Megachile incisa Smith, 1858

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 : 54-55

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-FFB5-1660-FDEF-16A7FC1A516B
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Megachile incisa Smith, 1858
status

Treatment

32. Megachile incisa Smith, 1858 View in CoL

Fig. 33

Megachile incisa Smith, 1858a: 6 View in CoL , ♂.

Type material examined

Holotype

INDONESIA • ♂; Mak. [ Makassar , Sulawesi]; [ 2 Sep.–18 Dec. 1856]; OUMNH, ENT-HYME2791 .

Type locality

Celebes [= Sulawesi].

Notes

Baker (1993: 201) wrote the following:

“A ♂ in the UMO type collection, labelled ‘Mak.’ [white disc] and ‘ Megachile incisa . ♂. Smith’ [white rectangular label] is the HOLOTYPE of this species. The type is intact and in fair condition”.

We agree with Baker’s assessment.

Current status

Megachile ( Callomegachile) incisa Smith, 1858 ( Ascher & Pickering 2024).

Distribution

Indonesia ( Sulawesi) ( Smith 1858a; Ascher & Pickering 2024).