Zonamegilla

Details

Time Observed
6 Oct 2016 11:58
Quality Grade
needs_id
Location
Thma Bang, Cambodia
Latitude
11.580685
Longitude
103.127902
Added to iNaturalist
2 Jun 2024 03:37
Updated
20 Mar 2025 16:50

Notes

The bee is too large to enter the flower but pierces it to access the nectar, and probably not helping with pollination, as a result.

Identifications/Comments

Identification by geechartier at 2024-06-02 03:37:28

Zonamegilla [subgenus]

Identification by johnascher at 2024-06-18 07:20:46

Zonamegilla [subgenus]

Identification by austintw at 2024-11-11 16:00:43

Zonamegilla [subgenus]

Taxonomy

(following iNaturalist)
Animalia (Animals) [kingdom]
Arthropoda (Arthropods) [phylum]
Hexapoda (Hexapods) [subphylum]
Insecta (Insects) [class]
Pterygota (Winged and Once-winged Insects) [subclass]
Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps, and Sawflies) [order]
Apocrita (Narrow-waisted Wasps, Ants, and Bees) [suborder]
Aculeata (Ants, Bees, and Stinging Wasps) [infraorder]
Apoidea (Bees and Apoid Wasps) [superfamily]
Anthophila (Bees) [epifamily]
Apidae (Honey Bees, Bumble Bees, and Allies) [family]
Apinae (Apine Bees) [subfamily]
Anthophorini (Digger Bees) [tribe]
Amegilla (Blue-banded and Allied Digger Bees) [genus]
Glossamegilla [subgenus]
Zonamegilla [subgenus]