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Black Amegilla bee from Canary Islands
Isidro
20th January 2008. Puerto del Carmen, Lanzarote, Canary Islands.
Habitat: open dry lands with volcanic stones, dominated by Launaea arborescens and Heliotropium europaeum. Size: the same than the continental Amegilla quadrifasciata, about 10 mm (variable in size). Common in the zone. Nests in small holes in the soil, between the plants and rocks.

aycu30.webshots.com/image/44109/2002827912514398397_rs.jpg
aycu02.webshots.com/image/44081/2002813749082325293_rs.jpg

What species can be?
Thanks.
Edited by Isidro on 15-02-2008 19:30
 
Christian Schmid-Egger
For me, its Bombus canariensis.

Regards, Christian
 
www.hymis.eu, www.bembix.de
Isidro
Bombus? But it was small as and Amegilla, and the shape is more likely Amegilla more than Bombus, and the behaviour and the wing sound are identical to Amegilla...

But well, if you are sure... i will put this name.
Thanks!
 
Christian Schmid-Egger
Sorry, I was wrong. From the last photo it is clearly an Anthophora or Amegilla (both genera are quite similar). I am not sure about the species. Anthophora alluaudi looks similar from color pattern, but I know only specimens from Gran Canaria and Tenerife, and in Fuerteventura occurs annother subspeces, and there is also Amegilla candens from Fu and La only, which I don't know.

Regards, Christian
 
www.hymis.eu, www.bembix.de
Isidro
Thanks Christian. It's a pity that the genus was doubty. But I thinks than Anthophora have the medium legs with very typical hairs, and this one is more probably Amegilla than Anthophora...
 
Christian Schmid-Egger
The special medium legs is a male character only, and I am not sure about the sex in the photo.
Amegilla normally are light species with marked tergal bands. But I am not so familar with mediterranean species of both genera (nobody is working seriously with the genus for the moment, as far as I know), so I will not speculate about it. As I wrote, Anthophora alluaudi in my collection looks very similar to your species and occurs commenly on Fuerteventura.

Regards, Christian
 
www.hymis.eu, www.bembix.de
cthirion
The broad and thin head makes me think of Anthophoridae too! I asked Rasmont, I wait!Smile
cthirion
 
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Isidro
Thanks, then I will put Anthophora alluaudi -with doubts-.
 
Adrien
the difference between Anthophora and Amegilla is that Anthophora get Arolium and Amegila do not.
Here, i do not see ?
i'm waiting for P. Rasmont answer
Edited by Adrien on 17-02-2008 17:47
 
cthirion
Rasmont says Anthophora alluaudi possible!
cthirion
 
http://www.cthirion.com/
Adrien
thanks Camille (and Pierre Wink)
 
Isidro
Thanks again
 
Isidro
I've found a very beautiful page about Canary Islands hymenoptera. There is an image of Anthophora alluaudi, I can't enlarge the images but I don't see it identical to my bee. It's possible that can be, better, Amegilla candens?

http://www.hymis.info/fotos/authors/authorpictures.php?userID=104
 
Christian Schmid-Egger
Best you say Anthophora spec. I don't know the species from there very well, exccept alluaud, what I have in my collection, and what is the most common Anthophora species on all Canary Islands. I am also not sure if the other specimen on hymis (which was also identified by me) and your specimens is the same (but I think so, probably they belong to different sexes). On the other hand is Pierre Rasmont one of the few people working Anthophora, and he confirmed it more or less. There are two other Anthophora species described from Lanzarote in 1983, but they are surely excluded.

Regards, Christian
 
www.hymis.eu, www.bembix.de
Isidro
Well, in that case, back to Anthophora alluaudi (probably). Thanks again!!
 
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