Coelioxys intrudens Smith, 1860

55. Coelioxys intrudens Smith, 1860 View in CoL

Fig. 54

Coelioxys intrudens Smith, 1860b: 132–133 View in CoL , ♀.

Type material examined

Holotype

INDONESIA • ♀; Bac. [Bachian]; [ 21 Oct. 1858 – 13 Apr. 1859]; OUMNH, ENT-HYME2812 .

Type locality

Bachian [= Bacan].

Notes

Baker (1993: 211–212) wrote the following:

“ Two ♀ Coelioxys standing over the drawer-label ‘ intrudens Smith’ [no further indication] are labelled:-

a) ‘Bac.’ [white disc] and ‘ Coelioxys intrudens [rule] Smith.’

b) ‘Bouru’ [white disc] and ‘ Lecto- [amended from ‘ Para- ’] typus’ [anonymous red, printed, modern label].

Specimen (a) is the HOLOTYPE of C. intrudens Smith, 1860: 132 , and it has now been labelled accordingly. It is intact but for the loss of some tarsal segments, but is in poor condition.

The labelling of specimen (b) as ‘lectotype’ is absurd. Wallace did not reach Bouru until May 1861 and material from his collections on that island did not reach the B.M, until the end of 1862. This specimen, which has now been labelled as of NO TYPE STATUS, is conspecific with (a) and is no doubt that on which Smith’s 1863 record was based.

Coelioxys smithii is a widely distributed species, occurring from Sumatra eastwards to New Guinea. It is a known parasite of Creightonella frontalis (F.), and from collection data it appears probable that other species of the smithii group ( ♀ clypeus produced and longitudinally carinate) are also parasites of Creightonella ”.

Coelioxys intrudens Smith, 1860b is a junior primary homonym of C. intrudens Smith, 1860a . Dalla Torre (1896: 493) noticed this, and provided a replacement name. It is unfortunate that the type material of C. intrudens Smith, 1860 is apparently lost, but this (presumably) unintentional homonymy cannot be changed. It is clear that Smith was referring to different specimens, as he gives the length of C. intrudens Smith, 1860a as 4 ½ lines (= 9.5 mm) and the length of C. intrudens Smith, 1860b as 7 ½ lines (= 15.8 mm).

Current status

Coelioxys smithii Dalla Torre, 1896 .

Distribution

India ( Meghalaya), Taiwan, Malaysia (Peninsula, Borneo), Indonesia ( Sumatra, Sulawesi, Bacan, Buru), Papua New Guinea ( Smith 1860b, 1863; Ascher & Pickering 2024).