Amegilla quadrifasciata (Kratochwil, 2025)

Kratochwil, Anselm, Paxton, Robert J., Aguiar, Antonio F. & Husemann, Martin, 2025, Morphometric and molecular analyses support the species status of Amegilla teneriffensis (Cockerell, 1930) and A. maderae (Sichel, 1868) (Anthophila: Apidae: Anthophorinae), Zootaxa 5723 (3), pp. 301-334 : 306

Habitus of Amegilla quadrifasciata , A. maderae and A. teneriffensis

Figures 2 and 3 show the dorsal and lateral views of females and males of Amegilla quadrifasciata (European mainland), A. maderae ( Madeira Archipelago) and A. teneriffensis ( Canary Islands). Amegilla quadrifasciata ( Figures 2a, 2b ; 3a, 3b ) has light brownish, partly yellowish, reddish mesoscutum hairs. The mesepisternum and the tergite bands are whitish to ivory. In contrast, A. maderae ( Figures 2c, 2d ; 3c, 3d ) has much darker (black to reddish) hairs on the mesoscutum and mesepisternum. Furthermore, the tergite bands are reddish-orange-yellow. In contrast to A. quadrifasciata , the tergite bands of A. teneriffensis are a white and considerably broader, completely covering the entire tergite depression ( Figures 2e, 2f ; 3e, 3f ).

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FIGURE 2. Dorsal and lateral views of females. a, b. Amegilla quadrifasciata (Villers, l789), Tunisia (TU1); c, d. A. maderae (Sichel, 1868), Madeira Island (MA06/2); e, f. A. teneriffensis (Cockerell, 1930), Canary Islands, Fuerteventura (FU4).

FIGURE 3. Dorsal and lateral views of males. a, b. Amegilla quadrifasciata (Villers, l789), former Yugoslavia (YU3); c, d. A. maderae (Sichel, 1868), Madeira Island (MA05/108); e, f. A. teneriffensis (Cockerell, 1930), Canary Islands, Gran Canaria (GC1).