Amegilla asserta | |
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Foraging female | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Apidae |
Genus: | Amegilla |
Subgenus: | Zonamegilla |
Species: | A. asserta
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Binomial name | |
Amegilla asserta (Cockerell, 1926)
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Synonyms | |
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Amegilla asserta is a species of bee endemic to Australia, belonging to the family Apidae subfamily Apinae. Females forage by performing buzz pollination.[ citation needed]
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 more common of the two species found in Melbourne, [3] followed by A. chlorocyanea.
Amegilla asserta | |
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Foraging female | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Apidae |
Genus: | Amegilla |
Subgenus: | Zonamegilla |
Species: | A. asserta
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Binomial name | |
Amegilla asserta (Cockerell, 1926)
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Synonyms | |
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Amegilla asserta is a species of bee endemic to Australia, belonging to the family Apidae subfamily Apinae. Females forage by performing buzz pollination.[ citation needed]
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 more common of the two species found in Melbourne, [3] followed by A. chlorocyanea.