benigna Mitchell, new comb.

Megachile benigna Mitchell 1930: 214 . Female. Type locality: Chapada [dos Guimarães, Mato Grosso], Brazil. Type repository: ANSP 4138. Examined.

Moure (1944b: 120) Megachile rubricata var. beroni S chrottky 1902 placed in synonymy, but he now believes Schrottky's species to be distinct (Padre J.S. Moure, pers. comm.)

Megachile (Pseudocentron) benigna Mitchell 1943: 663 .