Species Amegilla (Zonamegilla) asserta (Cockerell, 1926)

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• Anthophora asserta Cockerell, T.D.A. 1926. Descriptions and records of bees. CXII. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 9 18: 216-227 [Date published 31/12/1926] [224].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV T-11865 ♂, Lower Ferntree Gully, VIC.
• Anthophora perpulchra Rayment, T. 1944. A critical revision of species in the zonata group of Anthophora by new characters (Part I). Treubia (Japanese edition) 1: 1-30 [Date published 31/12/1944: dated 1942, actual date of issue 1944] [5] [nomen nudum].

  Secondary source:

   Cardale, J.C. in Houston, W.W.K. & Maynard, G.V. (eds) 1993. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Hymenoptera: Apoidea. Canberra : AGPS Vol. 10 x, 406 pp. [285].
• Anthophora perasserta assertiella Rayment, T. 1947. A critical revision of species in the zonata group of Anthophora by new characters (Part II). Treubia 19: 46-73 [Date published 31/12/1947] [63].

  Type data:

   Lectotype whereabouts unknown 32-034245 ♂, Cooranbong, NSW.
  Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown ♂ ♀ ((a specimen in the ANIC labelled 'type' bears a locality which was not given in the original description)), Orroroo, SA, White Swamp and Mackay, QLD.

  Subsequent designation references:

  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 [112].
• Anthophora longmani Rayment, T. 1947. A critical revision of species in the zonata group of Anthophora by new characters (Part II). Treubia 19: 46-73 [Date published 31/12/1947] [58].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ANIC 32-034572 ♂ ♀ (number of specimens unknown; a specimen in the ANIC labelled 'type' bears a locality which was not given in the original description), Bribie Is., QLD.
• Anthophora perasserta Rayment, T. 1947. A critical revision of species in the zonata group of Anthophora by new characters (Part II). Treubia 19: 46-73 [Date published 31/12/1947] [62].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) ANIC 32-033341, 32-034566, 32-033514 2 ♂, 1 ♀, White Swamp, NSW; AM K.105230, K.105227 ♂, ♀, Clermont, QLD; ANIC 32-033329, 32-033332 ♂ ♀, Edungalba, Qld; ANIC 32-034078 1 ♀, Magnetic Is., Qld; ANIC 32-033362 ♂, Orroroo, SA; ASCU 1 ♀, Gatton, QLD; ASCU 1 ♀, Glen Innes, NSW.
• Anthophora perpulchra Rayment, T. 1947. A critical revision of species in the zonata group of Anthophora by new characters (Part II). Treubia 19: 46-73 [Date published 31/12/1947] [64].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown ♂ ♀ (a specimen in the ANIC labelled 'type' bears a locality which was not given in the original description), Woy Woy, NSW; ANIC 32-034564 ♂, ♀, Mittagong, NSW; AM K.55811, K.60206 2 ♀, Port Hacking, NSW; AM K.53522 ♀, Bendermeer, NSW; AM K.48991 ♂, Sydney, NSW; AM K.15779 ♀, Brisbane, Queensland; ANIC 32-034309, 32-034533 ♂ ♀, Robertson, NSW; ANIC 32-034314,5 2 ♂, Edungalba, QLD; ANIC 32-034323 ♂, Gosford, NSW; ANIC 32-034321 ♀, Ingham, Qld; ANIC 32-034301 ♀, Cooper Park, Sydney, NSW; ASCU ♀, Lismore, NSW; ASCU ♀, Glen Innes, NSW; ASCU 1 ♀, Liverpool, NSW.
• Anthophora whiteleyella Rayment, T. 1947. A critical revision of species in the zonata group of Anthophora by new characters (Part II). Treubia 19: 46-73 [Date published 31/12/1947] [72].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC 32-033369 ♂, Port Macquarie (as Port McQuarie), NSW.

Introduction

Redescription in Leijs et al. (2017)

Distribution

States

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

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders (FLI), Kanmantoo (KAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: mellivore, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Flower visiting record: Gladiolus L. [Iridaceae].

General References

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] (subgeneric placement)

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 [111]

Rayment, T. 1944. A critical revision of species in the zonata group of Anthophora by new characters (Part I). Treubia (Japanese edition) 1: 1-30 [Date published 31/12/1944: dated 1942, actual date of issue 1944] (illustration)

Rayment, T. 1947. A critical revision of species in the zonata group of Anthophora by new characters (Part II). Treubia 19: 46-73 [Date published 31/12/1947] (taxonomy)

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