Amegilla garrula
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Amegilla garrula a anthophora is a bee from the family of Apidae .
features
The bees have a body length of 13 to 15 millimeters (females) or 12 to 15 millimeters (males). The females have white and yellow markings on their faces. The head, the back of the thorax and the first tergite are hairy reddish brown and interspersed with occasional black hairs. The hairs on the second to fifth tergite are black. The first four tergites are provided with free, light, yellow-brown hair ties on the back. The fifth tergite has a black end fringe. The third antenna segment is almost the same length as the following four segments together. The claw member lacks the pulvillus . The males look similar to the females. Your seventh tergite has two teeth on the end edge, the heel phalanx (metatarsus) on the rear pair of legs has light yellow-brown hair on the outside.
Occurrence and way of life
The species is common in southern Europe and southern central Europe, as well as the Caucasus. There is a historical report from Germany, it is also recorded in the south-east of Austria (Burgenland, Carinthia, Styria) and in southern Switzerland (currently Ticino). It flies from mid-June to late September. The females create their nests in the ground. Pollen is collected from different plant families. Cuckoo bees of the species are unknown.
supporting documents
Felix Amiet, M. Herrmann, A. Müller, R. Neumeyer: Fauna Helvetica 20: Apidae 5 . Center Suisse de Cartographie de la Faune, 2007, ISBN 978-2-88414-032-4 .
Web links
- Amegilla garrula at Fauna Europaea. Retrieved June 28, 2011
Individual evidence
- ↑ E. Scheuchl, W. Willner: Pocket Lexicon of Wild Bees Central Europe . Quelle & Meyer, 2016, ISBN 978-3-494-01653-5 , pp. 35 .