Amegilla preissi

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Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Insecta
Family:Apidae
Amegilla preissi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Apidae
Genus: Amegilla
Species:
A. preissi
Binomial name
Amegilla preissi
Synonyms
  • Anthophora preissi Cockerell, 1910
  • Asaropoda sordidula Rayment, 1931
  • Asaropoda sordida Rayment, 1931
  • Asaropoda grisescens Rayment, 1931

Amegilla preissi or Amegilla (Asaropoda) preissi is a species of digger bee. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1910 by British-American entomologist Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell.[1][2][3]

The body length is 13–15 mm, forewing length 10 mm, head width 5 mm.[2]

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