Genus Amegilla Friese, 1897

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• Amegilla Friese, 1897.

Taxonomic Decision for Subgeneric Arrangement

• Brooks, R.W. 1988. Systematics and phylogeny of the anthophorine bees (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae; Anthophorini). University of Kansas Science Bulletin 53: 436-575 [Date published 31/12/1988] [496]

Introduction

The name Apis zonata Linnaeus, 1758 has frequently been applied to Australian species, either under Anthophora or Amegilla, and has appeared in checklists long after Cockerell’s (1931) suggestion that its use might be inappropriate.

Now the identity of A. zonata L. has been definitely established by Baker (1996), who provides a revised list of synonyms, and it can be confirmed that A. zonata belongs to the Indo-Malayan fauna and is not present in Australia.

The inclusion and arrangement of species within the subgenera Amegilla (Notomegilla) and Amegilla (Zonamegilla) follows Leijs et al. (2017).

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL) ; NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tasmanian South East (TSE) ; NSW, NT, Qld, SA, WA: MacDonnell Ranges (MAC)

Distribution References

General References

Baker, D.B. 1996. The identity of Apis zonata Linneaus, 1758 (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophoridae). Reichenbachia 31: 203–206

Leijs, R., Batley, M. & Hogendoorn, K. 2017. The genus Amegilla (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Anthophorini) in Australia: A revision of the subgenera Notomegilla and Zonamegilla. ZooKeys 653: 79–140

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

Michener, C.D. 1965. A classification of the bees of the Australian and South Pacific regions. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 130: 1-362 [Date published 31/12/1965] [215]

Michener, C.D. 2000. The Bees of the World. Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press 913 pp. [721] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement subgenera are not recognised)

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