Apis dorsata Fabricius 1793

Abstract

17. Apis testacea Smith, 1857 Fig. 20 Apis testacea Smith, 1857: 49–50, ♀. Type material examined Lectotype MALAYSIA • ♀; Sar [Sarawak]; [29 Oct. 1854 – 10 Feb. 1856]; OUMNH, ENT-HYME2778-01. Paralectotype MALAYSIA • 1 ♀; Sar [Sarawak]; [29 Oct. 1854 – 10 Feb. 1856]; OUMNH, ENT-HYME2778-02. Type locality Borneo [not specified, but de facto Sarawak]. Notes This species was not dealt with by Baker (1993). There are two identical females in the OUMNH collection, both of which are labelled as coming from Sarawak. One of them is selected as the lectotype, by present designation. Maa (1953: 566) gave A. testacea as a synonym of A. dorsata Fabricius, 1793 using the incorrect publication year of 1858. Current status Apis dorsata Fabricius, 1793 (Maa 1953). Distribution Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, China, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia (Peninsula, Borneo), Indonesia (Sumatra, Java, Kalimantan) (Ascher & Pickering 2024). This distribution is slightly unclear due to the inconsistent recognition of Apis laboriosa Smith, 1871 and Apis binghami Cockerell, 1906 (see text under Section 28. Apis zonata) as valid species in the literature (Kitnya et al. 2020, 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