Amegilla calens

{{Short description|Species of bee}}

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| genus = Amegilla

| species = calens

| authority = (Le Peletier, 1841)

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Amegilla calens is a species of bees in the genus Amegilla. They were first described by Lepeletier in 1841.{{Cite book |last=Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau |first=Amédée Louis Michel |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/9005 |title=Histoire naturelle des insectes. Hyménoptères |date=1836 |publisher=Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret |location=Paris |doi=10.5962/bhl.title.9005 |access-date=2022-10-10 |archive-date=2022-10-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221010222720/https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/9005 |url-status=live }}

They are found in several countries in Africa, mainly in the south but as far north as Nigeria.{{cite web |title=Amegilla calens - WaspWeb |url=http://www.waspweb.org/apoidea/apidae/Apinae/Anthophorini/Amegilla/Amegilla_calens.htm |website=www.waspweb.org |access-date=29 October 2022}}

This are solitary species and they construct their nests in dry, clay rich grounds.{{Cite book |last=Denis Michez |first=Pierre Rasmont, Michaël Terzo [et autres] |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1140375362 |title=Abeilles d'Europe |date=2019 |publisher=NAP éditions |isbn=978-2-913688-33-9 |volume=1 |location=Verrières-le-Buisson |oclc=1140375362}}