Lithurgus scabrosus ( 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 : 72-73

44. Megachile scabrosa Smith, 1859

Fig. 45

Megachile scabrosa Smith, 1859: 134 , ♀.

Type material examined

Holotype

INDONESIA • ♀; Aru ; [ 8 Jan.–2 Jul. 1857]; OUMNH, ENT-HYME2803 .

Type locality

Aru.

Notes

Baker (1993: 206) wrote the following:

“A ♀ in the UMO type collection, labelled ‘Aru’ [white disc] and ‘ Megachile scabrosus . Smith’ [blue paper, Smith], is the HOLOTYPE of this species and it has now been labelled accordingly. The type has apparently been extensively broken, and excess of glue obscures much of the ventral surface of the mesosoma; the right antenna is glued to the pin; and tarsi L II and R II alone are intact. A second ♀ in the same collection, labelled ‘B’ (Bouru] and ‘ Megachile scabrosus . [rule] Smith.’ [both on blue paper], no doubt the basis of Smith’s record from Bouru, has no type status and has been labelled accordingly”.

Current status

Lithurgus scabrosus ( Smith, 1859) ( Michener 2007; Ascher & Pickering 2024).

Distribution

Bangladesh through Southeast Asia to Polynesia ( Ascher & Pickering 2024) ; present also on Hawaii, but unclear how or when it was introduced ( Snelling 2003).