Nomia opulenta Smith, 1865

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 : 129-130

84. Nomia opulenta Smith, 1865

Fig. 83

Nomia opulenta Smith, 1865: 91–92 , ♂.

Type material examined

Lectotype

INDONESIA • ♂; M. [Morty]; [probably between 1 Oct. 1860 – 31 Jan. 1861]; OUMNH, ENT-HYME 2838-01 ( lectotype indicated by Baker 1993, de facto lectotype designated by Pauly 2009).

Paralectotype

INDONESIA • 1 ♂; Morty Isl. ; [probably between 1 Oct. 1860 – 31 Jan. 1861]; OUMNH, ENT-HYME2838-02 .

Type locality

Morty Island [= Morotai].

Notes

Baker (1993: 235) wrote the following:

“ Two ♂♂ in the UMO type collection, one labelled ‘Morty Isl.’, the other ‘M’ [Morty: Moluccas, Morotai] and ‘ Nomia opulenta Smith’, are conspecific and apparently not specifically distinct from fulvata . The smaller ♂, that bearing Smith’s determination label, is now designated as LECTOTYPE, the larger as paralectotype. A ♀ from Smith’s collection in NHM (Morty Isl., labelled by Smith as opulenta ), found misplaced under quadridentata Smith (a species of Hoplonomia ), is conspecific, and probably formed part of Allen’s original series, but is not a syntype ”.

Pauly (2009: 159) noted Baker’s lectotype, and therefore acted as the first publisher of this designation. Wallace never visited Morotai ( Wallace 1869), and this material was collected by his assistant Charles Allen. Baker (1993: 174–175) estimated that this would have occurred after Allen’s return to Ternate (October/ November 1860) and departure to Sorong (? Jan 1861).

Current status

Curvinomia fulvata ( Fabricius, 1804) ( Pauly 2009) .

Distribution

Indonesia ( Sulawesi, North Maluku) ( Michener 1965; Pauly 2009).