Amegilla froggatti
| Amegilla froggatti | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Apidae |
| Genus: | Amegilla |
| Species: | A. froggatti
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| Binomial name | |
| Amegilla froggatti | |
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Amegilla froggatti or Amegilla (Asaropoda) froggatti is a species of digger bee. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1914 by British-American entomologist Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell.[1][2][3]
Description
The body length is 14 mm, forewing length 9–10 mm, head width 4–5 mm.[2]
Distribution and habitat
The species occurs in Queensland and New South Wales in the Brigalow Belt South, Cobar Peneplain and Darling Riverine Plains bioregions. The type locality is Brewarrina.[2][3]
Behaviour
Flowering plants visited by the bees include Capparis mitchellii.[2]
References
- ^ a b Cockerell, TDA (1914). "Descriptions and records of bees. LXIV". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 8 (14): 464–472 [468]. doi:10.1080/00222931408693602.
- ^ a b c d e Leijs, R; Dorey, J; Hogendoorn, K (2020). "The genus Amegilla (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Anthophorini) in Australia: a revision of the subgenus Asaropoda". ZooKeys (908): 45–122. Bibcode:2020ZooK..908...45L. doi:10.3897/zookeys.908.47375. PMC 7010838. PMID 32076376.
- ^ a b c "Species Amegilla (Asaropoda) frogatti Cockerell, 1914". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2025. Retrieved 2025-12-31.