Amegilla nitidiventris

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Amegilla nitidiventris is an Australian bee described in 2020 from material including specimens collected around Laura in Queensland. Its name refers to the shiny black plates on the underside of the abdomen.

Appearance and records

Both sexes have black abdominal hair interrupted by pale bands at the rear edges of the upper plates. Females have a mainly black hind-leg pollen brush with a white streak. Males have two small adjacent patches of black bristles on the fourth abdominal sternite and two larger comma-shaped patches on the fifth.

The type series includes bees collected around Laura in March 2017. Flower records include Hibiscus and Turnera subulata. The revision examined nine males and six females; those records establish the species and some of its flower use, without defining its complete geographical range or life cycle.