this pollinator was watched on August in Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Yunnan,China. And it was visiting Bauhinia yunnanensis as a really efficient polinator. It is quite important for my research. I will be very appreciate if anybody could help me to identify it. thank you~~
Hi Wang,
It might be a species of blue-banded bee, Amegilla spp., A picture of wing venation would be very helpful for a more definitive determination. Good luck,
Blair
Hi Wang,
I agree with Amegilla sp.
For Chinese bees it might be worth contacting the lab of Chao Dong Zhu (CAS Institute of Zoology, Beijing). His group has done a bit of work near Xishuangbanna, so they might be able to help with the ID in case you have a few pinned specimens.
Best,
Michael
Yeah, thank you very much, professor Blair Sampson, Michael Staab and Jilian Li.
I knew it belongs to genus Amegilla. Maybe I need to upload more details.
thank you.
Cui Qinglan who is researching flower visitors for her Masters degree at XTBG may be able to identify it. John Ascher, a bee expert from from AMNH and NUS, just visited and identified part of her collection. Her email address is: [email protected]
In my opinion the above mentioned bee belongs to Amegilla sp. Dr Hema Somanathan,IISER,trivandrum is one of the bee expert in India,her email address is [email protected]
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