Southern Downs BeesSouthern Downs Native Bees Amphylaeus obscuriceps Exoneura sp Homalictus urbanus Hylaeus euxanthus Hylaeus ruficeps ruficeps Lasioglossum lanarium Leioproctus xanthosus Megachile deanii Lipotriches gracilipes Peacock Carpenter Bee Red Singer
Commonly known as the Red Singer, the Amegilla (Asaropoda) rhodoscymna, belong to the same subgenus as the commonly named ‘teddy bear bees’, Amegilla (Asaropoda) bombiformis.
Photographed here in Ballandean, in the Southern Downs region of Queensland, the Red Singer current distribution stretches from northern New South Wales, up into Queensland as far as Cape York and the Top End of the Northern Territory.
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Hexapoda
- Class: Insecta
- Informal: Pterygotes
- Order: Hymenoptera
- Superfamily: Apoidea
- Informal: Apiformes
- Family: Apidae
- Subfamily: Apinae
- Tribe: Anthophorini
- Genus: Amegilla
- Subgenus: infrageneric Asaropoda
- Species: Amegilla rhodoscymna
Footnote & References
- Photographs Amegilla (Asaropoda) rhodoscymna © Marc Newman, Flickr, https://flickr.com/photos/koolbee/albums
- Amegilla (Asaropoda) rhodoscymna, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:45f1be6b-2e0b-46da-b1ac-00fbd0906c2b
Southern Downs BeesSouthern Downs Native Bees Amphylaeus obscuriceps Exoneura sp Homalictus urbanus Hylaeus euxanthus Hylaeus ruficeps ruficeps Lasioglossum lanarium Leioproctus xanthosus Megachile deanii Lipotriches gracilipes Peacock Carpenter Bee Red Singer
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