Amegilla youngi

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Amegilla youngi is an Australian bee described in 2020 from a single female collected at Litchfield in the Northern Territory on 18 February 2006. The species was named for its collector, Andy Young.

What the specimen shows

The female has black hair on the second to fourth upper abdominal plates, with pale bands along their rear edges. The fifth plate is entirely white-haired. Two roughly parallel black marks cross the central face plate. These features form part of the published diagnosis.

The male was unknown in the 2020 revision, and no flower records were listed. The lone February collection date does not establish a flight season, while one examined specimen is not a population count. Further observations would be needed to describe its nest, food plants or wider distribution.