Megachile insularis Smith, 1859

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 : 73

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2025.1028.3129
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:06182A07-5DB6-4916-86AF-673865690CE2
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/251C1E7D-FFC8-161E-FDFE-16FEFC7A53E1
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Megachile insularis Smith, 1859
status

Treatment

45. Megachile insularis Smith, 1859 View in CoL

Fig. 46

Megachile insularis Smith, 1859: 134 View in CoL , ♀.

Type material examined

Holotype

INDONESIA • ♀; Aru ; [ 8 Jan.–2 Jul. 1857]; OUMNH, ENT-HYME2804 .

Type locality

Aru.

Notes

Baker (1993: 207) wrote the following:

“A ♀ in the UMO type collection, labelled ‘Aru’ [white disc] and ‘ Megachile insularis Smith’ [blue paper, Smith], is the HOLOTYPE of this species and it has now been labelled accordingly. [Aru, most probably at Wanumbai (central Kobroör), March-May 1857 (Wallace).]”.

Current status

Megachile ( Aethomegachile) insularis Smith, 1859 ( Ascher & Pickering 2024).

Distribution

Indonesia ( Maluku: Aru) ( Smith 1859; Ascher & Pickering 2024).