Megachile (Eutricharaea) venusta SMITH, 1853

Megachile venusta GERSTAECKER (!): MAGRETTI 1906: 11 (Ghinda).

Megachile venusta SMITH, 1853: GUIGLIA 1932: 133 (tax., Ghinda (Dongollo).

* Megachile gratiosa GERSTAECKER, 1857: WALKER 1871: 47 (tax., Harkeko).

Megachile gratiosa GERSTAECKER, 1857: FRIESE 1899: 207 (tax., descr. ♂, Eritrea (not Egypt)).

Megachile gratiosa GERSTAECKER, 1857: INNES BEY 1911: 105 (without locality, cat. Lord Collection).

Megachile gratiosa GERSTAECKER, 1857: MAGRETTI 1906: 19 (Sabarguma).

Megachile gratiosa GERSTAECKER, 1857: FRIESE 1911: 218 (tax.), 222 (tax., descr. ♂, Eritrea (not Egypt)).

Megachile (Eutricharaea) gratiosa GERSTAECKER, 1858: PASTEELS 1965: 200 (key ♂), 204 (key ♀), 208 (tax., descr. ♀ ♂, widely distributed), 210 (figs 440-449).

Distribution: Harkeko, Sabarguma.

The record of Megachile venusta from Eritrea is not mentioned in COCKERELL (1937: 248) and EARDLEY & URBAN (2010: 335). The record of Megachile gratiosa from Eritrea is not mentioned in de DALLA TORRE (1896: 432), FRIESE (1909: 368; 1911: 222), COCKERELL (1937: 179) and EARDLEY & URBAN (2010: 298).