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Asaropoda

taxon, (Cockerell, 1926), subgenus of amegilla

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 3, 2025
Entity authorityQ110901505 ↗
Source-derived summary

Asaropoda is a subgenus of the bee genus Amegilla. It comprises 21 species, and is endemic to Australia and Papua New Guinea. The species within this subgenus range in body length from 12–24 mm (0.47–0.94 in).

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The public source identifies “Asaropoda” as taxon, (Cockerell, 1926), subgenus of amegilla. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Asaropoda, taxon and Cockerell.

Editorial reviewA practical starting point whose main value is the path it opens into stronger specialist and primary sources. The current 36-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Asaropoda, taxon and Cockerell providing the first useful test.
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Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 3, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q110901505. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference.

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This entry incorporates text from “Asaropoda” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.