78. Nomia simillima Smith, 1863

Fig. 77

Nomia simillima Smith, 1863: 46, ♀.

Type material examined

Holotype

INDONESIA • ♀; Cer. [Ceram]; [either 31 Oct.–28. Dec. 1859 or 26 Feb.–17 Jun. 1860]; OUMNH, ENT-HYME2832.

Other material examined

INDONESIA • 29 ♂♂, 12 ♀♀; N Moluccas, S Batjan [Bacan]; 0 m a.s.l.; 1 Jun.–31 Jul. 1952; A.M.R. Wegner leg.; T.J. Wood det.; RMNH, RMNH.INS.1714068 to RMNH.INS.1714108 • 1 ♀; Araucaria Camp. [West Papua]; [- 3.5000° S, 139.1836° E]; 800 m a.s.l.; 2 Apr. 1939; L. Toxopeus leg.; [3 rd Archibold Expedition]; T.J. Wood det.; RMNH, RMNH.INS.1714066 • 1 ♀; S Moluccas, Ambon; 1 Jan.–31 Dec. 1962; A.M.R. Wegner leg.; T.J. Wood det.; RMNH, RMNH.INS.1714067 .

Type locality

Ceram [= Seram].

Notes

Baker (1993: 230) wrote the following:

“A ♀ labelled ‘Cer.’ [Ceram] and ‘ Nomia simillima Smith’ [Smith], standing over the drawer-label ‘ similata [sic] Sm.’ in the UMO type collection, is the HOLOTYPE of this species and it has now been labelled accordingly”.

Co-ordinates for the Araucaria Camp were taken with reference to Toxopeus (1940).

Current status

Mellitidia simillima (Smith, 1863) .

Distribution

Indonesia (Maluku: Seram, Bacan; West Papua) (Smith 1863; Michener 1965; Ascher & Pickering 2024).