Amegilla albigenella
Amegilla albigenella is an Australian bee originally named Asaropoda albigena by Rayment in 1931. Michener supplied the name albigenella in 1965 because albigena was already in use for a different Amegilla species. The two names therefore need particular care in catalogues: not every record of Amegilla albigena refers to this Australian bee.[1]
Identification and records
The name-bearing specimen is a male from Landor Station in Western Australia. Females have ochre-coloured hind-leg pollen brushes and pale facial marks beside and above the central face plate. Males have an approximately triangular patch of stiff, light brown bristles on the fourth abdominal sternite.[1]
The 2020 revision examined 17 males and 12 females. Its flower records include Eremophila glabra, E. alternifolia, E. longifolia and Eucalyptus. These records do not, on their own, establish pollen specialisation or the species' nesting habits.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Leijs, Remko; Dorey, James; Hogendoorn, Katja (2020). “The genus Amegilla (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Anthophorini) in Australia: a revision of the subgenus Asaropoda”. ZooKeys 908:45–122. doi:10.3897/zookeys.908.47375. Species treatment.