34. Megachile terminalis Smith, 1858

Fig. 35

Megachile terminalis Smith, 1858a: 7, ♀.

Type material examined

Holotype

INDONESIA • ♀; Mak [ Makassar, Sulawesi]; [2 Sep.–18 Dec. 1856]; OUMNH, ENT-HYME2793.

Type locality

Celebes [= Sulawesi].

Notes

Baker (1993: 201) wrote the following:

“A ♀ in the UMO type collection, labelled ‘Mak’ [white disc] and ‘ Megachile terminalis Smith’ [white rectangular label] is the HOLOTYPE of this species and it has now been labelled accordingly. The type is intact but for the loss of the apical segments of R tarsus I”.

The specimen was not labelled as holotype; this has now been rectified. Baker also synonymised Megachile albocaudata Friese, 1903 with M. terminalis, this being accepted onto the global bee checklist (Ascher & Pickering 2024). The former species was described from Kalidupa-Buton [= Kaledupa Island] which is just to the south-east of Sulawesi. We have examined the type of M. albocaudata, and agree with this synonymy, and we formally synonymise M. albocaudata under M. terminalis syn. nov.

Current status

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

Distribution

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