Species Amegilla (Asaropoda) dawsoni (Rayment, 1951)

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• Anthophora dawsoni Rayment, T. 1951. A critical revision of species in the genus Asaropoda by new characters. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 17: 65-80 [Date published 31/12/1951] [77].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV ♂, Onslow, WA.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Carnarvon (CAR), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Esperance Plains (ESP), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murchison (MUR), Nullarbor (NUL), Pilbara (PIL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: mellivore, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Nest gregariously in bare, flat, hard, clay soil, flower visiting record: Cassia L. s.lat. [Caesalpiniaceae], Eremophila R.Br. [Myoporaceae], Solanum L. [Solanaceae] and Trichodesma R.Br. [Boraginaceae].

General References

Alcock, J. 1991. Getting in on the ground floor. Australian Natural History 23(9): 714-721 [Date published winter] [715] (biology)

Alcock, J. 1996. Male size and survival: the effects of male combat and bird predation in Dawson's burrowing bees, Amegilla dawsoni. Ecological Entomology 21(4): 309-316 [Date published November] [309] (biology, as prey)

Alcock, J. 1996. Provisional rejection of three alternative hypotheses on the maintenance of a size dichotomy in males of Dawson's burrowing bee, Amegilla dawsoni (Apidae, Apinae, Anthophorini). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 39(3): 181-188 [Date published September] [181] (biology)

Alcock, J. 1996. Site fidelity and homing ability of males of Dawson's burrowing bee (Amegilla dawsoni) (Apidae, Anthophorini). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 69(2): 182-190 [Date published April] [182] (biology)

Alcock, J. 1997. Competition from large males and the alternative mating tactics of small males of Dawson's burrowing bees (Amegilla dawsoni) (Apidae, Apinae, Anthophorini). Journal of Insect Behaviour 10(1): 99-113 [Date published Jan.] [99] (biology)

Alcock, J. 1997. Small males emerge earlier than large males in Dawson's burrowing bee (Amegilla dawsoni) (Hymenoptera: Anthophorini). Journal of Zoology, London 242: 453-462 [453] (biology)

Douglas, A.M. 1980. Our Dying Fauna. A personal perspective on a changing environment. Perth : Creative Research, in association with Biological Services 170 pp. (biology)

Houston, T.F. 1991. Ecology and behaviour of the bee Amegilla (Asaropoda) dawsoni (Rayment) with notes on a related species (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae). Records of the Western Australian Museum 15: 535-553 [Date published 31/12/1991] (biology, distribution)

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] [217] (biology)

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