Apis nigrocincta Smith 1860

Abstract

53. Apis nigrocincta Smith, 1860 Fig. 52 Apis nigrocincta Smith, 1860a: 93, ♀. Type material examined Holotype INDONESIA • ♀; Mak. [Makassar, Sulawesi]; [11 Jul.–19 Nov. 1857]; OUMNH, ENT-HYME2810. Type locality Makassar [south-west Sulawesi]. Notes The specimen is labelled “Mak. 18”. Examination of Wallace’s 3 rd notebook (Beccaloni 2025) reveals the following information: “At muddy places nearly dry. abundant about sap of Palms. Apis nigrocincta. Sm. ”. Baker (1993: 201) wrote the following: “ Two ♀♀ standing as nigrocincta in the UMO type collection are labelled: a) ‘Mak. 18.’ [blue disc] and ‘ Apis nigrocincta Smith’ [blue paper]. b) ‘N. [MS addition] China. [print]’. Specimen (a) is clearly the HOLOTYPE of nigrocincta and it has now been labelled accordingly: specimen (b) has been labelled as of no type status. The type is intact but has been wetted”. Baker then wrote about the synonymy of A. nigrocincta with Apis cerana Fabricius, 1793, but this has been made redundant by subsequent works (Hadisoesilo & Otis 1996; Damus & Otis 1997). The specimen indicated by Baker was not labelled as the holotype; this has now been rectified. The year of publication is incorrectly given as 1861 in some publications (e.g., Hadisoesilo & Otis 1996). Current status Apis nigrocincta Smith, 1860 (Hadisoesilo & Otis 1996; Damus & Otis 1997). Distribution Indonesia (Sulawesi, Sangihe) and Philippines (Mindanao) (Hadisoesilo & Otis 1996; Damus & Otis 1997; Ascher & Pickering 2024).

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