Nomia bidentata Smith, 1863

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 : 116-118

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scientific name	Nomia bidentata Smith, 1863
status

Treatment

75. Nomia bidentata Smith, 1863

Fig. 74

Nomia bidentata Smith, 1863: 45 View in CoL , ♂.

Type material examined

Holotype

INDONESIA • ♂; M. [Mysol]; [probably 24 Feb.–1 Jul. 1860]; OUMNH, ENT-HYME2829 .

Type locality

Mysol [= Misool].

Notes

Baker (1993: 230) wrote the following:

“ A ♂ in the UMO type collection, labelled ‘M.’ [Mysol; white disc] and ‘ Nomia bidentata Smith’ [Smith], is the HOLOTYPE of this species and it has now been labelled accordingly. It is intact, but for the loss of distitarsus R III, and in fair condition, but the R wings are torn and the mesosoma is split by the pinning.

It should be noted that Michener’s key (1965: 152) to the Australasian subgenera of Nomia is incorrect, at least in so far as this species is concerned: bidentata ♂ is not largely testaceous, and the ocellocular distance is considerably greater than the ocellar diameter”.

Michener (2007: 343) notes that the 11 taxa placed in this genus (see also Michener 1965) are likely to represent a smaller number of species, perhaps 2–3, a comment echoed by Pauly (2009). Pauly (2024a) goes even further and notes that all taxa may simply be colour variations of one single species. Revisionary study is required (see also Bossert & Tierney 2025). For collecting date, see discussion in Section 72.

Current status

Reepenia bidentata (Smith, 1863) .

Distribution

Indonesia (South Papua: Misool) (Smith 1863; Michener 1965; Ascher & Pickering 2024).