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Amegilla
acraensis
(Fabricius, 1793) (Angola, Botswana, Cameroun,
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congo, Equatorial Guinea,
Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi,
Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa,
Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe) |
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Amegilla
advenula (Cockerell, 1930) (Cameroun, Democratic Republic of
the Congo)
Amegilla
aerizusa (Vachal, 1903) (Gabon, Sierra Leone) |
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Amegilla
africana
(Friese, 1905) (Democratic Republic of the Congo,
Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Tanzania, Zimbabwe)
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Amegilla
albida (Dours, 1869) ("Afr) occid", Palaearctic)
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Amegilla
albocaudata
(Dours, 1869) (Cameroun, Congo, Democratic
Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South
Africa, Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Zimbabwe)
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Amegilla
annos (Vachal, 1903) (Sierra Leone)
Amegilla
antimena (Saussure, 1891) (Aldabra, Madagascar)
Amegilla
arcana (Cockerell, 1936) (Uganda)
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Amegilla
aspergina
(Cockerell, 1933) (South Africa)
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Amegilla
atribasis (Cockerell, 1933) (Ghana, Nigeria) |
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Amegilla
atrocincta
(Lepeletier, 1841) (Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of the
Congo, Ethiopia, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria,
Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Zimbabwe) |
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Amegilla
bechuanensis
(Cockerell, 1935) (Botswana, Namibia, South
Africa, Zimbabwe)
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Amegilla
bequaerti (Cockerell, 1930) (Liberia)
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Amegilla
bothai
(Friese, 1911) (Democratic Republic of the Congo,
Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, South Africa, Uganda)
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Amegilla
brooksi Eardley, 1994 (Mozambique, South Africa)
Amegilla
byssina (Klug, 1845) (Ethiopia)
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Amegilla
caelestina
(Cockerell, 1919) (South Africa, Uganda, Zimbabwe)
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Amegilla
caerulea (Friese, 1905) (Angola, Cameroun, Congo, Democratic
Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Guinea, Kenya, Malawi, Sierra
Leone, Tanzania, Uganda)
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Amegilla
calens
(Lepeletier, 1841) (Angola, Botswana, Cameroun, Congo,
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Kenya, Liberia, Mozambique,
Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland,
Tanzania, Zimbabwe)
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Amegilla
capensis
(Friese, 1905) (Angola, Democratic Republic of the
Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Mozambique, South Africa,
Swaziland, Tanzania, Zimbabwe)
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Amegilla
centralis (Cockerell, 1930) (Cameroun, Democratic Republic of
the Congo)
Amegilla
cincta (Fabricius, 1781) (Cameroun, Congo, Democratic
Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria,
Sierra Leone, Somalia, Uganda, Oriental)
Amegilla
cincta conradsi (Strand, 1911) (Tanzania)
Amegilla
circulata (Fabricius, 1781) (Cameroun, Congo, Democratic
Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Guinea, Liberia, Malawi,
Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa,
Tanzania, Togo)
Amegilla comorensis
Brooks & Pauly, 2001 (Comores)
Amegilla
cyanipennis (Saussaure, 1891) (Madagascar)
Amegilla
cymatilis Eardley, 1994 (South Africa, Zimbabwe)
Amegilla
deltoides (du Buysson, 1897) (South Africa)
Amegilla
disrupta (Cockerell, 1920) (Nigeria)
Amegilla
elsei Brooks, 1988 (Angola)
Amegilla
eritrina (Friese, 1915) (Ghana, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria)
Amegilla
expleta (Vachal, 1910) (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
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Amegilla
fallax
(Smith, 1879) (Botswana, Democratic Republic of the
Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone,
South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe) |
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Amegilla
ferrocincta (Cockerell, 1936) (Cameroun, Democratic Republic
of the Congo)
Amegilla
grandiceps (Friese, 1905) (Malawi, Tanzania)
Amegilla
griseotecta (Cockerell, 1946) (Kenya)
Amegilla
hypocyanea (Cockerell, 1930) (Democratic Republic of the
Congo)
Amegilla
kaimosica (Cockerell, 1946) (Kenya, South Africa, Zimbabwe) |
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Amegilla
kalahari
Eardley, 1994 (Namibia, South Africa)
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Amegilla
katangensis (Cockerell, 1930) (Cameroun, Democratic Republic
of the Congo)
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Amegilla
kuleni
Eardley, 1994 (Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa)
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Amegilla
langi (Cockerell, 1935) (Botswana, Namibia, South Africa,
Zimbabwe)
Amegilla
liberica (Cockerell, 1930) (Liberia)
Amegilla
maculicornis (Lepeletier, 1941) (Senegal)
Amegilla
madecassa (Saussure, 1891) (Madagascar, Uganda)
Amegilla
michaelis (Cockerell, 1930) (Democratic Republic of the
Congo) |
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Amegilla
mimadvena
(Cockerell, 1916) (Democratic Republic of the
Congo, Kenya, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe)
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Amegilla
natalensis (Friese, 1922) (Lesotho, Mozambique, South Africa,
Zimbabwe)
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Amegilla
nigritarsis
(Friese, 1905) (Democratic Republic of the Congo,
Malawi, Tanzania, Zimbabwe)
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Amegilla
nigroclypeata (Friese, 1909) (Cameroun, Democratic Republic
of the Congo, Ghana, Liberia, Togo)
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Amegilla
nila
Eardley, 1994 (Zimbabwe)
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Amegilla
nivea (Lepeletier, 1841) (Senegal)
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Amegilla
niveata
(Friese, 1905) (Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, South
Africa)
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Amegilla
nonconforma Brooks, 1988 (Malawi)
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Amegilla
nubica
(Lepeletier, 1841) (Botswana, Cameroun, Democratic
Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal,
Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Zimbabwe)
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Amegilla
obscuriceps
(Friese, 1905) (Democratic Republic of the Congo,
Lesotho, South Africa, Zimbabwe)
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Amegilla
penicula Eardley, 1994 (Botswana, South Africa)
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Amegilla
punctifrons
(Walker, 1871) (Botswana, Democratic Republic of
the Congo, Namibia, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Zimbabwe. Also Palaearctic)
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Amegilla
rapida
(Smith, 1879) (South Africa)
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Amegilla
regalis (Cockerell, 1946) (Cameroun)
Amegilla
robinae Brooks, 1988 (Sierra Leone)
Amegilla
rufipes (Lepeletier, 1841) (Ethiopia, South Africa)
Amegilla
senegalensis Friese, 1922 (Senegal)
Amegilla
sierra Eardley, 1994 (Malawi, Tanzania, Zimbabwe)
Amegilla
simbana (Cockerell, 1936) (Kenya)
Amegilla
sjoestedti (Friese, 1909) (Tanzania)
Amegilla
somalica (Magretti, 1898) (Cameroun, Democratic Republic of
the Congo, Senegal, Somalia, Uganda)
Amegilla
spilostoma (Cameron, 1905) (South Africa, Zimbabwe)
Amegilla
subtorrida (Cockerell, 1946) (Democratic Republic of the
Congo)
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Amegilla
terminata
(Smith, 1879) (Mozambique, South Africa, Zimbabwe)
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Amegilla
triangulifera (Cockerell, 1933) (Democratic Republic of the
Congo)
Amegilla
tubifera (Cockerell, 1933) (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Amegilla
vanderysti (Cockerell, 1936) (Democratic Republic of the
Congo)
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Amegilla
velutina
(Friese, 1909) (Namibia, South Africa)
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Amegilla
vestitula (Cockerell, 1936) (Democratic Republic of the
Congo)
Amegilla
vivida (Smith, 1879) (Cameroun, Democratic Republic of the
Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Uganda)
Amegilla
vivida guinea Strand, 1912 (Equatorial Guinea) |
Distribution
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Worldwide. |
Biology
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Solitary
ground nesters. Visit flowers of a wide variety of plants. |
References
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Eardley, C.D. 1994.
The Genus Amegilla Friese in southern Africa (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae).
Entomology Memoir No. 91, Department of Agriculture, Republic of South Africa
68 pp.
Eardley, C & Urban, R. 2010. Catalogue
of Afrotropical bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Apiformes).
Zootaxa 2455: 1-548.
Eardley, C, Finnamore, A.T. & Michener, C.D. 1993. Superfamily Apoidea (pp.
279-357). In GOULET, H. & HUBER, J. (eds). Hymenoptera of the World:
an identification guide to families. Research Branch, Agriculture
Canada, Ottawa, Canada, 668 pp.
Eardley C, Kuhlmann M, Pauly A. 2010.
The Bee Genera and Subgenera of sub-Saharan Africa. Abc Taxa vol 7: i-vi,
138 pp.
Michener, C.D. 2000. The Bees of the World. Johns Hopkins
University Press. 953 pp. |
Credits
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Photographs © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa),
or photographs © Dave West (Randburg), or photographs ©
Connal Eardley (ARC).
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