Megachile (Callomegachile) lateritia Smith 1859
Authors/Creators
- 1. Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Darwinweg 2, 2333 CR, Leiden, the Netherlands.
- 2. Imbacher Weg 59, Leverkusen, 51379, Germany.
- 3. Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart, Rosenstein 1, 70191, Stuttgart, Germany.
- 4. Life Collections, Oxford University Museum of Natural History, Oxford, OX 1 3 PW, UK.
Description
43. Megachile lateritia Smith, 1859
Fig. 44
Megachile lateritia Smith, 1859: 134, ♀.
Type material examined
Holotype
INDONESIA • ♀; Aru; [8 Jan.–2 Jul. 1857]; OUMNH, ENT-HYME2802.
Type locality
Aru.
Notes
Baker (1993: 206) wrote the following:
“A ♀ labelled ‘Aru’ [white disc, Wallace] and ‘ Megachile lateritia Smith’, from W.W. Saunders’ collection, standing as lateritia in the UMO type collection, is the HOLOTYPE of this species and it has now been labelled accordingly. A second ♀, labelled ‘Aru Islands’ and ‘ lateritius [sic] Sm.’. in NHM, is not regarded as a syntype since its labelling departs materially from that customary for Wallace/Saunders specimens. It has been labelled as of no type status”.
Current status
Megachile (Callomegachile) lateritia Smith, 1859 (Ascher & Pickering 2024).
Distribution
Indonesia (Maluku: Aru) (Smith 1859; Ascher & Pickering 2024).
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- OUMNH
- Material sample ID
- ENT-HYME2802
- Event date
- 1857-01-08
- Verbatim event date
- 1857-01-08/07-02
- Scientific name authorship
- Smith
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Hymenoptera
- Family
- Megachilidae
- Genus
- Megachile
- Species
- lateritia
- Taxon rank
- species
- Type status
- holotype
- Taxonomic concept label
- Megachile (Callomegachile) lateritia Smith, 1859 sec. Wood, Risch, Orr & Hogan, 2025
References
- Smith F. 1859. Catalogue of the hymenopterous insects collected by Mr. A. R. Wallace at the islands of Aru & Key. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 3 (11): 132-158. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1859.tb00077.x
- Baker D. B. 1993. The Type Material of the Nominal Species of Exotic Bees Described by Frederick Smith (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). PhD thesis, Oxford University, St John's College.
- Ascher J. S. & J. Pickering. 2024. Discover Life Bee Species Guide and World Checklist (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Anthophila). Available from https://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?guide=Apoidea_species&flags=HAS [accessed 12 Oct. 2024].