Amegilla BeesApical tergites of females Amegilla Body Colour Amegilla adelaidae Amegilla aeruginosa Amegilla asserta Amegilla chlorocyanea Amegilla walkeri Teddy Bear Bees (Asaropoda)
Photographs by Marc Newman ◦
The Amegilla (Zonamegilla) asserta, are part of the commonly named bees known as “Blue Banded Bees“.
The female of the species forage performing buzz pollination, although as pictured here, some also bypass the pollination process by accessing the nectar by piercing the corona of the flower.
For information on the differences between the male and female of the species check out the Australian government PaDIL website.3
- 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 Zonamegilla
- Species: Amegilla asserta
Footnote & References
- Photographs Amegilla asserta © Marc Newman, Flickr, https://flickr.com/photos/koolbee/albums
- Amegilla (Zonamegilla) asserta (Cockerell, 1926), Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:a1530618-05e1-4e87-9361-11500453632b
- Blue banded bee, Amegilla (Zonamegilla) asserta (Cockerell, T.D.A. 1926), PaDIL, https://www.padil.gov.au/pollinators/pest/main/138582
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