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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Apidae |
| Genus: | Amegilla |
| Subgenus: | Zonamegilla |
| Species: | A. asserta
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| Amegilla asserta (Cockerell, 1926)
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Distribution
editAmegilla 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.
References
edit- ^ "Amegilla perasserta - -- Discover Life". discoverlife.org.
- ^ Leijs, Remko; Batley, Michael; Hogendoorn, Katja (2017-08-02). "The genus Amegilla (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Anthophorini) in Australia: A revision of the subgenera Notomegilla and Zonamegilla". ZooKeys (653): 79–140. Bibcode:2017ZooK..653...79L. doi:10.3897/zookeys.653.11177. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 5345376. PMID 28331394.
- ^ Dorey, James (24 January 2019). Bees of Australia : a photographic exploration. CSIRO. ISBN 978-1-4863-0849-1. OCLC 1030955218.
External links
edit- The genus Amegilla (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Anthophorini) in Australia: A revision of the subgenera Notomegilla and Zonamegill
- Animal Diversity Web
- academia.edu