Megachile (Pseudomegachile) aduaensis FRIESE, 1909

Megachile (Chalicodoma) aduaënsis (!) n.sp.: FRIESE 1909: 109 (tax., biogeogr.), 327 (cat. Africa), 332 (key ♂), 377 (descr. ♂, Eritrea without locality), 467 (cat. Africa).

Megachile aduaënsis (!) FRIESE, 1909: STRAND 1912: 128 (distr., Eritrea without locality).

Megachile aduaënsis (!) FRIESE, 1909: FRIESE 1915: 109 (tax.), 275 (Eritrea without locality).

Chalicodoma aduaënsis (!) FRIESE, 1909: ALFKEN 1932: 54 (Bischoff compared specimen from Ethiopia with type, Eritrea without locality).

Megachile aduaënsis (!) FRIESE, 1909: COCKERELL 1937: 137 (tax., Eritrea without locality).

Chalicodoma (Pseudomegachile) aduaensis (FRIESE, 1909): PASTEELS 1965: 382 (key ♂), 406 (tax., probably synonym of Ch. cyanipennis GUERIN- MÉNEVILLE, 1845).

Megachile (Pseudomegachile) aduaensis FRIESE, 1909: RASMUSSEN & ASCHER 2008: 19 (cat. taxa described by Friese).

Megachile aduaensis Friese, 1909: EARDLEY & URBAN 2010: 270 (cat. Afr. reg.).

Distribution: no exact locality.

Megachile aduaensis is known from Eritrea and Ethiopia. According to the given name the type locality is probably Adua in Ethiopia, which is situated near the Eritrean border. PASTEELS (1965: 417) described Chalicodoma vachali from Adua (Ethiopia, not Eritrea), which could be the male. There are no further records of Megachile aduaensis from Eritrea.