Anthophora insularis Smith, 1857

Wood, T. J., Risch, S., Orr, M. C. & Hogan, J. E., 2025, An illustrated type catalogue of the bee species collected by Alfred Russel Wallace and described by Frederick Smith from Southeast Asia (Hymenoptera: Apoidea), European Journal of Taxonomy 1028, pp. 1-144 : 33-34

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scientific name	Anthophora insularis Smith, 1857
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15. Anthophora insularis Smith, 1857 View in CoL

Fig. 18

Anthophora insularis Smith, 1857: 48–49 View in CoL , ♀.

Type material examined

Holotype

MALAYSIA • ♀; Sar. [ Sarawak]; [ 29 Oct. 1854 – 10 Feb. 1856]; OUMNH, ENT-HYME2776 .

Type locality

Borneo ( Sarawak).

Notes

Baker (1993: 197) wrote the following:

“A ♀ in the UMO type collection, labelled ‘SAR.’ [white disc] and ‘ Anthophora insularis Smith’ [Smith], is the HOLOTYPE of this species and it has now been labelled accordingly [specimen referred to by Lieftinck, 1956, as holotype, but not so labelled]. The type has lost the distal segments of tarsi L II and III and R III and the metasoma has been wetted; it is otherwise in good condition”.

Lieftinck (1956a: 12) did indeed refer to the specimen as the holotype, and we agree with Baker’s position. The specimen has now been labelled as the holotype.

Current status

Amegilla ( Glossamegilla) insularis ( Smith, 1857) ( Lieftinck 1956a; Brooks 1988; Carion et al. 2025).

Distribution

Malaysia (Peninsula, Borneo), Singapore, and Indonesia ( Sumatra, Bangka Belitung, Kalimantan, Anambas) ( Lieftinck 1956a; Ascher et al. 2022; Carion et al. 2025).