Anthophorini (Kirby, 1837)

Eardley, Connal & Urban, Rosalind, 2010, Catalogue of Afrotropical bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Apiformes) 2455, Zootaxa 2455, pp. 1-548 : 434-448

Anthophorini :

Amegilla Friese

Podalirius (Amegilla) Friese, 1897a: 18 . Type species: Apis quadrifasciata de Villiers , designated by Cockerell, 1931i: 277; Brooks 1988a: 31.

Amegilla Friese : Popov 1950a: 257–261; Brooks 1988a: 32; Brooks 1988b: 496–515; Eardley 1994: 32–37; Gess and Gess 1995: 57; Johnson 1996: 93; Johnson 1997a: 229; Pauly 1998: 14; Michener 2000: 17, 69, 105, 720, 721– 722, 726, 728, 747–748; Brooks and Pauly In: Pauly 2001: 237; Martins 2004: 109; Manning and Goldblatt 2005: 463, 469, 470, 471, 472.

Amegilla (Amegilla) Friese : Brooks, 1988b: 504–505; Eardley 1994: 32–37.

Alfkenella Börner, 1919: 168 . Type species: Apis quadrifasciata de Villiers, 1789 , by original designation.

Amegilla (Aframegilla) Popov, 1950a: 260 . Type species Anthophora nubica Lepeletier, 1941 , by original designation; Brooks 1988a: 32, 33; Brooks 1988b: 506–507; Eardley 1994: 3–14; Michener 2000: 721, syn.

Amegilla (Zebramegilla) Brooks, 1988b: 502–504 . Type species Anthophora albigena Lepeletier, 1841 , by original designation; Eardley 1994: 37–61; Michener 2000: 721, syn.

Amegilla (Megamegilla) Brooks, 1988b: 505–506 . Type species Apis acraensis Fabricius, 1793 , by original designation; Eardley 1994: 14–19; Michener 2000: 721, syn.

Amegilla (Ackmonopsis) Brooks, 1988b: 508 . Type species: Anthophora mimadvena Cockerell, 1916 , by original designation; Eardley 1994: 19–23; Michener 2000: 721, syn.

Amegilla (Micramegilla) Brooks, 1988b: 508–510 . Type species: Anthophora niveata Friese, 1905 , by original designation; Eardley 1994: 23–32; Michener 2000: 721, syn.

Amegilla acraensis (Fabricius)

Angola, Botswana, Cameroun, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone , Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe. On flowers of: Acanthaceae , Asystasia sp. , Blepharis capensis , Citrullus lanatus , Cogniauxia podolaena , Dissotis brazzae , Ipomoea sp. , Lantana camara , Limonium sp. , Mimosa pudica , Stachytarpheta augustifolia .

Apis acraensis Fabricius, 1793: 329 , male holotype (type depository unknown) Guinea.

Centris acraensis (Fabricius) : Fabricius 1804: 356.

Megilla acraensis (Fabricius) : Illiger 1806: 142.

Anthophora acraensis (Fabricius) : Smith 1854: 255; Vachal 1903a: 377; Friese 1907: 61; Friese 1909a: 261–269; Friese 1909b: 138–139; Strand 1910: 41; Strand 1911b: 153; Strand 1912d: 296; Strand 1914a: 66; Meade-Waldo 1914a: 55; Friese 1914b: 294; Friese 1915: 272; Cockerell 1916a: 207; Cockerell 1917b: 39; Cockerell 1917d: 289; Cockerell 1930b: 339–340; Cockerell 1933g: 135; Cockerell 1933h: 141; Cockerell 1933o: 367–369; Cockerell 1936b: 72; Guiglia 1940b: 295; Friese 1941: 101; Medler 1980: 482; Brooks 1988b: 438, 505–507, 557; Eardley 1994: 14–18.

Podalirius acraensis (Fabricius) : Dalla Torre 1896: 255; Stadelman 1898: 24; Friese 1902: 227; Bingham 1903: 55.

Amegilla (Megamegilla) acraensis (Fabricius) : Brooks 1988b: 438, 505–507, 558. Eardley 1994: 13–18, 62; Gess and Gess 1996: 363–364.

Amegilla acraensis (Fabricius) : Hill and Hulley 2000: 56; Gess and Gess 2003: 232, 411; Martins 2004: 110; Martins 2008: 39.

Anthophora bipartita Smith, 1854: 333 , female holotype (BMNH) South Africa; Friese 1909a: 88, 261, 263, 265, 270– 271; Friese 1909b: 139–140, 143; Cockerell 1910c: 413; Meade-Waldo 1914a: 54–55; Cockerell 1919b: 190; Cockerell 1921a: 201; Guiglia 1928: 489; Cockerell 1930b: 339; Cockerell 1933k: 136; Cockerell 1935i: 1; Guiglia 1940c: 291; Friese 1941: 101; Medler 1980: 482; Brooks 1988b: 558, syn.; Njoroge et al. 2004: 75.

Podalirius bipartitus (Smith) : Dalla Torre 1896: 260; Bingham 1903: 56.

Anthophora flavicollis Gerstaecker, 1858: 460 , female holotype (ZMHB) Mozambique; Friese 1909a: 261, 263, 265, 270; Friese 1909b: 139–140, 143, 164; Strand 1911b: 153; Cockerell 1917d: 289; Cockerell 1920c: 113; Cockerell 1930b: 339; Cockerell 1933o: 369; Cockerell 1935i: 1; Cockerell 1936b: 72–75; Cockerell 1936n: 523, 524; Cockerell 1946f: 23; Brooks 1988b: 558, syn.

Podalirius flavicollis (Gerstaecker) : Dalla Torre 1896: 268.

Anthophora bipartita var. flavicollis Gerstaecker : Meade-Waldo, 1914a: 54–55.

Anthophora zonata analis Dours, 1869: 61 , male holotype (lost); Brooks 1988b: 556, 558, syn.

Podalirius analis (Dours) : Dalla Torre 1896: 256; Friese 1902: 228.

Anthophora analis Dours : Vachal 1903a: 377; Friese 1909a: 262, 264, 265, 281; Friese 1909b: 140, 142, 144; Strand 1911d: 153; Strand 1912b: 137; Strand 1912d: 296–297; Cockerell 1919a: 118; Strand 1921b: 96; Cockerell 1930b: 333.

Anthophora advena Smith, 1879: 122 , holotype [gender unknown] (BMNH) Malawi; Friese 1909a: 269; Meade-Waldo 1914a: 55; Cockerell 1916a: 206–207; Cockerell 1917b: 39; Cockerell 1930b: 340, 341; Cockerell 1932n: 15; Cockerell 1933k: 134–135; Cockerell 1933o: 367–369; Cockerell 1946f: 23, 24; Brooks 1988b: 558, syn.

Podalirius advena (Smith) : Dalla Torre 1896: 255; Friese 1902: 227.

Podalirius aethiopicus Cameron, 1905b: 199 , male holotype (lost); Brooks 1988b: 558, syn.

Anthophora aethiopica (Cameron) : Friese 1909a: 262, 285; Friese 1912c: 89; Brauns 1912b: 455; Friese 1915: 272; Cockerell 1933k: 134–135; Cockerell 1933o: 367, 369; Cockerell 1936b: 74–75; Rasmussen and Ascher 2008: 21.

Anthophora tellervo Strand, 1911e: 501–502 , female holotype (ZMHB) Cameroun; Strand 1912d: 297; Strand 1927b: 469; Cockerell 1936b: 76; Brooks 1988b: 558, syn.

Anthophora nubica var. ugandae Meade-Waldo, 1914a: 46 , female holotype (BMNH) Uganda; Medler 1980: 482; Brooks 1988b: 558, syn.; Pauly 1998: 13–14, 52, 61, 63.

Anthophora ugandae Meade-Waldo : Cockerell 1933o: 368; Cockerell 1936b: 76; Cockerell 1936c: 210; Cockerell 1936n: 523; Cockerell 1946f: 23.

Anthophora analis var. nigriventris Friese, 1922a: 11 , female holotype (ZMHB) Cameroun; Brooks 1988b: 559, syn.; Rasmussen and Ascher 2008: 78.

Anthophora nubica var. cyanicollis Friese, 1922a: 13 , female holotype (ZMHB) Congo; Brooks 1988b: 559, syn.; Rasmussen and Ascher 2008: 43.

Anthophora nativitatis Cockerell, 1933k: 135–136 , male holotype (BMNH) Zimbabwe; Cockerell 1933o: 369; Eardley 1994: 14, syn.

Amegilla (Megamegilla) nativitatis (Cockerell) : Brooks 1988b: 506, 568.

Anthophora bipartita comperei Cockerell, 1935h: 1 , female holotype (AMNH) Ethiopia; Brooks 1988b: 559, syn.

Anthophora flavicollis loveridgei Cockerell, 1946f: 23 , female holotype (MCZC) Tanzania; Brooks 1988b: 559, syn.

Amegilla advenula (Cockerell)

Cameroun, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Anthophora advenula Cockerell, 1930b: 340–341 , female holotype (RMCA) Democratic Republic of the Congo; Cockerell 1932n: 15; Cockerell 1933o: 366; Cockerell 1933k: 135; Cockerell 1946f: 23.

Amegilla advenula (Cockerell) : Brooks 1988b: 515, 559.

Amegilla aerizusa (Vachal)

Gabon, Sierra Leone.

Anthophora aerizusa Vachal, 1903a: 378 , male neotype [designated by Brooks, 1988b] (MNHN) Gabon; Friese 1909a: 262, 281–282; Friese 1909b: 140; Cockerell 1919a: 118.

Amegilla aerizusa (Vachal) : Brooks 1988b: 506, 548, 558, 559.

Amegilla africana (Friese)

Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Tanzania, Zimbabwe. On flowers of: Moraea inclinata .

Anthophora africana Friese, 1905f: 235 , 239, female and male syntypes (ZMHB, one male) Tanzania; Friese 1909a: 261, 263, 265, 272, 278; Friese 1909b: 139, 141, 144, 164; Friese 1911a: 665; Strand 1912b: 137; Meade-Waldo 1914a: 47; Friese 1916a: 420; Strand 1921a: 96; Cockerell 1936c: 205; Cockerell 1946f: 23; Robertson 1969: 479; Goldblatt et al. 2005: 35; Rasmussen and Ascher 2008: 21.

Amegilla (Aframegilla) africana (Friese) : Brooks 1988b: 506, 559; Eardley 1994: 4, 8–11, 62.

Amegilla albida (Dours)

"Afr. occid", Palaearctic.

Anthophora albigena var. albida Dours, 1869: 78 , holotype (?lost) East Africa.

Podalirius albidus (Dours) : Dalla Torre 1896: 256 [Palaearctic species recorded from "Afr. occid"]. Amegilla albida Brooks 1988b: 559 , syn. albigena .

Amegilla albocaudata (Dours)

Cameroun, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Guinea, Sierra Leone , Somalia, South Africa,

Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Zimbabwe.

Anthophora albocaudata Dours, 1869: 84 , female holotype (lost) Guinea; Vachal 1903a: 377; Cockerell 1916a: 207; Cockerell 1930b: 339–340, 341; Cockerell 1932n: 15; Cockerell 1933o: 367–368; Cockerell 1946f: 24.

Anthophora acraensis var. albocaudata Dours : Gribodo, 1893: 284; Friese 1909a: 265, 269; Friese 1909b: 141; Strand 1911b: 154; Strand 1912b: 137; Meade-Waldo 1914a: 55; Guiglia 1940b: 295; Friese 1941: 101; Benoist 1944: 12.

Podalirius acraensis var. albocaudatus (Dours) : Dalla Torre 1896: 255.

Amegilla (Megamegilla) albocaudata (Dours) : Brooks 1988b: 559; Eardley 1994: 14, 16–19, 63.

Anthophora adveniformis Cockerell, 1946f: 23–24 , male holotype (MCZC) Cameroun; Brooks 1988b: 559, syn.

Amegilla annos (Vachal)

Sierra Leone.

Anthophora annos Vachal, 1903a: 378 , female holotype (?MNHN) Sierra Leone ; Friese 1909a: 262, 284.

Amegilla annos (Vachal) : Brooks 1988b: 515, 560.

Anthophora leucocephala Friese, 1922a: 10 , female holotype (?ZMHB) Cameroun; Brooks 1988b: 560, syn.; Rasmussen and Ascher 2008: 65.

Amegilla antimena (Saussure)

Aldabra, Madagascar. On flowers of: Ageratum conyzoides , Asystasia gangetica , Campylospermum deltoideum , Chapeliera madagascariensis , Clerodendron sp. , Coleus sp. , Cosmos caudatus , Delonix boiviniana , Dionycha bojerii , Duranta repens , Dykia frigida , Emilia citrina , Gaillardia sp. , Gonocrypta grevei , Mimosa pudica , Papilionaceae , Plectranthus , Salvia coccinea , Solenostemon bojeri , Stachytarpheta augustifolia , Stachytarpheta jamaicensis , Stachytarpheta sp. , Uncarina leptocarpa , Ziziphus sp. Parasite: Crocisa subcontinua .

Anthophora antimena Saussure, 1891: 6 , female lectotype [designated by Brooks & Pauly In: Pauly et al. 2001] (MNHN) Madagascar; Friese 1907: 61; Friese 1909a: 263, 265, 277; Friese 1909b: 144; Friese 1911b: 674–675; Cockerell 1912a: 30, 37; Cockerell 1916b: 407; Cockerell 1917d: 289; Cockerell 1933h: 151; Benoist 1962a: 145; Brooks and Pauly In: Pauly et al. 2001: 237–238.

Amegilla (Zebramegilla) antimena (Saussure) : Brooks 1988b: 504, 560.

Amegilla arcana (Cockerell)

Uganda.

Anthophora arcana Cockerell, 1936b: 72 , female holotype (BMNH) Uganda.

Amegilla (Ackmonopsis) arcana (Cockerell) : Brooks 1988b: 508, 560.

Amegilla aspergina (Cockerell)

South Africa. On flowers of: Plectranthus madagascariensis .

Anthophora aspergina Cockerell, 1933h: 144–145 , female lectotype [designated by Eardley 1994] (BMNH) South Africa.

Amegilla aspergina (Cockerell) : Brooks 1988b: 515, 560; Eardley 1994: 38, 50, 54–56, 65; Potgieter et al. 1999: 105, 108, 111.

Amegilla atribasis (Cockerell)

Ghana, Nigeria.

Anthophora atribasis Cockerell, 1933k: 134 , male holotype (BMNH) Nigeria; Cockerell 1936b: 73.

Amegilla (Zebramegilla) atribasis (Cockerell) : Brooks 1988b: 502, 504, 543, 560.

Amegilla atrocincta (Lepeletier)

Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Zimbabwe. On flowers of: Acalypha ornata , Berkheya heterophylla , Blepharis capensis , Cleome elegantissima , Cotyledon campanulata , Crotalaria sp. , Melastoma sp. , Pentzia incana , Peristrophe cernua , Salvia disermas , Senna italica , Trichodesma angustifolium , mint.

Apis plumipes Fabricius, 1781: 480 [not Pallas, 1772], female holotype (?MNHN) India [incorrectly recorded]; Brooks 1988a: 31.

Centris plumipes (Fabricius) : Fabricius 1804: 356.

Hemisia plumipes (Fabricius) : Klug 1808: 57.

Anthophora plumipes (Fabricius) : Lepeletier 1841: 35; Friese 1905f: 235; Friese 1909a: 261, 263, 265, 271–272, 286; Friese 1909b: 139, 141, 143, 165; Strand 1911b: 153; Friese 1915: 272; Friese 1916a: 420; Cockerell 1930b: 335; Cockerell 1932n: 14; Cockerell 1933d: 458; Cockerell 1935a: 82, 86; Cockerell 1936b: 77; Friese 1941: 101; Cockerell 1946f: 24–25; Robertson 1969: 479; Medler 1980: 482.

Podalirius plumipes (Fabricius) : Dalla Torre 1896: 282; Stadelman 1898: 24; Bingham 1903: 55.

Podalirius (Anthophora) plumipes (Fabricius) : Alfken 1924: 251.

Anthophora atrocincta Lepeletier, 1841: 35 , male type (lost) India; Girard 1881: 226; Cockerell 1908c: 121; Cockerell 1946f: 24–25.

Podalirius (Anthophora) atrocinctus (Lepeletier) : Alfken 1924: 251.

Amegilla (Micramegilla) atrocincta (Lepeletier) : Brooks 1988b: 502, 508, 510, 557 [replacement name for Apis plumipes Fabricius, 1781 , not Pallas, 1772]; Eardley 1994: 23, 28–32, 63; Gess and Gess 1996: 347–352, 357– 358, 364.

Amegilla atrocincta (Lepeletier) : Gess and Gess 1990: 28; Baker 1994: 1194; Gess and Gess 2003: 232–233, 334, 357, 381, 411, 422; Gess and Gess 2006: 18, 31.

Anthophora domicola Cockerell, 1908c: 121 , male holotype (BMNH) Angola; Friese 1909a: 262, 286; Cockerell 1946f: 24; Brooks 1988b: 560, syn.

Anthophora latipes Friese, 1922a: 10–11 , female holotype (ZMHB) Tanzania; Cockerell 1932n: 15; Brooks 1988b: 560. syn. of Amegilla atrocincta ; Rasmussen and Ascher 2008: 64.

Amegilla bechuanensis (Cockerell)

Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe. On flowers of: Cleome angustifolia , Cleome angustifolia diandra .

Anthophora bechuanensis Cockerell, 1935a: 82 , 85–86, female holotype (TMSA) Botswana; Cockerell 1933h: 153.

Amegilla (Zebramegilla) bechuanensis (Cockerell) : Brooks 1988b: 504, 560; Eardley 1994: 37, 58, 60–61; Gess and Gess 1996: 366.

Amegilla bequaerti (Cockerell)

Liberia.

Anthophora bequaerti Cockerell, 1930b: 332 , female holotype (RMCA) Liberia.

Amegilla (Zebramegilla) bequaerti (Cockerell) : Brooks 1988b: 504, 561.

Amegilla bothai (Friese)

Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, South Africa, Uganda. On flowers of:

Plectranthus ciliatus , Plectranthus oribiensis .

Anthophora bothai Friese, 1911a: 661–662 , 666, male holotype (ZMHB) South Africa; Rasmussen and Ascher 2008: 32; Ford and Johnson 2008: 261.

Amegilla (Aframegilla) bothai (Friese) : Brooks 1988b: 506, 561; Eardley 1994: 4, 8–9, 62.

Amegilla bothai (Friese) : Potgieter et al. 1999: 105, 107–108, 111.

Anthophora pseudoconcinna Meade-Waldo, 1914a: 46–47 , female holotype (BMNH) South Africa; Cockerell 1933k: 137; Cockerell 1936n: 524; Eardley 1994: 8, syn.

Amegilla (Aframegilla) pseudococcinna [!] (Meade-Waldo): Brooks 1988b: 559.

Anthophora odontura Cockerell, 1920a: 255–256 , male holotype (DMSA or BMNH) South Africa; Cockerell 1933k: 137; Anonymous 1958: 32; Brooks 1988b: 559, 569; Eardley 1994: 8, syn.

Amegilla brooksi Eardley

Mozambique, South Africa.

Amegilla brooksi Eardley, 1994: 37 , 56–59, male holotype (SANC) South Africa.

Amegilla byssina (Klug)

Ethiopia.

Saropoda byssina Klug, 1845 , female holotype (type depository unknown) Ethiopia.

Podalirius byssinus (Klug) : Dalla Torre 1896: 261.

Anthophora byssina (Klug) : Friese 1915: 273.

Amegilla (Micramegilla) byssina (Klug) : Brooks 1988b: 510, 561.

Amegilla caelestina (Cockerell)

South Africa, Uganda, Zimbabwe. On flowers of: Plectranthus ciliatus , Plectranthus madagascariensis ,

Plectranthus oribiensis .

Anthophora caelestina Cockerell, 1919a: 117–118 , female holotype (BMNH) South Africa; Cockerell 1930b: 333; Cockerell 1933d: 458; Cockerell 1933k: 136; Cockerell 1936b: 73; Prins 1978: 856.

Amegilla (Aframegilla) caelestina (Cockerell) : Brooks 1988b: 506, 558, 561: Eardley 1994: 3–6, 8, 62.

Amegilla caelestina (Cockerell) : Potgieter et al. 1999: 105, 107–108, 111.

Amegilla caerulea (Friese)

Angola, Cameroun, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Guinea, Kenya, Malawi, Sierra

Leone, Tanzania, Uganda. On flowers of: Acanthaceae ; Compositae, Geigeria , Othonna .

Anthophora caerulea Friese, 1905f: 240 , female holotype (?ZMHB) Sierra Leone ; Cockerell 1908c: 122; Friese 1909a: 262, 264, 265, 280; Friese 1909b: 140, 142, 144, 164; Strand 1914a: 66; Friese 1915: 273, 290; Cockerell 1919a: 118; Strand 1921a: 96; Cockerell 1920e: 205; Cockerell 1923: 243; Cockerell 1930b: 333–334; Cockerell 1933h: 141; Cockerell 1936b: 73; Prins 1978: 856; Rasmussen and Ascher 2008: 35.

Amegilla (Aframegilla) caerulea (Friese) : Brooks 1988b: 506, 548, 561.

Amegilla caerulea (Friese) : Martins 2004: 110; Martins 2008: 39.

Anthophora coerulea [!] var. ella Strand, 1914a: 66 , female holotype (DEI) Angola; Strand 1927b: 469.

Anthophora caerulea ella Strand: Cockerell 1930b: 334; Cockerell 1936n: 522; Brooks 1988b: 561, syn.

Amegilla calens (Lepeletier)

Angola, Botswana, Cameroun, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Kenya, Liberia, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone , South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zimbabwe. On flowers of: Acanthaceae , Aptosimum arenarium , Becium filamentosum , Blepharis capensis , Blepharis diversispina , Blepharis obmitrata , Cleome angustifolia , Coleus hybridus , Dissotis brazzae , Duranta repens , Indigofera capitata , Justicia flava , Lantana camara , Leea guineensis , Monechma genistifolium , Otomeria guineensis , Otoptera burchellii , Sesamum sp. , Solenostemon sp. , Stachytarpheta augustifolia , Talinum portulacifolium , Tribulus sp. , Tristemma hirtum , Zinnia sp.

Anthophora calens Lepeletier, 1841: 49 , female holotype (type depository unknown) Senegal; Friese 1909a: 262, 275; Friese 1909b: 140; Cockerell 1910b: 338; Strand 1912b: 138; Meade-Waldo 1914a: 54; Cockerell 1916a: 208.

Podalirius calens (Lepeletier) : Dalla Torre, 1896: 261.

Amegilla (Zebramegilla) calens (Lepeletier) : Brooks 1988b: 504, 561; Eardley 1994: 38–42, 64; Gess and Gess 1996: 366–367; Pauly 1998: 14.

Amegilla calens (Lepeletier) : Baker 1994: 1194; Gess and Gess 2003: 233, 315, 370, 381, 383, 411, 413, 414, 420, 429; Gess and Gess 2006: 17; Gemmill-Herren and Ochieng 2008: 34, 35; Martins 2004: 110; Martins 2008: 39.

Anthophora torrida Smith, 1879: 120 , female holotype (BMNH) Sierra Leone ; Vachal 1903a: 377–378; Friese 1905f: 236; Friese 1909a: 262, 264, 265, 273, 274, 281; Friese 1909b: 139, 142, 144, 165; Vachal 1910a: 533; Strand 1914a: 66; Meade-Waldo 1914a: 54; Cockerell 1916a: 208, syn.; Strand 1927b: 469; Cockerell 1930b: 336, 337; Cockerell 1932h: 495; Cockerell 1932n: 16; Cockerell 1933m: 360–361; Cockerell 1935a: 86; Cockerell 1936c: 205, 209, 210, 212; Cockerell 1938b: 363, 367; Friese 1941: 101; Cockerell 1946e: 344; Cockerell 1946f: 22; Medler 1980: 482; Pauly 1998: 14, syn.

Podalirius torridus (Smith) : Dalla Torre 1896: 292.

Amegilla torrida (Smith) : Pauly 1998: 53–55, 60–61.

Anthophora torrida var. cala Strand, 1914a: 66 , female holotype (ZMHB/DEI) Cameroun; Brooks 1988b: 561, syn.

Anthophora zinniae Cockerell, 1932h: 495 , female holotype (AMNH) Angola; Cockerell 1933h: 156; Cockerell 1935a: 82–86; Cockerell 1936b: 78; Cockerell 1936c: 210, 212; Eardley 1994: 38, syn.

Anthophora torrida var. calceina Cockerell, 1936c: 209–210 , male holotype (RMCA) Democratic Republic of the Congo; Cockerell 1946e: 344; Brooks 1988b: 561, syn.

Anthophora (Zebramegilla) supraferrea Cockerell, 1946d: 245 , male lectotype [designated by Eardley 1994] (BMNH) Sudan; Brooks 1988b: 573; Eardley 1994: 38, syn.

Amegilla capensis (Friese)

Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zimbabwe. On flowers of: Acanthaceae, Convovulus sp., Dissotis sp. , Geigeria sp. , Gladiolus sp. , Labiaceae, Moraea inclinata , Othonna sp. , Plectranthus sp. , Walafrida sp. , gum trees, roses.

Anthophora capensis Friese, 1905f: 238–239 , female holotype (ZMHB) South Africa; Cockerell 1907a: 532; Friese 1909a: 262, 263, 277–278; Friese 1909b: 139, 141; Meade-Waldo 1914a: 47; Friese 1915: 273; Cockerell 1920a: 255, 256; Cockerell 1930b: 338–339; Cockerell 1932n: 15; Cockerell 1933h: 142, 145; Cockerell 1933k: 136; Cockerell 1935a: 85; Cockerell 1936c: 207; Friese 1941: 101; Anonymous 1958: 31; Rasmussen and Ascher 2008: 35.

Podalirius capensis (Friese) : Schulz 1906: 253.

Amegilla (Amegilla) capensis (Friese) : Brooks 1988b: 504, 546–547, 562; Eardley 1994: 32–36, 63; Gess and Gess 1996: 363.

Amegilla capensis (Friese) : Goldblatt and Manning 1998: 28; Goldblatt et al. 2005: 34, 35; Ford and Johnson 2008: 261.

Podalirius malenominatus Schulz, 1906: 253 [unnecessary replacement name for Anthophora capensis Friese, 1905 , not Habropoda capensis Cameron, 1905b ].

Anthophora caffra Friese, 1905f: 239 , female holotype (NHRS) South Africa; Friese 1909a: 262, 264, 278; Friese 1909b: 139, 142; Eardley 1994: 32, syn.; Rasmussen and Ascher 2008: 35.

Amegilla caffra (Friese) : Brooks 1988b: 515, 561.

Anthophora convolvuli Cockerell, 1907a: 532 , female holotype (BMNH) Mozambique; Cockerell 1908c: 122; Friese 1911a: 651; Cockerell 1930b: 339; Cockerell 1936c: 207; Brooks 1988b: 562, syn.

Anthophora elgonica Cockerell, 1946d: 248 , male holotype (BMNH) Kenya; Eardley 1994: 32, syn.

Anthophora melanocera Cockerell, 1946d: 248–249 , male lectotype [designated by Eardley 1994] (BMNH) Kenya; Eardley 1994: 33, syn.

Amegilla centralis (Cockerell)

Cameroun, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Anthophora centralis Cockerell, 1930b: 332–333 , female holotype (RMCA) Democratic Republic of the Congo; Cockerell 1946f: 23.

Amegilla centralis (Cockerell) : Brooks 1988b: 515, 562.

Amegilla cincta (Fabricius)

Cameroun, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra

Leone, Somalia, Uganda, Oriental.

Andrena cincta Fabricius, 1781: 473 , holotype [gender unknown] (type depositry unknown) India.

Podalirius cinctus (Fabricius) : Dalla Torre 1896: 263.

Anthophora cincta (Fabricius) : Vachal 1903a: 376–377; Meade-Waldo 1914a: 56; Cockerell 1917d: 289; Cockerell 1919a: 118; Hedicke 1929: 71; Cockerell 1930b: 334, 335; Cockerell 1932n: 15; Cockerell 1933k: 136; Cockerell 1946f: 23; Medler 1980: 482.

Amegilla cincta (Fabricius) : Lieftinck 1958: 461–462.

Amegilla (Aframegilla) cincta (Fabricius) : Brooks 1988b: 506, 562.

Anthophora vividula Strand, 1911d: 153 , female holotype (ZMHB) Democratic Republic of the Congo; Strand 1912d: 297; Strand 1914a: 66; Meade-Waldo 1914a: 56; Cockerell 1919a: 118; Strand 1927a: 411; Brooks 1988b: 562, syn.

Anthophora cincta v. lisalana Cockerell, 1930b: 334 , female holotype (RMCA) Democratic Republic of the Congo; Brooks 1988b: 562, syn.

Amegilla cincta conradsi (Strand) comb. nov.

Tanzania.

Anthophora vividula var. conradsi Strand, 1911d: 153 , female holotype (ZMHB, but spec. missing) Tanzania; Cockerell 1919a: 118; Strand 1927a: 411; Cockerell 1930b: 334.

Amegilla vividula conradsi (Strand) : Brooks 1988b: 562.

Amegilla circulata (Fabricius) Cameroun, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Guinea, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo. Parasite: Crocisa braunsiana . Andrena circulata Fabricius, 1781: 474 , female holotype (ZSM) Guinea. Megilla circulata (Fabricius) : Fabricius 1804: 332; Vachal 1903a: 377. Lasius circulata (Fabricius) : Jurine 1807: 237. Podalirius circulatus (Fabricius) : Dalla Torre 1896: 263. Anthophora circulata (Fabricius) : Friese 1905f: 235–236; Brauns 1909b: 17; Friese 1909a: 88, 262, 264, 265, 273, 287;

Friese 1909b: 139, 142, 144; Cockerell 1910b: 338; Strand 1911b: 153; Friese 1911b: 674; Strand 1914a: 66;

Cockerell 1914a: 281; Friese 1914b: 293; Friese 1915: 273, 289; Cockerell 1916a: 207, 208; Cockerell 1917b: 40;

Cockerell 1920a: 256; Cockerell 1921a: 201; Friese 1921: 1104; Brauns 1926b: 418; Brauns 1930: 43; Cockerell 1930b: 336; Cockerell 1931h: 405; Cockerell 1932n: 16; Cockerell 1933h: 147–148; Cockerell 1935a: 86; Cockerell 1936b: 73; Cockerell 1936c: 205; Friese 1941: 101; Cockerell 1946e: 343, 344–345, 347; Benoist 1950b: 312; Medler 1980: 482.

Amegilla (Zebramegilla) circulata (Fabricius) : Brooks 1988b: 502, 504, 562; Eardley 1994: 61.

Megilla caligata Gerstaecker, 1870: 349 , female holotype (ZMHB) Tanzania; Vachal 1903a: 377, syn.

Podalirius caligatus (Gerstaecker) : Dalla Torre 1896: 261; Stadelmann 1898: 24.

Podalirius (Amegilla) caligatus (Gerstaecker) : Schulz 1905: 16.

Anthophora caligata (Gerstaecker) : Cockerell 1916a: 208; Cockerell 1917b: 40; Cockerell 1946e: 345; Brooks 1988b: 561–562.

Amegilla caligata (Gerstaecker) : Baker 1994: 1194.

Anthophora circulata var. facialis Friese, 1922a: 11 , female and male syntypes (ZMHB) South Africa, Tanzania; Brooks 1988b: 562, syn.; Rasmussen and Ascher 2008: 47.

Anthophora malelana Cockerell, 1946f: 25–26 , female holotype (MCZC) Democratic Republic of the Congo; Brooks 1988b: 562, syn.

Amegilla comorensis Brooks & Pauly

Comores.

Amegilla comorensis Brooks and Pauly, In : Pauly et al. 2001: 237, 239, male holotype (BMNH) Comores.

Amegilla cyanipennis (Saussaure)

Madagascar.

Anthophora cyanipennis Saussure, 1891: 10 , female lectotype [designated by Brooks & Pauly In: Pauly et al. 2001] (MHNG) Madagascar.

Podalirius cyanipennis (Saussure) : Dalla Torre 1896: 264.

Amegilla (Aframegilla) cyanipennis (Saussure) : Brooks 1988b: 506, 563; Brooks and Pauly In: Pauly et al. 2001: 237, 239–240.

Amegilla cymatilis Eardley

South Africa, Zimbabwe.

Amegilla (Aframegilla) cymatilis Eardley, 1994: 3 , 5–6, 8, male holotype (SANC) Zimbabwe.

Amegilla deltoides (du Buysson)

South Africa.

Anthophora deltoides du Buysson, 1897: 362 , male holotype (?MNHN) South Africa; Friese 1909a: 262, 286; Friese 1909b: 140.

Amegilla deltoides (du Buysson) : Brooks 1988b: 515, 563.

Amegilla disrupta (Cockerell)

Nigeria.

Anthophora disrupta Cockerell, 1920c: 114 , female holotype (BMNH) Nigeria.

Amegilla (Zebramegilla) disrupta (Cockerell) : Brooks 1988b: 504, 563.

Amegilla elsei Brooks

Angola.

Amegilla (Aframegilla) elsei Brooks, 1988b: 548–549 , male holotype (?BMNH) Angola; Michener 2000: 722.

Amegilla eritrina (Friese)

Ghana, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria.

Anthophora eritrina Friese, 1915: 273 , 289, male and female syntypes (?BMNH, ZMHB) Ethiopia; Rasmussen and Ascher 2008: 46.

Anthophora erytrina [!] Friese: Cockerell 1933h: 146.

Amegilla (Zebramegilla) eritrina (Friese) : Brooks 1988b: 504, 564.

Amegilla expleta (Vachal)

Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Anthophora expleta Vachal, 1910b: 324 , male and female syntypes (RMCA) Democratic Republic of the Congo; Cockerell 1919a: 118; Cockerell 1930b: 333; Cockerell 1946f: 22.

Amegilla expleta (Vachal) : Brooks 1988b: 515, 564.

Amegilla fallax (Smith)

Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone ,

South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe. On flowers of: Acanthaceae , Geranium sp. ,

Gladiolus sp. , Lamiaceae , Limonium sp. , Lobelia sp. , Moraea cookii , Plectranthus sp. , Psilocaulon sp. , Salvia dentata , Vernonia fastigiata .

Anthophora fallax Smith, 1879: 120 , female lectotype [designated by Eardley, 1994] (BMNH) Sierra Leone ; Vachal 1903a: 377; Friese 1909a: 88, 262, 287, 289; Friese 1909b: 140; Cockerell 1914a: 281; Cockerell 1916a: 208; Cockerell 1920a: 256; Cockerell 1921a: 201; Cockerell 1932h: 493–495; Cockerell 1932n: 16; Cockerell 1933h: 151, 154–155; Cockerell 1936b: 74; Cockerell 1938b: 367; Cockerell 1946d: 249; Cockerell 1946e: 345–346.

Podalirius fallax (Smith) : Dalla Torre 1896: 267; Bingham 1903: 56; Cameron 1905a: 254.

Anthophora albigena fallax Smith : Meade-Waldo 1914a: 54.

Anthophora circulata var. fallax Smith : Cockerell, 1917b: 40.

Amegilla (Zebramegilla) fallax (Smith) : Brooks 1988b: 504, 564; Eardley 1994: 38, 47–51, 64; Gess and Gess 1996: 367.

Amegilla fallax (Smith) : Eardley and Mansell 1996: 36; Goldblatt et al. 1997: 298, 302; Goldblatt and Manning 1998: 28; Eardley 2000: 367, 370; Gess and Gess 2003: 233–234, 418, 422; Goldblatt et al. 2005: 36; Hargreaves et al. 2008: 608–610; Ford and Johnson 2008: 261.

Anthophora diloloensis Cockerell, 1932h: 494–495 , male holotype (BMNH) Democratic Republic of the Congo; Cockerell 1933h: 155; Cockerell 1936b: 73; Cockerell 1936c: 205–206, 210; Cockerell 1938b: 364, 367; Cockerell 1946e: 346; Eardley 1994: 47, syn.

Amegilla (Zebramegilla) diloloensis (Cockerell) : Brooks 1988b: 504, 563.

Anthophora ogilviei Cockerell, 1932h: 494–495 , male holotype (AMNH) Zimbabwe; Cockerell 1933h: 154; Cockerell 1935a: 82, 86; Cockerell 1936b: 73, 74; Cockerell 1936c: 205, 209–210; Cockerell 1938b: 368; Cockerell 1946d: 249; Cockerell 1946e: 345, 346–347; Cockerell 1946f: 25; Eardley 1994: 47, syn.

Anthophora diloloensis ogilviei Cockerell : Cockerell 1936b: 73–74.

Amegilla (Zebramegilla) ogilviei (Cockerell) : Brooks 1988b: 504, 569.

Anthophora nubana Cockerell, 1946d: 247–248 , female holotype (BMNH) Sudan; Eardley 1994: 47, syn.

Amegilla (Zebramegilla) nubana (Cockerell) : Brooks 1988b: 504, 569.

Amegilla ferrocincta (Cockerell)

Cameroun, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Anthophora ferrocincta Cockerell, 1936c: 206 , 207, 211, female holotype (RMCA) Democratic Republic of the Congo; Cockerell 1946e: 339.

Amegilla (Zebramegilla) ferrocincta (Cockerell) : Brooks 1988b: 504, 564.

Amegilla grandiceps (Friese)

Malawi, Tanzania.

Anthophora grandiceps Friese, 1905f: 237–238 , female holotype (ZMHB) Tanzania; Friese 1909a: 262, 264, 276; Friese 1909b: 139, 142, 164; Cockerell 1930b: 336; Rasmussen and Ascher 2008: 55.

Amegilla (Zebramegilla) grandiceps (Friese) : Brooks 1988b: 502, 504, 565.

Anthophora leucophora Cockerell, 1910b: 339 , male holotype (BMNH) Malawi; Cockerell 1930b: 336; Cockerell 1946e: 342; Brooks 1988b: 565, syn.

Anthophora semigrisea Cockerell, 1930b: 336 , female holotype (BMNH) Zimbabwe; Cockerell 1936c: 208; Brooks 1988b: 565, syn.

Amegilla griseotecta (Cockerell)

Kenya.

Anthophora griseotecta Cockerell, 1946e: 341 , female holotype (BMNH) Kenya.

Amegilla (Ackmonopsis) griseotecta (Cockerell) : Brooks 1988b: 508, 565.

Amegilla hypocyanea (Cockerell)

Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Anthophora hypocyanea Cockerell, 1930b: 334–335 , female holotype (RMCA) Democratic Republic of the Congo. Amegilla hypocyanea (Cockerell) : Brooks 1988b: 515, 566.

Amegilla kaimosica (Cockerell)

Kenya, South Africa, Zimbabwe.

Anthophora kaimosica Cockerell, 1946e: 343 , male holotype (BMNH) Kenya.

Amegilla (Aframegilla) kaimosica (Cockerell) : Brooks 1988b: 504, 566; Eardley 1994: 38, 45–47, 49.

Amegilla kalahari Eardley

Namibia, South Africa.

Amegilla (Zebramegilla) kalahari Eardley, 1994: 37 , 57–58, 60, 65, male holotype (SAMC) South Africa.

Amegilla katangensis (Cockerell)

Cameroun, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Anthophora katangensis Cockerell, 1930b: 337–338 , male holotype (RMCA) Democratic Republic of the Congo; Cockerell 1946f: 23.

Amegilla katangensis (Cockerell) : Brooks 1988b: 515, 566.

Amegilla kuleni Eardley

Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa.

Amegilla (Zebramegilla) kuleni Eardley, 1994: 37 , 58–60, 65, male holotype (SANC) South Africa.

Amegilla langi (Cockerell)

Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe. On flowers of: Blepharis obmitrata , Cleome elegantissima ,

Crotalaria podocarpa , Crotalaria sp. , Hermannia modesta , Hermannia sp. , Hirpicium sp. , Indigofera filipes ,

Lessertia macrostachya , Limeum fenestratum , Monechma divaricatum , Monechma spartioides , Senna italica ,

Sesamum triphyllum , Sesamum sp. , Tephrosia burchellii , Tribulus sp. , Trichodesma angustifolium , ballota,

curcubit.

Anthophora langi Cockerell, 1935a: 82–83 , 85, male holotype (TMSA) South Africa; Cockerell 1938b: 367; Anonymous 1958: 32.

Amegilla (Zebramegilla) langi (Cockerell) : Brooks 1988b: 502, 504, 567; Eardley 1994: 38, 48, 50, 55–56; Gess and Gess 1996: 367

Amegilla langi (Cockerell) : Gess and Gess 2003: 234, 306, 315, 331, 355, 357, 361, 372, 389, 393, 401, 413, 414, 415, 418, 419, 424, 426, 427, 487; Gess and Gess 2006: 15, 17, 34.

Amegilla liberica (Cockerell)

Liberia.

Anthophora liberica Cockerell, 1930b: 338 , male holotype (RMCA) Liberia.

Amegilla liberica (Cockerell) : Brooks 1988b: 515, 567.

Amegilla maculicornis (Lepeletier)

Senegal.

Anthophora maculicornis Lepeletier, 1941: 31 , male holotype (?MNHN) Senegal; Friese 1909a: 262, 272–273.

Amegilla maculicornis (Lepeletier) : Brooks 1988b: 515, 567.

Anthophora domingensis Lepeletier, 1841: 32 , types [gender unknown] (type depository unknown) Senegal; Friese 1909a: 272.

Podalirius domingensis (Lepeletier) : Dalla Torre 1896: 264.

Anthophora quadrifasciata var. domingensis Dours 1869: 70 ; Dalla Torre 1896: 264, syn.

Anthophora maculicornis var. domingensis Friese 1909a: 273 .

Amegilla madecassa (Saussure)

Madagascar, Uganda.

Anthophora madecassa Saussure, 1891: 8 , female lectotype [designated by Brooks & Pauly In: Pauly et al. 2001] (MNHN) Madagascar.

Podalirius madecassus (Saussure) : Dalla Torre 1896: 275.

Amegilla (Zebramegilla) madecassa (Saussure) : Brooks 1988b: 504, 567.

Amegilla michaelis (Cockerell)

Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Anthophora michaelis Cockerell, 1930b: 335–336 , female holotype (RMCA) Democratic Republic of the Congo; Cockerell 1932h: 494; Cockerell 1936c: 207.

Amegilla (Zebramegilla) michaelis (Cockerell) : Brooks 1988b: 502, 504, 568.

Amegilla mimadvena (Cockerell)

Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe. On flowers of: Isoglossa sp. , Plectranthus madagascariensis , roses.

Anthophora mimadvena Cockerell, 1916a: 207 , male holotype (BMNH) South Africa; Cockerell 1930b: 341; Cockerell 1933k: 134; Cockerell 1933o: 368.

Amegilla (Ackmonopsis) mimadvena (Cockerell) : Brooks 1988b: 438, 507–508, 568; Eardley 1994: 19–21, 23, 63; Gess and Gess 1996: 363.

Amegilla mimadvena (Cockerell) : Potgieter et al. 1999: 105, 107–108, 111.

Anthophora cingulicauda Cockerell, 1933k: 135 , female holotype (BMNH) Zimbabwe; Cockerell 1933n: 368; Brooks 1988b: 568, syn.

Anthophora cuneata Cockerell, 1933k: 136 , male holotype (BMNH) Uganda; Cockerell 1933n: 369; Cockerell 1946e: 341; Brooks 1988b: 568, syn.

Anthophora andersoni Cockerell, 1933k: 134 , male holotype (BMNH) Kenya; Cockerell 1933n: 368; Cockerell 1946d: 249; Brooks 1988b: 568, syn.

Anthophora nigromixta Cockerell, 1936b: 75–76 , female holotype (BMNH) Kenya; Brooks 1988b: 568, syn.

Amegilla natalensis (Friese)

Lesotho, Mozambique, South Africa, Zimbabwe. On flowers of: Acanthaceae , Disa versicolor , Gladiolus papilio , Labiaceae, Lamiaceae sp., Scabiosa sp. , Themeda sp.

Anthophora natalensis Friese, 1922a: 12–13 , female lectotype [designated by Eardley, 1994] (ZMHB) South Africa; Cockerell 1933h: 153–154; Cockerell 1936c: 207; Rasmussen and Ascher 2008: 74.

Amegilla (Amegilla) natalensis (Friese) : Brooks 1988b: 562; Eardley 1994: 32, 34–37; Gess and Gess 1996: 363.

Amegilla natalensis (Friese) : Johnson 1994: 210–211, 212.

Amegilla nigritarsis (Friese) Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Tanzania, Zimbabwe. Anthophora nigritarsis Friese, 1905f: 236–237 , female holotype (ZMHB) Tanzania; Friese 1909a: 262, 264, 274; Friese

1909b: 139, 141, 165; Cockerell 1910b: 338; Cockerell 1930b: 336, 338; Cockerell 1933k: 137; Cockerell 1936c:

208, 209; Cockerell 1946e: 338; Rasmussen and Ascher 2008: 77. Amegilla (Zebramegilla) nigritarsis (Friese) : Brooks 1988b: 504, 568; Eardley 1994: 37, 39, 41, 42–43, 64.

Amegilla nigroclypeata (Friese) Cameroun, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Liberia, Togo. Anthophora nigroclypeata Friese, 1909a: 261 , 263, 265, 270, female syntypes (ZMHB) Togo; Friese 1909b: 139, 140;

Strand 1911b: 153; Meade-Waldo 1914a: 54–55; Cockerell 1930b: 339; Cockerell 1932n: 14; Cockerell 1933n:

369; Cockerell 1935i: 1; Cockerell 1936b: 72, 75; Rasmussen and Ascher 2008: 78. Amegilla (Megamegilla) nigroclypeata (Friese) : Brooks 1988b: 506, 569.

Amegilla nila Eardley

Zimbabwe.

Amegilla (Aframegilla) nila Eardley, 1994: 3 , 5–8, male holotype (TMSA) Zimbabwe.

Amegilla nivea (Lepeletier)

Senegal. On flowers of: Acacia caffra , Adenolobus pechuelii , Anchusa capensis , Aptosimum indivisum , Aptosimum spinescens , Asclepias buchenaviana , Bergia glomerata , Berkheya carlinifolia , Berkheya schinzii , Berkheya sp. , Blepharis capensis , Blepharis obmitrata , Cleome angustifolia , Cleome paxii , Cleome sp. , Codon royenii , Codon schenckii , Cucumis africanus , Hermannia affinis , Hermannia comosa , Hermannia disermifolia , Hermannia marginata , Hermannia paucifolia , Hirpicium echinus , Ibicella lutea , Jamesbrittenia canescens , Lobostemon sp. , Lycium sp. , Maerua schinzii , Monechma genistifolium , Monechma mollissimum , Peliostomum leucorrhizum , Peristrophe cernua , Prenia pallens , Psilocaulon glareosum , Pteronia sp. , Senecio rosmarinifolius , Senna italica , Sesamum triphyllum , Sesamum sp. , Tribulus sp. , Trichodesma angustifolium , Trichodesma sp. , Vahlia capensis , Zygophyllum simplex , Zygophyllum sp. , acanth, labiate, mesem, umbellifer.

Anthophora nivea Lepeletier, 1841: 52 , female holotype (?MNHN) Senegal; Friese 1909a: 262, 287; Friese 1909b: 140. Podalirius niveus (Lepeletier) : Dalla Torre 1896: 279.

Amegilla nivea (Lepeletier) : Brooks 1988b: 515, 569; Baker 1994: 1195; Gess and Gess 2003: 235–237, 278, 288, 295, 315, 317, 320, 323, 331, 334–335, 381–387, 390–391, 397, 400–404, 407, 411, 413, 415, 416, 417, 418, 424, 425, 426, 427, 428, 434, 437, 443, 457, 466, 471, 474, 486, 503, 510.

Anthophora quadrifasciata var. nivea Dours, 1869: 74 ; Friese 1909a: 287, syn.

Amegilla niveata (Friese)

Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa. On flowers of: Acacia caffra , Acanthaceae , Acanthopsis spathularis , Amoebophyllum angustum , Anchusa capensis , Aptosimum indivisum , Aptosimum spinescens , Bergia glomerata , Berkheya carlinifolia , Berkheya fruticosa , Berkheya rigida , Blepharis capensis , Blepharis extentuata , Cheiridopsis denticulata , Cleome paxii , Codon royenii , Dactylopsis digitata , Erepsia saturata , Geranium sp. , Harpagophytum procumbens , Heliophila lactea , Hermannia disermifolia , Hermannia cf. disermifolia , Hermannia trifurca , Hermbstaedtia glauca , Hirpicium alienatum , Hypertelis salsoloides , Lobostemon sp. , Maerua schinzii , Malvaceae , Mesembryanthemum crystallinum , Mesembryanthemum guerichianum , Mesembryanthemum sp. , Monechma mollissimum , Monechma sp. , Moringa ovalifolia , Nemesia sp. , Neuradopsis sp. , Pelargonium sp. , Peliostomum leucorrhizum , Peristrophe cernua , Petalidium sp. , Polymita albiflora , Ruschia elineata , Sarcocaulon crassicaule , Senecio rosmarinifolius , Sesamum triphyllum , Sesamum sp. , Tribulus zeyheri , Tribulus sp. , Wahlenbergia prostrata , Zygophyllum meyeri , Zygophyllum retrofractum , Zygophyllum sp. , labiate.

Anthophora niveata Friese, 1905f: 237 , male lectotype [designated by Eardley, 1994] (TMSA) South Africa; Friese 1909a: 88, 262, 264, 265, 275; Friese 1909b: 139, 142, 144; Friese 1916a: 420; Cockerell 1930b: 338; Brauns 1930: 43; Cockerell 1932n: 16; Cockerell 1933h: 146–147; Cockerell 1935a: 85; Cockerell 1936b: 76; Friese 1941: 101; Anonymous 1958: 32; Medler 1980: 482; Liede 1990: 763; Rasmussen and Ascher 2008: 79.

Amegilla (Micramegilla) niveata (Friese) : Brooks 1988b: 438, 508–510, 569; Prinsloo 1990: 74; Eardley 1994: 23–27; Gess 1996: 179, 269, 287, 290.

Amegilla niveata (Friese) : Prinsloo 1990: 74; Struck 1992: 69, 70, 75–82; Struck 1994a: 12; Struck 1995: 62, 63, 64; Gess and Gess 1996: 354, 364–366; Johnson et al. 1998: 237–238; Gess et al. 1997: 84; Gess and Gess 2004: 615; Gess and Gess 2006: 9, 14–15, 20, 31–34.

Anthophora cerealis Cockerell, 1933h: 145–146 , female holotype (BMNH) South Africa; Eardley 1994: 24, syn.

Amegilla (Zebramegilla) cerealis (Cockerell) : Brooks 1988b: 504, 562.

Anthophora niveata var. amphigynops Cockerell, 1933h: 146–147 , male holotype (BMNH) South Africa; Cockerell 1936c: 76; Brooks 1988b: 569, syn.

Amegilla nonconforma Brooks

Malawi.

Amegilla nonconforma Brooks, 1988b: 552–553 , female holotype (SEMC) Malawi; Michener 2000: 721.

Amegilla nubica (Lepeletier) Botswana, Cameroun, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Zimbabwe. On flowers of: Acrotome inflata , Adenolobus pechuelii , Blepharis obmitrata , Cleome angustifolia , Cleome elegantissima , Cleome sp. , Monechma genistifolium , Monechma molissimum , Sesamum triphyllum , Sesamum sp. , Senna italica , Trichodesma angustifolium . Anthophora nubica Lepeletier, 1841: 33 , male holotype (?MNHN) Senegal; Dours 1869: 85; Friese 1909a: 261, 263,

265, 271; Friese 1909b: 139–140, 143; Strand 1911b: 153; Strand 1911e: 501–502; Friese 1911a: 652; Brauns

1913: 120; Meade-Waldo 1914a: 46; Friese 1916a: 420; Cockerell 1933o: 368; Cockerell 1935a: 82, 86;

Cockerell 1936b: 76, 77; Friese 1941: 101; Benoist 1950b: 312; Moreno and Moreno 1980: 139. Brooks 1988b:

506–507, 569; Gess and Gess 2006: 31. Megilla nubica (Lepeletier) : Klug 1845: 49.

Podalirius nubicus (Lepeletier) : Dalla Torre 1896: 279; Stadelmann 1898: 24; Magretti 1898a: 30–31.

Amegilla (Aframegilla) nubica (Lepeletier) : Brooks 1988b: 506–507, 569; Eardley 1994: 4, 11–14, 18, 62; Gess and Gess 1996: 363; Michener 1997b: 4.

Amegilla nubica (Lepeletier) : Baker 1994: 1193; Eardley 2000: 367, 370; Gess and Gess 2003: 334, 237, 381, 383, 401, 413, 415, 419, 424, 426, 427; Gess and Gess 2006: 34.

Anthophora nubica nubica Lepeletier : Medler 1980: 482.

Anthophora nubica var. congoensis Friese, 1909a: 263 , female holotype (?ZMHB) [no type locality]; Strand 1912b: 137; Brooks 1988b: 569, syn.; Rasmussen and Ascher 2008: 40.

Amegilla obscuriceps (Friese)

Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lesotho, South Africa, Zimbabwe. On flowers of: Acacia caffra , Acacia karroo , Acanthopsis spathularis , Acrotome inflata , Aloe sp. , Amaebophyllum anguata, Anchusa capensis , Aspalathus chortophila , Ballota africana , Berkheya fruticosa , Blepharis capensis , Blepharis extenuata , Cyphia sp. , Gladiolus orchidiflorus , Heliophila lactea , Hermannia disermifolia , Hermannia gariepina , Hermannia trifurca , Hermannia sp. , Hypertelis salsoloides , Lycium sp. , Melolobium sp. , Mesembryanthemum guerichianum , Nemesia sp. , Paranomus bracteolarus , Pelargonium capitatum , Pelargonium myrrhifolium , Pelargonium sp. , Peliostomum virgatum , Polymita albiflora , Prenia pallens , Psoralea pinnata , Ruschia elineata , Salvia dentata , Senecio linifolius , Trachyandra muricata , Tribulus zeyheri , Tritoniopsis sp. , Wahlenbergia prostrata , Zygophyllum meyeri , Zygophyllum retrofractum , Zygophyllum sp. , labiate, mesem.

Anthophora circulata var. obscuriceps Friese, 1905f: 235–236 , female and male syntypes (ZMHB) South Africa; Friese 1909a: 263, 265, 273; Friese 1909b: 141, 144; Cockerell 1914a: 281; Cockerell 1936c: 209; Rasmussen and Ascher 2008: 80.

Anthophora obscuriceps Friese : Cockerell 1946d: 249.

Amegilla (Zebramegilla) obscuriceps (Friese) : Brooks 1988b: 504, 569; Eardley 1994: 38, 48, 50, 53–54, 65; Gess and Gess 1996: 367.

Amegilla obscuriceps (Friese) : Goldblatt et al. 1997: 301; Gess and Gess 2003: 237–238, 252, 369, 425; Manning and Goldblatt 2005: 465; Gess and Gess 2006: 9.

Anthophora felina Friese, 1911a: 674–675 , male lectotype [designated by Eardley, 1994] (ZMHB) South Africa; Guiglia 1928: 490; Cockerell 1933h: 151; Anonymous 1958: 31; Eardley 1994: 53, syn.; Rasmussen and Ascher 2008: 48. Amegilla (Zebramegilla) felina (Friese) : Brooks 1988b: 504, 565.

Amegilla felina (Friese) : Struck 1992: 75; Struck 1994a: 12.

Anthophora grisella Cockerell, 1932h: 493 , female holotype (BMNH) South Africa; Cockerell 1933h: 150–151, 155; Cockerell 1936b: 75; Cockerell 1938b: 368; Brooks 1988b: 569, syn.

Anthophora leopoldi Cockerell, 1933m: 360–361 , female holotype (RMCA) Democratic Republic of the Congo; Cockerell 1933h: 145; Cockerell 1936c: 207; Brooks 1988b: 564; Eardley 1994: 53, syn.

Amegilla penicula Eardley

Botswana, South Africa. On flowers of: Blepharis capensis .

Amegilla (Zebramegilla) penicula Eardley, 1994: 38 , 45–46, 49, male holotype (SANC) South Africa; Gess and Gess 1996: 367; Gess and Gess 2003: 411.

Amegilla punctifrons (Walker)

Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Namibia, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Zimbabwe,

Palaearctic. On flowers of: Blepharis capensis , Mesembryanthemum , Reseda sp. Parasite: Thyreus alfkeni ,

Thyreus delumbatus .

Anthophora punctifrons Walker, 1871: 57 , female holotype (ZMHB) Egypt; Cockerell 1931h: 405; Cockerell 1946d: 245–247; Gess and Gess 1990: 25.

Podalirius punctifrons (Walker) : Dalla Torre 1896: 283.

Amegilla (Zebramegilla) punctifrons (Walker) : Brooks 1988b: 504, 571; Eardley 1994: 38, 41, 43–45, 64; Gess and Gess 1996: 347, 353–355, 357–358.

Amegilla punctifrons (Walker) : Gess 1996: 273; Gess and Gess 2003: 291, 411, 413.

Anthophora medicorum Cockerell, 1910b: 337–338 , female holotype (BMNH) Somalia; Brooks 1988b: 571, syn.

Anthophora circulata var. alboscopacea Friese, 1922a: 11 , female holotype (ZMHB) South Africa; Rasmussen and Ascher 2008: 23.

Anthophora alboscopacea (Friese) : Cockerell 1933h: 147.

Amegilla (Zebramegilla) alboscopacea (Friese) : Brooks 1988b: 504, 559; Eardley 1994: 43, syn.

Anthophora melanodonta Cockerell, 1933k: 137–138 , male holotype (BMNH) Democratic Republic of the Congo; Cockerell 1946e: 340, 341; Eardley 1994: 43, syn.

Anthophora malanodonta [!] Cockerell: Cockerell 1946d: 247.

Amegilla (Zebramegilla) melanodonta (Cockerell) : Brooks 1988b: 504, 567.

Anthophora politifrons Cockerell, 1946d: 245–246 , male holotype (BMNH) Sudan; Brooks 1988b: 571, syn.

Amegilla quadrifasciata (de Villers)

Palaearctic.

Apis quadrifasciata de Villers, 1789: 319 , Palaearctic.

Podalirius quadrifasciatus (de Villers) : Dalla Torre 1896: 284 [incorrectly recorded from Africa]. Amegilla quadrifasciata (de Villers) : Brooks 1988b: 571 [Palaearctic].

Amegilla rapida (Smith)

South Africa.

Anthophora rapida Smith, 1879: 121 , female holotype (BMNH) South Africa; Friese 1909a: 88, 262, 288; Friese 1909b: 140; Meade-Waldo 1914a: 54; Cockerell 1920a: 256; Cockerell 1936c: 208.

Podalirius rapidus (Smith) : Dalla Torre 1896: 285; Bingham 1903: 56.

Amegilla rapida (Smith) : Brooks 1988b: 515, 571.

Amegilla (Ackmonopsis) rapida (Smith) : Eardley 1994: 19–23, 63.

Anthophora mediorufa Cockerell, 1920a: 255–256 , male holotype (BMNH) South Africa; Anonymous 1958: 32; Eardley 1994: 21, syn.

Amegilla (Zebramegilla) mediorufa (Cockerell) : Brooks 1988b: 504, 567.

Amegilla regalis (Cockerell)

Cameroun.

Anthophora regalis Cockerell, 1946f: 22 , female holotype (MCZC) Cameroun.

Amegilla (Aframegilla) regalis (Cockerell) : Brooks 1988b: 506, 571.

Amegilla robinae Brooks

Sierra Leone.

Amegilla (Aframegilla) robinae Brooks, 1988b: 547–549 , 571, male holotype (?MSNG) Sierra Leone.

Amegilla rufipes (Lepeletier)

Ethiopia, South Africa.

Anthophora rufipes Lepeletier, 1841: 50 , male and female syntypes (?MNHN) Ethiopia, South Africa; Strand 1912b: 129; Friese 1915: 273.

Podalirius rufipes (Lepeletier) : Dalla Torre 1896: 287.

Amegilla rufipes (Lepeletier) : Brooks 1988b: 515, 572; Baker 1994: 1194.

Amegilla senegalensis Friese

Senegal.

Anthophora senegalensis Friese, 1922a: 15 , male holotype (ZMHB) South Africa; Rasmussen and Ascher 2008: 98. Amegilla senegalensis (Friese) : Brooks 1988b: 572.

Amegilla sierra Eardley

Malawi, Tanzania, Zimbabwe.

Amegilla (Micramegilla) sierra Eardley, 1994: 24 , 30–32, male holotype (TMSA) Zimbabwe.

Amegilla simbana (Cockerell)

Kenya.

Anthophora simbana Cockerell, 1936c: 208 , female holotype (RMCA) Kenya; Cockerell 1946e: 341.

Amegilla simbana (Cockerell) : Brooks 1988b: 515, 573.

Amegilla sjoestedti (Friese)

Tanzania.

Anthophora sjöstedi Friese, 1909b: 139 , male holotype (?ZMHB) Tanzania; Friese 1909a: 262, 275; Rasmussen and Ascher 2008: 99.

Amegilla sjöestedti [!] (Friese): Brooks 1988b: 515.

Amegilla somalica (Magretti)

Cameroun, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Senegal, Somalia, Uganda.

Podalirius somalicus Magretti, 1898a: 30–31 , female holotype (ZMHB) Somalia.

Anthophora nubica var. somalica (Magretti) : Friese 1909a: 263, 265, 271; Friese 1909b: 140, 142; Strand 1912b: 137; Meade-Waldo 1914a: 46.

Antophora [!] nubica var. somalica (Magretti) : Friese 1915: 272.

Amegilla (Dizonamegilla) somalica (Magretti) : Brooks 1988b: 502, 505, 573.

Anthophora unicincta Friese, 1922a: 13 , female holotype (ZMHB) Uganda; Brooks 1988b: 573, syn.; Rasmussen and Ascher 2008: 106.

Amegilla spilostoma (Cameron)

South Africa, Zimbabwe. On flowers of: Acacia caffra , Acacia karroo , Acrotome inflata , Aloe sp. , Anchusa capensis , Aspalathus chortophila , Ballota africana , Blepharis capensis , Cyphia sp. , Gladiolus orchidiflorus ,

Gladiolus sp. , Limonium sp. , Lycium sp. , Mesembryanthemum crystallinum , Moraea algoensis , Moraea brevistyla , Paranomus bracteolaris , Pelargonium capitatum , Pelargonium myrrhifolium , Plectranthus madagascariensis , Plectranthus oribiensis , Prenia pallens , Psilocaulon acutisepalum , Psilocaulon subnodosum , Psoralea pinnata , Salvia dentata , Salvia sp. , Senecio linifolius , Senecio longifolius , Sesamum

sp., Solanaceae, Tritoiopsis sp., Zygophyllum cordifolium , Zygophyllum sp.

Podalarius [!] spilostoma Cameron, 1905a: 254–255 , female holotype (BMNH) South Africa.

Anthophora spilostoma (Cameron) : Friese 1909a: 262, 290; Cockerell 1932n: 16; Cockerell 1933h: 145–146, 155; Cockerell 1936b: 77.

Amegilla (Zebramegilla) spilostoma (Cameron) : Brooks 1988b: 504, 573; Eardley 1994: 38, 50–53; Gess and Gess 1996: 368–369.

Amegilla spilostoma (Cameron) : Struck 1995: 64; Gess 1996: 269, 285; Goldblatt et al. 1997: 301; Johnson et al. 1998: 237; Goldblatt and Manning 1998: 28; Potgieter et al. 1999: 105, 107–108, 111; Hill and Hulley 2000: 56; Gess and Gess 2003: 238–239, 251, 252, 254, 278, 288, 325, 327–328, 335, 341, 343, 371, 397–398, 418, 419, 422, 443, 444, 506, 528; Manning and Goldblatt 2005: 463, 465, 471; Goldblatt et al. 2005: 34, 35; Gess and Gess 2006: 9–10, 34.

Anthophora rubricans Cockerell, 1932n: 14–15 , female holotype (?AMNH) South Africa; Cockerell 1933h: 154–155; Cockerell 1933m: 361; Cockerell 1936b: 77; Cockerell 1936c: 207; Cockerell 1938b: 366, 368; Eardley 1994: 51, syn.

Amegilla (Zebramegilla) rubricans (Cockerell) : Brooks 1988b: 504.

Anthophora rubricans aspilostoma Cockerell, 1936b: 77 , female lectotype [designated by Eardley, 1994] (BMNH) South Africa; Brooks 1988b: 572, syn.

Amegilla subtorrida (Cockerell)

Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Anthophora subtorrida Cockerell, 1946e: 343–344 , male holotype (RMCA) Democratic Republic of the Congo. Amegilla subtorrida (Cockerell) : Brooks 1988b: 515, 573.

Amegilla terminata (Smith)

Mozambique, South Africa, Zimbabwe.

Anthophora terminata Smith, 1879: 121 , male holotype (BMNH) South Africa; Friese 1909a: 261, 171; Friese 1909b: 139; Cockerell 1916a: 207; Cockerell 1936b: 77.

Anthophora terminate [!] Smith: Cockerell 1933k: 136.

Podalirius terminata (Smith) : Dalla Torre 1896: 292.

Amegilla (Aframegilla) terminata (Smith) : Brooks 1988b: 506, 574; Eardley 1994: 4, 7–10, 62.

Amegilla triangulifera (Cockerell)

Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Anthophora triangulifera Cockerell, 1933o: 366 , 368; two female syntypes (RMCA) Democratic Republic of the Congo; Cockerell 1946f: 23.

Amegilla (Aframegilla) triangulifera (Cockerell) : Brooks 1988b: 506, 574.

Anthophora luluana Cockerell, 1933o: 366–369 , male holotype (RMCA) Democratic Republic of the Congo; Brooks 1988b: 574, syn.

Amegilla tubifera (Cockerell)

Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Anthophora tubifera Cockerell, 1933o: 365 , 368, female holotype (RMCA) Democratic Republic of the Congo. Amegilla tubifera (Cockerell) : Brooks 1988b: 515, 574.

Amegilla vanderysti (Cockerell)

Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Anthophora vanderysti Cockerell, 1936c: 210 , 211, male holotype (RMCA) Democratic Republic of the Congo. Amegilla (Zebramegilla) vanderysti (Cockerell) : Brooks 1988b: 504, 574.

Amegilla velutina (Friese)

Namibia, South Africa. On flowers of: Acanthaceae , Aenolobus pechuelii , Brownanthus kuntzei , Cleome paxii , Cleome suffruticosa , Geigeria pectidea , Geranium sp. , Hirpicium echinus , Jamesbrittenia canescens ,

Lamiaceae , Limonium sp. , Monechma genistifolium , Plectranthus sp. , Psilocaulon salicornioides ,

Psilocaulon sp. , Sesuvium hydaspicum , Stoeberia sp. , Trichodesma africanum , Vernonia fastigiata ,

Zygophyllum simplex , Zygophyllum stapffii , mesem.

Anthophora velutina Friese, 1909a: 263 , 277, female syntypes (ZMHB) Namibia; Rasmussen and Ascher 2008: 107.

Amegilla (Micramegilla) velutina (Friese) : Brooks 1988b: 508–510, 574; Gess and Gess 1996: 366.

Amegilla velutina (Friese) : Eardley 2000: 367, 370; Gess and Gess 2003: 239–240, 260, 265–266, 279, 282–283, 286, 294–295, 323, 382–383, 400, 414, 437, 486, 496; Gess and Gess 2006: 22.

Anthophora nivescens Cockerell, 1936b: 76 , male lectotype [designated by Eardley, 1994] (BMNH) Namibia; Prinsloo 1990: 74; Eardley 1994: 23–28, 63, syn.

Amegilla (Micramegilla) nivescens (Cockerell) : Brooks 1988b: 510, 569.

Anthophora microleuca Cockerell, 1937a: 142–143 , male holotype (BMNH) Namibia; Cockerell 1938b: 368; Brooks 1988b: 568, syn.

Amegilla vestitula (Cockerell)

Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Anthophora vestitula Cockerell, 1936c: 211–212 , female holotype (RMCA) Democratic Republic of the Congo; Cockerell 1946f: 25.

Anthophora vestibula [!] Cockerell: Cockerell 1946d: 247; Brooks 1988b: 575, syn.

Amegilla vestitula (Cockerell) : Brooks 1988b: 515, 575.

Amegilla vivida (Smith)

Cameroun, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Nigeria, Sierra Leone , Uganda. On flowers of: Dissotis multiflora , Heterotis decumbens , Ipomoea sp. , Lantana camara , Stachytarpheta augustifolia .

Anthophora vivida Smith, 1879: 120 , male holotype (BMNH) Sierra Leone ; Vachal 1903a: 378; Friese 1905f: 240; Friese 1909a: 262, 264, 265, 280–281; Friese 1909b: 140, 142, 144; Vachal 1910b: 324; Strand 1910: 41; Strand 1911d: 153; Strand 1912b: 137–138; Strand 1912d: 297; Strand 1914a: 66; Friese 1914b: 294; Cockerell 1919a: 118; Cockerell 1930b: 333; Cockerell 1946f: 22; Medler 1980: 482; Pauly 1998: 63.

Podalirius vividus (Smith) : Dalla Torre 1896: 294.

Amegilla (Aframegilla) vivida (Smith) : Brooks 1988b: 506.

Amegilla vivida Smith : Pauly 1998: 14.

Amegilla vivida guinea Strand

Equatorial Guinea.

Anthophora vivida var. guinea Strand, 1912d: 296–297 , male syntypes (ZMHB, but no spec.) Equatorial Guinea; Cockerell 1919a: 118; Strand 1927b: 469.

Amegilla (Aframegilla) vivida guinea Strand : Brooks 1988b: 506, 558, 565.