Amegilla is a large genus of bees in the tribeAnthophorini. Several species have blue metallic bands on the abdomen, and are referred to as "blue-banded bees" and "digger bees". One of their names in english, "digger bees" is given to them because they dig up a hole in dry ground and make it their nest.
The genus occurs all around the world but very few live above 45° North.[1] Amegilla are associated with arid and subarid biomes, matorrals, steppes, sub-deserts and deserts.[2]
All of Amegilla are solitary species. They are also very fast, agid flyers, and because of this, some taxa are close to imposible to catch.[2]
amegilla, large, genus, bees, tribe, anthophorini, several, species, have, blue, metallic, bands, abdomen, referred, blue, banded, bees, digger, bees, their, names, english, digger, bees, given, them, because, they, hole, ground, make, their, nest, cingulatasc. 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 and digger bees One of their names in english digger bees is given to them because they dig up a hole in dry ground and make it their nest AmegillaA cingulataScientific classificationKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ArthropodaClass InsectaOrder HymenopteraFamily ApidaeTribe AnthophoriniGenus AmegillaFriese 1897SpeciesSee text Diversityc 260 speciesThe genus occurs all around the world but very few live above 45 North 1 Amegilla are associated with arid and subarid biomes matorrals steppes sub deserts and deserts 2 All of Amegilla are solitary species They are also very fast agid flyers and because of this some taxa are close to imposible to catch 2 Selected species EditAmegilla 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 asserta Cockerell 1926 Amegilla puttalama Strand 1913 Amegilla quadrifasciata de Villers 1789 Amegilla subinsularis Strand Cockerell 1919 Amegilla zonata Linnaeus 1758 See also EditJosephine Cardale an Amegilla researcherReferences Edit Atlas Hymenoptera www atlashymenoptera net Retrieved 22 May 2020 a b Denis Michez Pierre Rasmont Michael Terzo et autres 2019 Abeilles d Europe Vol 1 Verrieres le Buisson NAP editions ISBN 978 2 913688 33 9 OCLC 1140375362 Wikimedia Commons has media related to Amegilla Pierre Rasmont Bees of Europe 2019 Data related to Amegilla at Wikispecies ITIS Genus Amegilla This Apinae article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Amegilla amp oldid 1115899402, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
