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''Amegilla bombiformis'', commonly known as the teddy bear bee or golden haired mortar bee, is an Australian native bee in the family Apidae. It was originally described by F. Smith in 1854 as ''Saropoda bombiformis'' from a collection near the Richmond River in New South Wales,〔(Species Amegilla (Asaropoda) bombiformis (Smith, 1854) )〕 before being reclassified in the genus ''Amegilla'' in 1988.〔Brooks, R.W. 1988. Systematics and phylogeny of the anthophorine bees (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae; Anthophorini). University of Kansas Science Bulletin 53: 436–575〕 Its specific epithet ''bombiformis'' is Latin for "form of a bumblebee". ''Amegilla bombiformis'' is a stocky bee which resembles a bumblebee in shape, and is covered in orange-brown fur. The abdomen has several dark hairless bands, seven in the case of males, six for females. It is similar in size to a European honeybee. Teddy bear bees have been recorded visiting ''Abelia'', ''Buddleja'', and blue flax lily (''Dianella caerulea'') flowers in the garden; males rest overnight attached to plant stems. They are found in eastern Australia, from Queensland through New South Wales and into Victoria,〔 and as well as New Guinea and the Aru Islands to the north.〔(Catalogue of hymenopterous insects collected by Mr. A. R. Wallace at the Islands of Aru and Key ''(fulltext)'' )〕 The nest consists of several urn-shaped cells at the end of a 10 cm (4 in) long burrow, located in soil or earth, such as a creek bank in natural areas, or rubble in gardens, with some overhanging shelter. The cells themselves are 2 cm (0.8 in) long and lined with a waterproof material. The teddy bear bee adds an egg to each with a food supply of pollen and nectar paste.〔 Nesting individuals of species are stalked by the domino cuckoo bee (''Thyreus lugubris''), which hovers silently and observes before entering unattended burrows and laying its own egg, the grub of which consumes the supplies meant for the teddy bear bee larvae. ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Amegilla bombiformis」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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