Amegilla deceptrix (PRIESNER) M.S, 2007

M. S, 2007, A new species of Amegilla from northeastern Egypt (Hymenoptera: Apidae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 39 (2), pp. 821-828 : 824

Amegilla deceptrix (PRIESNER) nov.comb.

Anthophora deceptrix PRIESNER 1957: 105 . BROOKS 1988: 492 [in Heliophila ].

N e w r e c o r d s, Egypt, 15 km S of Safaga, 27.iv.1985 [27 April 1985], C.G. Roche., Egypt, Sinai: Hammam-al-Feraoun, 12.iv.1986 [12 April 1986], C.G. Roche. Deposited in the Snow Entomological Collection, Division of Entomology, University of Kansas Natural History Museum.

C o m m e n t s: Close examination of specimens of Priesner’s species demonstrates that it belongs to Amegilla rather than Anthophora (Heliophila) . Amegilla deceptrix , aptly named given the challenging history of its identification, is very similar to the new species described above but can be distinguished most readily by the characters given in the Diagnosis of A. argophenax (vide supra).