Megachile natansiella Cockerell.

Eardley, Connal, 2012, A taxonomic revision of the southern African species of the subgenus Creightonella Cockerell (Apoidea: Megachilidae: Megachile Latreille), Zootaxa 3159, pp. 1-35 : 32

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.246125
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6175178
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scientific name	Megachile natansiella Cockerell.
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Megachile natansiella Cockerell. View in CoL

Megachile natensiella View in CoL [!] Cockerell, 1944: 247, male holotype (type depository unknown) Botswana. Megachile natensialla [!] Cockerell: Cockerell 1945: 814.

Megachile natansiella Cockerell View in CoL : Pasteels 1965: 557.

Discussion. Cockerell (1944) described this species fron Nata River in Botswana. The holotype was deposited in the Ditsong Museum, but it could not be located there. It cannot be identified from the original description and until the holotype is found its identity will remain unclear.