Megachile architecta 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 : 19-20

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2025.1028.3129
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:06182A07-5DB6-4916-86AF-673865690CE2
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scientific name	Megachile architecta Smith, 1857
status

Treatment

10 Megachile architecta Smith, 1857 View in CoL

Fig. 9

Megachile architecta Smith, 1857: 46 View in CoL , ♀.

Type material examined

Holotype

MALAYSIA • ♀; Sar. [ Sarawak]; [ 29 Oct. 1854 – 10 Feb. 1856]; OUMNH, ENT-HYME2771 .

Type locality

Borneo ( Sarawak).

Notes

Baker (1993: 195) wrote the following:

“A ♀ in the UMO type collection, labelled ‘SAR.’ [white disc] and ‘ Megachile architectus [sic] Smith.’ [blue paper, Smith] is the HOLOTYPE of this species and it has now been labelled accordingly. Modern material from SABAH [Jesselton, 25 iii 1967 (C.G. Roche)] agrees well with the type. The species occurs also in peninsular Malaya [ Perak, Larut Hills, 4000-4500 ft, ii 1905 (R. Shelford)]”.

Current status

Megachile ( Aethomegachile) architecta Smith, 1857 . Ascher & Pickering (2024) list this species within the subgenus Amegachile Friese, 1909 , but we believe that it is better placed within the subgenus Aethomegachile Engel & Baker, 2006 due to the structure of the mandibles.

Distribution

Malaysia (Borneo) ( Ascher & Pickering 2024), possibly also Peninsula Malaya based on Baker’s comments. A revision of material is required.