoverlife.org.
^ 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.
^ 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)

External links[]

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[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] tographer., 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)

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