60. Megachile foliata Smith, 1860

Fig. 58

Megachile foliata Smith, 1860b: 134, ♀.

Type material examined

Holotype

INDONESIA • ♀; Bac. [Bachian]; [21 Oct. 1858 – 13 Apr. 1859]; OUMNH, ENT-HYME2816.

Type locality

Bachian [= Bacan].

Notes

Baker (1993: 215) wrote the following:

“A ♀ in the UMO type collection, labelled ‘Bac.’ [white disc: Batian, Oct 1858 - Apr 1859 (Wallace)] and ‘ Megachile foliata Smith. ’ [Smith] is the HOLOTYPE of this species and it has now been labelled acordingly. Two other ♀♀, from Gilolo and Mysol, taken by Smith to be ♀♀ of alecto and so labelled by him (vide supra, 5.13-6), cannot be regarded as syntypes of foliata ”.

Current status

Megachile (Amegachile) foliata Smith, 1860 (Ascher & Pickering 2024).

Distribution

Indonesia (Maluku: Ambon, Buru, Kai; North Maluku: Bacan, Southwest Papua: Misool), Papua New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago, and the Solomon Islands (Lieftinck 1958, as M. placida ssp. puncticollis Friese, 1903; Ascher & Pickering 2024; current study). This includes Megachile placida Smith, 1862 as a junior synonym, see Section 67.