Amegilla asserta

Amegilla asserta is a species of bee endemic to Australia, belonging to the family Apidae subfamily Apinae. Females forage by performing buzz pollination.^{[citation needed]}

Amegilla asserta
Foraging female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Apidae
Genus:	Amegilla
Subgenus:	Zonamegilla
Species:	A. asserta
Binomial name
Amegilla asserta (Cockerell, 1926)
Synonyms
Amegilla perasserta Rayment, 1947 Anthophora perasserta Rayment, 1947 Anthophora perasserta assertiella Rayment, 1947[1]

Distribution

Amegilla asserta is found in eastern Australia, from Eyre Peninsula in South Australia, across temperate regions of Victoria and New South Wales, and along the east coast of Queensland.^[2] The range includes the cities of Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane. A. asserta is the more common of the two species found in Melbourne,^[3] followed by A. chlorocyanea.