Anthophora vigilans Smith, 1860

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 : 81-82

52. Anthophora vigilans Smith, 1860

Fig. 51

Anthophora vigilans Smith, 1860a: 92–93 , ♀.

Type material examined

Holotype

INDONESIA • ♀; Mak. [ Makassar , Sulawesi]; [ 11 Jul.–19 Nov. 1857]; OUMNH, ENT-HYME2809 .

Type locality

Makassar [south-west Sulawesi].

Notes

Baker (1993: 210) wrote the following:

“ A ♀ in the UMO type collection, labelled ‘Mak.’ [blue disc] and ‘ Anthophora vigilans [rule] Smith.’ [blue paper] is the HOLOTYPE of this species and it has now been labelled accordingly. The type (see pl. VIII) is intact and in good condition.

A second ♀ in the same collection is labelled ‘M...’ [white disc] and ‘ Anthophora vigilans . Sm.’ [blue paper, Smith]. The data label is not readily legible but most probably ‘Men’, accounting for Smith’s 1862 record from Menado. It is not, therefore, regarded as a syntype. It is in fair condition and intact but for the loss of distitarsus L III, and is conspecific with the Makassar ♀ but not identical”.

We could not find the second specimen from Manado mentioned by Baker, with only one specimen (the labelled holotype) present in the type collection. Amegilla vigilans was not included in the revision of Lieftinck (1956a), and has now been treated in detail in an updated revision of Indonesian Amegilla ( Glossamegilla) ( Carion et al. 2025) . This species was mis-interpreted as close to Amegilla zonata (Linnaeus, 1758) by Sichel in Dours (1869) and by Cockerell (1907, 1929), leading to erroneous records from Ambon and Papua New Guinea.

Current status

Amegilla ( Glossamegilla) vigilans Smith, 1860 ( Brooks 1988).

Distribution

Indonesia ( Sulawesi) ( Smith 1860a, 1862; Carion et al. 2025).