Palaeorhiza (Heterorhiza) eximia Hirashima & Lieftinck 1982
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
54. Prosopis eximius Smith, 1860
Fig. 53
Prosopis eximius Smith, 1860b: 131–132, ♀.
Type material examined
Holotype
INDONESIA • ♀; Bac. [Bachian]; [21 Oct. 1858 – 13 Apr. 1859]; OUMNH, ENT-HYME2811.
Other material examined
INDONESIA • 1 ♂; Gil. [Gilolo]; [either 1 Feb.–1 Mar. 1858 or 14 Sep.–1 Oct. 1858]; OUMNH (of no type status).
Type locality
Bachian [= Bacan].
Notes
Baker (1993: 211) wrote the following:
“A ♀ in the UMO type collection, labelled ‘Bac.’ [white disc], ‘ Prosopis eximius Smith’ (Smith) and ‘ eximius HOLOTYPE Det. M.A. Lieftinck 1955 ’ is, as recognized by Lieftinck, the holotype of this species. It is intact and in good condition, other than that the R fore-wing is torn from apex to base.
A ♂ in the same collection, labelled ‘Gil.’ [white disc], ‘ Prosopis eximius Smith’ [blue paper, Smith], and ‘This is a ♂! Designated as the ALLOTYPE. Det. M.A. Lieftinck 1955 ’, no doubt the basis of Smith’s 1862 record from Gilolo, has no type status and has been labelled accordingly”.
Hirashima & Lieftinck (1982: 11–13) did not mention that they revised the type of P. eximius, which is strange because the type is clearly marked with a holotype label placed by Lieftinck in 1955 (Fig. 53A). The male from Gilolo was also not mentioned, which is peculiar. Further study is required. Michener (1965: 146) incorrectly spelt the name as Palaeorhiza exima.
Current status
Palaeorhiza (Heterorhiza) eximia (Smith, 1860) (Hirashima & Lieftinck 1982).
Distribution
Indonesia (Maluku: Bacan,? North Maluku: Halmahera) (Smith 1860b, 1862; Hirashima & Lieftinck 1982; Ascher & Pickering 2024).
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- OUMNH
- Material sample ID
- ENT-HYME2811
- Event date
- 1858-02-01 , 1858-10-21
- Verbatim event date
- 1858-02-01/10-01 , 1858-10-21/1859-04-13
- Scientific name authorship
- Hirashima & Lieftinck
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Hymenoptera
- Family
- Colletidae
- Genus
- Palaeorhiza
- Species
- eximia
- Taxon rank
- species
- Type status
- holotype
- Taxonomic concept label
- Palaeorhiza (Heterorhiza) eximia Hirashima, 1982 sec. Wood, Risch, Orr & Hogan, 2025
References
- Smith F. 1860 b. Catalogue of the hymenopterous insects collected by Mr. A. R. Wallace in the Islands of Bachian, Kaissa, Amboyna, Gilolo, and at Dory in New Guinea. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 5: 93-143. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1860.tb01022.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.
- Lieftinck M. A. 1955. The Carpenter-bees (Xylocopa Latr.) of the Lesser Sunda Islands and Tanimbar (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). Verhandlungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Basel 66: 5-32.
- Smith F. 1862. Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects collected by Mr. A. R. Wallace in the Islands of Ceram, Celebes, Ternate, and Gilolo. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 6 (22): 49 - 66. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1862.tb00929.x Smith F. 1863. Catalogue of the hymenopterous insects collected by Mr. A. R. Wallace in the Islands of Mysol, Ceram, Waigiou, Bouro and Timor. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 7 (25): 6-48. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1863.tb02085.x
- Hirashima Y. & Lieftinck M. A. 1982. Systematic studies on the genus Palaeorhiza of New Guinea collected by the third Archbold expedition (I) (Hymenoptera, Colletidae). Esakia 19: 1-50. https://doi.org/10.5109/2422
- Michener C. D. 1965. A classification of the bees of the Australian and South Pacific regions. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 130: 1-362. Available from http://hdl.handle.net/2246/1124 [accessed 12 Oct. 2024].
- 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].