Amegilla
Amegilla is a large genus of bees in the tribe Anthophorini. Several species have blue metallic bands on the abdomen, and are referred to as "blue-banded bees". The genus occurs all around the world but very few live above 45° North.[1]
| Amegilla | |
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| A. cingulata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Apidae |
| Tribe: | Anthophorini |
| Genus: | Amegilla Friese, 1897 |
| Species | |
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| Diversity | |
| c. 260 species | |
Selected species
- Amegilla bombiformis (Smith, 1854)
- Amegilla calens (Lepeletier, 1841)
- Amegilla canifrons (Smith, 1854)
- Amegilla confusa (Smith, 1854)
- Amegilla dawsoni (Rayment, 1951)
- Amegilla quadrifasciata (Villers, 1789)
- Amegilla violacea (Lepeletier, 1841)
- Amegilla mucorea (Klug, 1845)
- Amegilla fallax (Smith, 1879)
- Amegilla subcoerulea (Lepeletier, 1841)
- Amegilla cingulata (Fabricius, 1775)
- Amegilla cingulifera (Cockerell, 1910)
- Amegilla comberi (Cockerell, 1911)
- Amegilla niveocincta (Smith, 1854)
- Amegilla perasserta (Rayment, 1947)
- Amegilla puttalama (Strand, 1913)
- Amegilla subinsularis (Strand) Cockerell, 1919
- Amegilla zonata (Linnaeus, 1758)
See also
- Josephine Cardale, an Amegilla researcher
References
- ITIS: Genus Amegilla
- "Atlas Hymenoptera". www.atlashymenoptera.net. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
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