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Issue: Vol. 5723 No. 3: 26 Nov. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-11-26
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5723.3.1
Page range: 301-334
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Morphometric and molecular analyses support the species status of Amegilla teneriffensis (Cockerell, 1930) and A. maderae (Sichel, 1868) (Anthophila: Apidae: Anthophorinae)

Department of Biology/Chemistry; Ecology Section; University of Osnabrück; Barbarastr. 13; 49069 Osnabrück; Germany
General Zoology; Institute for Biology; Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg; Hoher Weg 8; 06120 Halle (Saale); Germany
Entomology Lab; Laboratório de Qualidade Agrícola—LQA; Secretaria Regional de Agricultura e Pescas; Caminho Municipal dos Caboucos; 61; 9135-372 Camacha; Madeira; Portugal
Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Karlsruhe; Erbprinzenstraße 13; 76133 Karlsruhe; Germany
Hymenoptera taxonomy biogeography island endemism body size hair colour variation

Abstract

Amegilla quadrifasciata (Villers, l789) has been recorded as a widespread bee species across the Mediterranean basin, including the Madeira Archipelago and the Canary Islands. Until now, these island populations have been differentiated from mainland populations as two subspecies: Amegilla quadrifasciata maderae (Sichel, 1868) and A. quadrifasciata teneriffensis (Cockerell, 1930), respectively. We now show, using DNA sequences and multivariate morphometric and morphological analyses, that these former subspecies most likely represent two distinct species: A. maderae (Sichel, 1868) status resurrected and Amegilla teneriffensis (Cockerell, 1930) stat. nov., upgraded to species rank and sister species to A. quadrifasciata. Mainland populations of A. quadrifasciata across its range are genetically and morphometrically largely homogeneous and differentiated from A. maderae and A. teneriffensis. In comparison to A. quadrifasciata, A. maderae and A. teneriffensis have larger body size in females, but not in males, whilst A. maderae females exhibit dark polymorphic hair colour forms.

 

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Kratochwil, A., Paxton, R.J., Aguiar, A.F. & Husemann, M. (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), 301–334. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5723.3.1