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Genus Amegilla Friese
[Family Apidae, Subfamily Apinae, Tribe Anthophorini]
Podalirius (Amegilla) Friese, 1897: p.18, 24; Type species: Apis quadrifasciata Villers, 1789, by designation of Cockerell, 1931: p.227.
Alfkenella Borner, 1919: p.168; Type species: Apis quadrifasciata Villers, 1789, by original designation.
Asaropoda Cockerell, 1926: p.216; Type species: Saropoda bombiformis Smith, 1854, by original designation.
Michener (2000: p.721) has not recognized any subgeneric category in this genus.
S. No.
Name of Species with Author & Year
Distribution OR
Collection Site
1. albigena [Lapeletier, 1841 (Anthophora) = leucomelaena Illiger, 1806 (Megilla), Nomen. Nud. = moribunda Illiger, 1806 (Megilla), Nomen. Nud. = binotata Lepeletier, 1841 (Anthophora [sic]), Syn. = albigena albida Dours, 1869, (Anthophora), Syn. = quadrifasciata nana Radoszkow-ski, 1869 (Anthophora), Syn. = albigena nigrithorax Dalla Torre, 1877 (Podalirius), Syn. = pyramidalis Kirby (Podalirius), Syn. = albigena afra Priesner, 1957 (Anthophora), Syn.] Quetta 2.
amymone [Bingham, 1896: p.196]; Lieftinck, 1956 (Amegilla); Sumatra, Java 3. asserta [Cockerell, 1926: AMNH (9)18, (Anthophora); Michener, 1965: p.216 (Amegilla)] Assam, Manipur (& probably through Malaya peninsula), Australia 4. binghami [Schulz, 1906 (Podalirius) = crocea Bingham, 1897, (Anthophora) Homo.(nec Klug, 1845). Burma 5. brookiae Bingham, 1890 (Anthophora) Kumaun, Karennee (3,000') 6. candida Smith, 1879 (Anthophora) Quetta, Punjab up to Persia 7. cingulata [Fabricius, 1775: p. 378, (Apis) = emendata Smith, 1879, (Anthophora), Syn. = emendata gilberti Cockerell, 1905 (Anthophora), Syn. = lilacine Cockerell, 1921, (Anthophora), Syn. = lilacina Cockerell, 1922 (Anthophora), Lapsus]; Amegilla (Zonamegilla) cingulata in Brooks, 1988: p. 511. Sikkim, Burma, Malaya, Australia, Ceylon [Cockerell, 1910: true cingulata Australian] 8. cingulifera Cockerell, 1910: p. 410 (Anthophora); Amegilla (Zonomegilla) cingulifera in Brooks, 1988: p. 511. Dehradun (Uttaranchal), Sri Lanka : Colombo, Kandy, Ratnapura 9. comberi [Cockerell, 1911: p.493 (Anthophora)]; Amegilla (Zonamegilla) comberi in Brooks, 1988: p. 511. Nasik, Mahabalipuram, Madras, *Sri Lanka: Galle, Hambantota, Mannar, Matale, Monaragala, Puttalama, Ratnapura 10. confusa [Smith, 1854 (Anthophora) = vigilans Smith, 1878]; Michener, 1965: p.216 (Amegilla)] Himalaya (Cockerell, 1910), Ladakh, Nepal, Sikkim, Bengal, Barrackpore, Bombay, Burma, Tenasserim, Ceylon, Australia 11. delicata [Cockerell, 1911: Entomol. p.235 (Anthophora)] Comb.nov. Tiruchirappalli, Madras, Trivendrum, Ceylon 12. fabriciana [Rayment, 1947 (Anthophora); Michener, 1965: p.216 (Amegilla)] North-Eastern India, Malaya peninsula, Australia 13. fallax Smith, 1879: p.120 (Anthophora); Amegilla (Zebramegilla) fallax in Brooks, 1988: p.504. Western India, Lucknow, Allahabad, Burma, Ceylon: *Anuradhapura, Badulla, Kalutara; Africa 14. fimbriata Smith, 1879 (Anthophora) Sylhet, Burma, Tenasserim 15.
florea [Smith, 1879 (Anthophora) = Anthophora tsushimensis Cockerell, 1926: PPE 3: P.83; Popov, 1950: p.259 (Amegilla); Lieftinck, 1956 & 1975] Kathmandu, Bhairwan in Nepal & southern China 16.
himalajensis [Radoszkowski 1882 (Anthophora) = Anthophora proserpina Gribodo, 1893]; = himalayensis pahangensis Maedo Waldo, 1914 [unjustified amendment of himalayensis; Lieftinck, 1956] Himalayas: at low altitudes from Himachal Pradesh in west to Nepal & Sikkim in east; hills of Burma, Tenasserim 17.
insularis [Smith, 1858 (Anthophora)]; Lieftinck, 1944 & 1956; Amegilla (Glossamegilla) insularis in Brooks, 1988: p.513. Ceylon, Eastern India, Burma, Malaya, Borneo 18. mucorea [Klug, 1845 (Megilla) = liriope Bingham, 1898 (Anthophora), Syn. = delicata Cockerell, 1911 (Anthophora), Syn. Deesa, Mount Abu, Sirohi 19. nigricornis [Morawitz, 1873 (Anthophora) = picicornis Fedtschenko, 1875 (Anthophora), Syn.] Quetta 20. niveo-cincta [Smith, 1854 (Anthophora) = ? Andrena fasciata Fabricius, 1792-1798 [=fassciata Fabricius, 1775 ? (Apis)] Taru Peshawar [Cockerell, 1920], northern part of West Bengal, Adjacent Bangla Desh, Darjeeling, Sikkim 21. perasserta [Rayment, 1947 (Anthophora); Michener, 1965: p.217 (Amegilla)] Thanjavur, Madurei, Trivendrum, Ceylon, Australia 22. puttalama [Strand, 1913: p.147 (as Anthophora zonata var. puttalama)]; Amegilla (Zonamegilla) puttalama in Brooks, 1988: p.511. *Sri Lanka: Badulla, Colombo, Mannar, Matale, Polonnaruwa, Puttalama, Ratnapura 23. pseudobomboides [Meado Waldo, 1914 (Anthophora) = bombiomorpha Wu, 1983 (Amegilla), Syn.] Assam 24. quadrata Cockerell, 1911 = cyaneotincta Cockerell, 1920 (Anthophora), Syn. Abbottabad, India 25. quadrifasciata [de Villers, 1789: p.319, (Apis) = scalaris Illiger, 1806, (Megilla) Nom. Nud. = fuliginosa Illiger, 1806 (Megilla) Nom. Nud. = maderae Sichel, 1867 (Anthophora), Syn. = allbescens Dours, 1869 (Anthophora), Syn. = mervensis Radozkowski, 1893 (Anthophora), Syn. = farinosa Alfken, 1926 (Anthophora), Homo. = mediterranea Alfken, 1927 (Anthophora), Syn. = quadrifasciata teneriffensis Cockerell, 1930 (Anthophora) Syn. = litorana Priesner, 1957 (Anthophora) Syn. = klugi Priesner, 1957, (Anthophora) Syn.]; Amegilla (Amegilla) quadrifasciata in Brooks, 1988: p.450. Central and southern Europe, Africa, India, Ceylon 26. sesquicincta [Erichson & Klug, 1842 (Megilla) = bicincta [Fabricius, 1793 (Apis), Homo. (nec Schrank, 1781) = indica Radoszkowski, 1882 (Anthophora), Syn.] Allahabad, Calcutta, Bangalore, Madras 27. subcoerulea [Lepeletier, 1841: p.30 (Anthophora) = lucknoviensis Radoszkowski, 1882 (Anthophora), Syn. = rothneyi Cameron, 1897 (Anthophora), Syn. = amolita Cockerell, 1911 (Anthophora), Syn.]; Amegilla (Zebramegilla) subcoerulea in Brooks, 1988: p.504. India, *Sri Lanka: Hambantota, Kalutara 28. subinsularis [Strand, ? (Anthophora)]; Amegilla (Zonamegilla) subinsularis in Brooks, 1988: p.513. [Brooks, 1988: p.573, states 'listed by Cockerell as insularis subsp. but original description is not found; in Smithsonian Collection, identified by Lieftinck, 1987] *Sri Lanka: Galle, Kandy, Ratnapura 29.
sumatrana Lieftinck, 1956 Sumatra, Java [& perhaps on mainland near Singapore] 30. velocissima [= velocissimus Fedtschenko, 1875 (Anthophora)] Quetta 31. violacea [Lepeletier, 1841: p.80 (Anthophora); Lieftinck, 1956: p.34 (Amegilla)]; Amegilla (Glossamegilla) violacea in Brooks, 1988: p.513. North Western Provinces, Punjab, Delhi, central Indian region to Bangalore, Madras in Tamilnadu, *Sri Lanka: Ampara, Anuradha-pura, Galle, Hambantota, Polonnaruwa, Puttalama, Ratnapura 32. zonata [Linnaeus, 1758 (Apis) = zonata puttalama Strand, 1913: p.147 = nigritarsis Dover, 1924 (Anthophora), Homo. = doveri Cockerell, 1931 (Anthophora), Syn.]; Amegilla (Zonamegilla) zonata in Brooks, 1988: p.511. Throughout India, *Sri Lanka: Anuradhapaura, Badulla, Galle, Gampaha, Puttalama; Burma, Tenasserim, Indies up to Australia
*Locations of collection sites in Sri Lanka updated from Wijesekara, 2001 [Tijdschrift voor Entomol. 144: p.145-158.]
Political territories have been mentioned as such (as mentioned by original authors): Burma [Present day Myanmar], Ceylon [Present day Sri Lanka], Bengal [Present day East Bengal in India and the present day Bangla Desh], Punjab [western part of the state is the present day Punjab in Pakistan].
Dr. Rajiv K. Gupta
Department of Zoology
Jai Narain Vyas University
Jodhpur 342 005, India
Ph. +91-291-272 6666
E-mail: beesind@sancharnet.in
AND
Dr. Douglas Yanega
Department of Entomology
Entomology Research Museum
University of CaliforniaRiverside, Riverside, CA 92521
Phone: 909-787-4315E-mail: dyanega@ucr.edu
Visit "An Updating Bibliography of the Bees of the World" by the first author for the authors' linked references mentioned in this document.