rufipennis (Fabricius), new comb .

Apis rufipennis Fabricius 1793: 335 . Female. Type locality: [St.Croix, West Indies].

Anthophora rufipennis Fabricius 1804: 373 .

Trachusa rufipennis Jurine 1807: 251 .

Megachile rufipennis Latreille 1809 .

Megachile atriceps Cresson 1865: 176 . Female. Type locality: Cuba. Synonymy of Moure 1960: 109.

Megachile nigriceps Friese 1903: Africa. Synonymy of Pasteels 1965.

Megachile atriceps phenacosoma Cockerell 1937a: 146 . Type locality: Mlanje, Nyasaland. Synonymy of Pasteels 1965: 476.

Megachile atriceps rukuruensis Cockerell 1937a: 146 . Type locality: Valley of N. Rukuru, Karonga District, Nyasaland. Synonymy of Pasteels 1965: 476.

Megachile (Archimegachile) atriceps Mitchell 1943: 671 .

Chalicodoma (Callomegachile) rufipennis Pasteels 1965: 476 ­478.