Megachile lateritia 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 : 71-72

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2025.1028.3129
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scientific name	Megachile lateritia Smith, 1859
status

Treatment

43. Megachile lateritia Smith, 1859 View in CoL

Fig. 44

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

Type material examined

Holotype

INDONESIA • ♀; Aru ; [ 8 Jan.–2 Jul. 1857]; OUMNH, ENT-HYME2802 .

Type locality

Aru.

Notes

Baker (1993: 206) wrote the following:

“A ♀ labelled ‘Aru’ [white disc, Wallace] and ‘ Megachile lateritia Smith’, from W.W. Saunders’ collection, standing as lateritia in the UMO type collection, is the HOLOTYPE of this species and it has now been labelled accordingly. A second ♀, labelled ‘Aru Islands’ and ‘ lateritius [sic] Sm.’. in NHM, is not regarded as a syntype since its labelling departs materially from that customary for Wallace/Saunders specimens. It has been labelled as of no type status”.

Current status

Megachile ( Callomegachile) lateritia Smith, 1859 ( Ascher & Pickering 2024).

Distribution

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