Mellitidia metallica

Abstract

77. Nomia metallica Smith, 1863 Fig. 76 Nomia metallica Smith, 1863: 45–46, ♀. Type material examined Holotype INDONESIA • ♀; Wag. [Waigiou]; [4 Jul.–29 Sep. 1860]; OUMNH, ENT-HYME2831. Type locality Waigiou [= Waigeo]. Notes Baker (1993: 230) wrote the following: “A ♀ in the UMO type collection, labelled ‘Wag’ [Waigiou] and ‘ Nomia metallica Smith’ [Smith], is the HOLOTYPE of this species and it has now been labelled accordingly”. The type was not revised by Hirashima (1967) or Pauly (2009), but Pauly (2024b) presents photographs of the OUMNH type material and treats Mellitidia aeraria (Hirashima, 1967) that was described from Papua New Guinea as a junior synonym. This synonymy must be considered as provisional until formal publication. Current status Mellitidia metallica (Smith, 1863). Distribution Indonesia (Southwest Papua: Waigeo) (Smith 1863; Michener 1965; Ascher & Pickering 2024) and Papua New Guinea if including M. aeraria as a junior synonym (Pauly 2024b).

Authors 4

1. Thomas James Wood Aachen Naturalis Biodiversity Center

   Naturalis Biodiversity Center

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   Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Darwinweg 2, 2333 CR, Leiden, the Netherlands

2. Stephan Risch
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   Imbacher Weg 59, Leverkusen, 51379, Germany

3. Michael C. Orr

   Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart

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   Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart, Rosenstein 1, 70191, Stuttgart, Germany

4. J. E. Hogan

   University of Oxford

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   Life Collections, Oxford University Museum of Natural History, Oxford, OX 1 3 PW, UK