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Blue banded bee

Scientific Name
Amegilla (Zonamegilla) cingulata
Scientific Author
(Fabricius, 1775)
Taxonomy
(Hymenoptera: Apidae: Apinae: Anthophorini)
Status
Native Australian Beneficial Species
Reliability
High
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Branston Beach, QLD 21.06.1985 N.W. Rodd
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Caroline Harding Museum Victoria
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Diagnostic Notes
Amegilla (Zonamegilla) cingulata (Fabricius, 1775)

Andrena cingulata Fabricius, J.C. 1775. Systema Entomologiae, sistens insectorum classes, ordines, genera, species, adiectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibus, observationibus. Korte : Flensburgi et Lipsiae pp. xxvii 832.

Type data: Holotype BMNH (Banks coll.) ♀, Australia (as New Holland).

Syn: Anthophora emendata Smith, F. 1879. Descriptions of New Species of Hymenoptera in the Collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum xxi 240 pp.

Type data: Holotype BMNH ♂ (described as ♀), Australia.

Syn: Anthophora emendata gilberti Cockerell, T.D.A. 1905. Descriptions and records of bees. IV. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 16: 392–403.

Type data: Syntype(s) BMNH ♂♀, QLD.

Syn: Anthophora lilacine Cockerell, T.D.A. 1921. Australian bees in the Queensland Museum. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 7: 81–98.

Type data: Holotype QM ♂, Kuranda, QLD.
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Specimen Contact
Museum Victoria
Author
Walker, K.
Created
16/12/2009 04:08 AEST
Last Updated
26/03/2015 20:54 AEST
Citation
Walker, K. (2009) Blue banded bee (Amegilla (Zonamegilla) cingulata) Updated on 3/26/2015 8:54:00 PM Available online: PaDIL - http://www.padil.gov.au.
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