Anthophorini (Kirby, 1837)

Eardley, Connal & Urban, Rosalind, 2010, Catalogue of Afrotropical bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Apiformes) 2455, Zootaxa 2455, pp. 1-548 : 449-457

Anthophorini :

Anthophora Latreille

Podalirius Latreille, 1802b: 430 . Type species: Apis pilipes Fabricius, 1775 = Apis plumipes Pallas, 1772 [suppressed by International Commission of Zoological Nomenclature, Opinion 151 (1944) Hemming 1944]; Brooks 1988a: 31.

Anthophora Latreille, 1803: 167 [replacement name for Podalirius Latreille, 1802 ]. Type species: Apis pilipes Fabricius, 1775 = Apis plumipes Pallas, 1772 , subsequent designation by Morice and Durrant, 1914; Griboldo 1893: 393; Friese 1909a: 85, 86, 96, 99, 261–291, 301; Strand 1912b: 129, 136; Brauns 1913: 119; Friese 1915: 266–267; Friese 1921: 1092–1094; Brauns 1926a: 203–204; Cockerell 1931g: 266; Cockerell 1932j: 401; Cockerell 1933d: 456; Cockerell 1933n: 362–363; Cockerell and Mackie 1933: 33; Cockerell 1935a: 82–86; Cockerell 1935h: 4; Cockerell 1936c: 205; Hemming 1944: 171–177; Arnold 1947: 198, 201, 212–213, 218; Michener 1968a: 337, 339, 346, 349; Rozen 1969c: 3; Rozen 1970: 1; Prins 1978: 855; Gess 1981: 24, 26, 60, 61; Peters 1984: 372; Sakagami and Michener 1987: 446; Nilsson and Rabakonandrianina 1988: 486; Brooks 1988a: 31, 32, 33; Brooks 1988b: 436–575; Eardley and Brooks 1989: 1–55; Alexander 1990: 123, 124, 140, 141; Gess and Gess 1990: 28, 30; Michener 1991: 231; Struck 1992: 75, 81; Baker 1994: 1189; Gess and Gess 1995: 57; Gess 1996: 276, 278; Potgieter et al. 1999: 101; Michener 2000: 17, 24, 30, 40, 99, 519, 555, 571, 630, 642, 720–721, 722–728, 729, 731, 744, 747–748, 871; Manning and Goldblatt 2005: 469, 472; Goldblatt et al. 2005: 34.

Heliophila Klug, In : Illiger, 1807: 197. Type species: Apis bimaculata Panzer, 1798 , by monotypy.

Anthophora (Heliophila) Klug : Brooks 1988b: 480; Eardley and Brooks 1989: 1–30, 52–55; Michener 2000: 69, 103, 647, 723, 724, 725, 726–727, 747, 753.

Anthophora (Pyganthophora) Brooks, 1988b: 460 . Type species: Apis retusa Linnaeus, 1758 , by original designation; Eardley and Brooks 1989: 3, 30–40, 52–55, 69; Michener 2000: 722, 723–725, 727, 728.

Anthophora (Paramegilla) Friese, 1897a: 18 , 25. Type species: Apis ireos Pallas, 1773 , designated by Sandhouse, 1943: 584; Brooks 1988a: 31; Brooks 1988b: 470; Eardley and Brooks 1989: 2–3, 40–50, 55, 69; Michener 2000: 724– 725, 727–728.

Anthophora abrochia Eardley & Brooks South Africa. On flowers of: Blepharis obmitrata , Diascia patens , Hermannia disermifolia ; Hermannia cf. disermifolia , Herrea sp. , Zygophyllum divaricatum . Anthophora (Pyganthophora) abrochia Eardley and Brooks, 1989: 30 , 37, 39–40, male holotype (SANC) South Africa;

Gess and Gess 1996: 372; Gess et al. 1997: 84; Gess and Gess 2003: 243–244, 274, 317, 387, 413; Gess and Gess

2006: 33. Anthophora abrochia Eardley and Brooks : Struck 1992: 75; Struck 1994a: 12.

Anthophora albitomentosa Eardley & Brooks

Namibia. On flowers of: Cleome angustifolia .

Anthophora albitomentosa Eardley and Brooks, 1989: 40–41 , 46, 48–49, 55, male holotype (SANC) Namibia; Gess and Gess 2003: 381.

Anthophora angolensis (Dalla Torre)

Angola.

Anthophora atriceps Radoszkowski, 1881: 198 , male holotype (type depository unknown) Angola [not Pérez, 1895].

Podalirius angolensis Dalla Torre, 1896: 256 , male holotype (type depository unknown) Angola [replacement name for Anthophora atriceps Radoszkowski, 1881 , not Pérez, 1895].

Anthophora angolensis (Dalla Torre) : Friese 1909a: 262, 285; Friese 1909b: 140; Cockerell 1932h: 492; Cockerell 1936b: 72.

Anthophora (Pyganthophora) angolensis (Dalla Torre) : Brooks 1988b: 460, 462.

Anthophora appletoni Cockerell

Somalia.

Anthophora (Amegilla) appletoni Cockerell, 1946e: 342 , female holotype (BMNH) Somalia.

Anthophora (Heliophila) appletoni Cockerell : Brooks 1988b: 491.

Anthophora armata Friese

Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Namibia, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe. On flowers of: Cleome angustifolia , Senna italica .

Anthophora armata Friese, 1905f: 234–235 , male lectotype [designated by Eardley & Brooks, 1989] (ZMHB) Tanzania; Friese 1909a: 89, 261, 263, 264, 269; Friese 1909b: 139–143, 164; Strand 1912b: 136; Brauns 1913: 120; Meade- Waldo 1914a: 54; Friese 1915: 272; Cockerell 1933d: 459; Cockerell 1936b: 72; Friese 1941: 101; Cockerell 1946f: 22; Rasmussen and Ascher 2008: 25.

Anthophora (Paramegilla) armata Friese : Brooks 1988b: 476; Eardley and Brooks 1989: 40–41, 44–47, 55; Gess and Gess 2003: 243, 334, 381; Gess and Gess 2006: 19.

Anthophora armata var. clitelligera Friese, 1905f: 235 , male holotype (ZMHB) Tanzania; Friese 1909a: 264, 269; Friese 1909b: 142, 164; Meade-Waldo 1914a: 54–55; Cockerell 1933d: 459; Brooks 1988b: 560, syn.; Rasmussen and Ascher 2008: 39.

Anthophora pseudobasalis Strand, 1911g: 120 , female holotype (ZMHB) Namibia; Strand 1927a: 412; Brooks 1988b: 560, syn.

Anthophora optima Cockerell, 1921a: 201 , female holotype (SAMC) South Africa; Cockerell 1933d: 459; Brooks 1988b: 560, syn.

Anthophora armata var. tetra Friese, 1922a: 10 , male holotype (ZMHB) Ethiopia; Brooks 1988b: 560, syn.; Rasmussen and Ascher 2008: 103.

Anthophora megasoma Cockerell, 1933d: 458–459 , female lectotype [designated by Eardley & Brooks, 1989] (BMNH) Zimbabwe; Cockerell 1936b: 75; Brooks 1988b: 560, syn.

Anthophora argyrospila Cockerell

Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Anthophora argyrospila Cockerell, 1938b: 366–367 , female holotype (BMNH) Democratic Republic of the Congo. Anthophora (Heliophila) argyrospila Cockerell : Brooks 1988b: 492.

Anthophora atrifrons Smith

South Africa.

Anthophora atrifrons Smith, 1854: 333 , female holotype (BMNH) South Africa .

Anthophora auone Eardley & Brooks

Angola, Namibia, South Africa.

Anthophora (Heliophora) auone Eardley and Brooks, 1989: 4 , 11–13, 53, male holotype (SANC) Angola.

Anthophora basalis Smith

Botswana, Namibia, South Africa. On flowers of: Trichodesma angustifolium .

Anthophora basalis Smith, 1854: 335 , female holotype (BMNH) South Africa; Dours 1869: 94; Friese 1905f: 234; Friese 1909a: 89, 91, 261, 263, 264, 268; Friese 1909b: 139–140, 143; Strand 1911b: 120; Friese 1911a: 664, 665, 666; Brauns 1913: 120; Friese 1915: 272; Friese 1916a: 420; Cockerell 1921a: 201; Cockerell 1933h: 141; Cockerell 1936b: 73.

Podalirius basalis (Smith) : Dalla Torre 1896: 258.

Anthophora (Paramegilla) armata Smith : Eardley and Brooks 1989: 40–41, 46, 48–50, 55; Gess and Gess 2003: 245, 386, 401; Gess and Gess 2006: 31.

Anthophora braunsiana Friese

South Africa. On flowers of: Heliophila sp. , Lycium sp. , Zygophyllum divaricatum .

Anthophora braunsiana Friese, 1905f: 239–240 , male lectotype [designated by Eardley & Brooks, 1989] (ZMHB) South Africa; Friese 1909a: 262, 263, 265, 278, 279; Friese 1909b: 139, 140–144; Brauns 1912b: 454; Cockerell 1914a: 282; Cockerell 1933h: 150; Cockerell 1935a: 85; Friese 1941: 107; Rozen 1969b: 51–59; Rozen 1969c: 12; Rasmussen and Ascher 2008: 32.

Anthophora (Pyganthophora) braunsiana Friese : Brooks 1988b: 492; Eardley and Brooks 1989: 30, 32–34; Gess and Gess 1996: 358, 372; Gess and Gess 2003: 244, 317, 443.

Anthophora candidifrons Cockerell

Kenya.

Anthophora candidifrons Cockerell, 1946e: 339–340 , female holotype (BMNH) Kenya.

Anthophora (Heliophila) candidifrons Cockerell : Brooks 1988b: 492.

Anthophora diversipes Friese

South Africa. On flowers of: Acanthopsis spathularis , Anchusa capensis , Gladiolus sp. , Grielum humifusum , Heliophila sp. , Hermannia disermifolia , Hermannia cf. disermifolia , Hermannia scordifolia , Hermannia trifurca , Hermannia sp. , Herrea sp. , Lobostemon trichotomus , Lobostemon sp. , Lycium sp. , Mesembryanthemum guerichianum , Moraea algoensis , Moraea angusta , Moraea ciliata , Moraea comptonii , Moraea cookii , Moraea demissa , Moraea gawleri , Moraea longistyla , Moraea miniata , Moraea vallisbelli , Moraea sp. , Nemesia ligulata , Oxalis sp. , Pelargonium sp. , Peliostomum virgatum , Satyrium sp. , Tetragonia sp. , Trachyandra bulbinifolia , Zygophyllum divaricatum , Zygophyllum sp. , mesem.

Anthophora diversipes Friese, 1922a: 12 , male holotype (ZMHB) South Africa; Struck 1992: 71, 75–76, 79, 80; Struck 1994a: 12; Johnson 1997b: 198, Goldblatt and Manning 1998: 28; Goldblatt et al. 2005: 34, 35, 36, 37; Rasmussen and Ascher 2008: 44.

Anthophora (Pyganthophora [!]) diversipes Friese : Brooks 1988b: 462, 563; Eardley and Brooks 1989: 30, 33–36; Struck 1994a: 12; Gess and Gess 1996: 372–373; Gess et al. 1997: 84; Gess and Gess 2003: 244, 274, 290, 317, 387, 390, 398, 400.

Anthophora (Pygnanthophora) diversipes (Friese) : Gess and Gess 2006: 9.

Anthophora fulleri nomen nudum: Grobbelaar 1928: 348.

Anthophora fulleri Brauns, 1929: 130–132 , male lectotype [designated by Eardley & Brooks, 1989] (TMSA) South Africa; Anonymous 1958: 31; Brooks 1988b: 563, syn.; Eardley and Brooks 1989: 34.

Anthophora ekuivensis Cockerell

Namibia.

Anthophora ekuivensis Cockerell, 1908c: 121 , female holotype (?BMNH) Namibia; Friese 1909a: 262, 286; Cockerell 1932h: 496; Cockerell 1933h: 153.

Anthophora (Heliophila) ekuivensis Cockerell : Brooks 1988b: 292.

Anthophora epichariformis Gribodo

South Africa. On flowers of: Pteronia sp.

Anthophora epichariformis Gribodo, 1893: 285–286 , female lectotype [designated by Eardley & Brooks, 1989] (MSNG) South Africa; Friese 1909a: 262, 287; Friese 1909b: 140; Cockerell 1936b: 74.

Podalirius epichariformis (Gribodo) Dalla Torre 1896: 266 .

Anthophora (Paramegilla) epichariformis Gribodo : Brooks 1988b: 476; Eardley and Brooks 1989: 41–45; Gess and Gess 1996: 347, 356, 359.

Anthophora superba Friese, 1911a: 666 , male holotype (ZMHB) South Africa; Brooks 1988b: 564, syn.; Rasmussen and Ascher 2008: 102.

Anthophora leucospila Cockerell, 1936b: 75 , male lectotype [designated by Eardley & Brooks 1989] (BMNH) South Africa; Brooks 1988b: 564, syn.

Anthophora eritrea Brooks

Ethiopia.

Anthophora flaviventris Friese, 1915: 273 , male syntypes (ZMHB) Ethiopia [not Friese, 1896]; Hedicke 1929: 71; Rasmussen and Ascher 2008: 50.

Antophora [!] flaviventris Friese : Friese 1915: 289–290.

Anthophora eritrea Brooks, 1988b: 492 , 564 [replacement name for Friese, 1915, not Friese, 1896].

Anthophora ferripicta Cockerell

Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zimbabwe.

Anthophora natensis ferripicta nomen nudum: Cockerell 1933g: 149.

Anthophora natensis ferripicta Cockerell, 1935a: 82–83 , male lectotype [designated by Eardley & Brooks, 1989] (TMSA) Botswana; Cockerell 1946e: 340.

Anthophora natalensis [!] ferripicta Cockerell : 1936c: 207; Cockerell 1946d: 247.

Anthophora (Heliophila) ferripicta Cockerell : Brooks 1988b: 492; Eardley and Brooks 1989: 4, 17–20.

Anthophora flaviscopa Eardley & Brooks

South Africa. On flowers of: Pteronia incana .

Anthophora (Heliophora) flaviscopa Eardley and Brooks, 1989: 3 , 9, 10–11, 52–55, female holotype (SANC) South Africa.

Anthophora flaviscopa Eardley and Brooks : Struck 1994a: 12.

Anthophora (Heliophila) rufiscopa [!] nomen nudum: Eardley and Brooks 1989: 3.

Anthophora glaucopis Friese

Tanzania, Namibia.

Anthophora glaucopis Friese, 1905f: 239 , male holotype (ZMHB) Tanzania; Friese 1909a: 262, 265, 278; Friese 1909b: 139, 143, 164; Friese 1911a: 661–662, 666; Rasmussen and Ascher 2008: 55.

Anthophora (Paramegilla) glaucopis Friese : Brooks 1988b: 476; Eardley and Brooks 1989: 40–41, 48, 50, 55; Eardley 1993a: 145, 146.

Anthophora hastula (Vachal)

Ethiopia.

Antophora [!] hastula Vachal, 1909a: 533 , male and female syntypes (?MNHN) Ethiopia.

Anthophora hastula Vachal : Brooks 1988b: 450, 565.

Anthophora hirtiventris Friese

Namibia, South Africa. On flowers of: Monechma mollissimum .

Anthophora hirtiventris Friese, 1911a: 662–663 , male holotype (ZMHB) South Africa; Friese 1913a: 590; Friese 1913b: 576; Rasmussen and Ascher 2008: 57.

Anthophora (Paramegilla) hirtiventris Friese : Brooks 1988b: 476; Eardley and Brooks 1989: 41–42, 45, 55; Eardley 2000: 367, 370; Gess and Gess 2003: 243, 319, 415.

Anthophora gigantea Friese, 1913a: 590 , female lectotype [designated by Eardley & Brooks 1989: 41] (ZMHB) South Africa; Friese 1913b: 576; Cockerell 1933d: 459; Cockerell 1933k: 133; Cockerell 1936b: 75; Brooks 1988b: 566, syn.; Eardley and Brooks 1989: 41; Rasmussen and Ascher 2008: 54.

Anthophora inclyta Walker

Tanzania [?], Oriental, Palaearctic.

Anthophora inclyta Walker, 1871: 58 , female holotype (type depository unknown) Palaearctic.

Anthophora rufiventris Friese, 1911a: 665–666 , female holotype (ZMHB) Tanzania [type locality possibly incorrect]; Brooks 1988b: 566, syn.; Rasmussen and Ascher 2008: 93.

Anthophora joetta Brooks

Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Anthophora (Heliophila) joetta Brooks, 1988b: 540–543 , male holotype (SEMC) Angola.

Anthophora kigomensis Cockerell

Tanzania.

Anthophora kigomensis Cockerell, 1938b: 363–364 , male holotype (BMNH) Tanzania.

Anthophora (Heliophila) kigomensis Cockerell : Brooks 1988b: 492.

Anthophora kigonserana Friese

Tanzania.

Anthophora kigonserana Friese, 1905f: 236 , male and female syntypes (ZMHB) Tanzania; Friese 1909a: 262, 264, 273– 274; Friese 1909b: 139, 142, 144, 164; Rasmussen and Ascher 2008: 61.

Anthophora (Heliophila) kigonserana Friese : Brooks 1988b: 492.

Anthophora kodrokonis Cockerell

Sudan.

Anthophora kodrokonis Cockerell, 1946d: 246–247 , male holotype (BMNH) Sudan.

Anthophora kodrokonis Cockerell : Brooks 1988b: 492.

Anthophora kristenseni Friese

Ethiopia.

Anthophora ampliceps var. kristenseni Friese, 1915: 288 , male holotype (ZMHB) Ethiopia; Hedicke 1929: 71; Rasmussen and Ascher 2008: 62.

Anthophora (Heliophila) kristenseni Friese : Brooks 1988b: 492, 566.

Anthophora krugeri Eardley & Brooks

South Africa. On flowers of: Anchusa capensis , Berkheya fruticosa , Lobostemon sp. , Hermannia disermifolia ,

Hermannia cf. disermifolia , Hermannia scordifolia , Hermannia vestita , Hermannia sp. , Herrea sp. , Moraea brachygyne , Moraea ciliata , Zygophyllum divaricatum .

Anthophora krugeri nomen nudum: Anonymous 1958: 32;

Anthophora (Pyganthophora) krugeri Eardley and Brooks, 1989: 30–33 , male holotype (TMSA) South Africa; Gess and Gess 1996: 373; Gess et al. 1997: 84; Gess and Gess 2003: 244–245, 274, 317, 387, 390–391, 398.

Anthophora krugeri Eardley and Brooks : Struck 1994a: 12; Goldblatt et al. 2005: 34, 35, 36.

Anthophora labrosa Friese

Namibia, South Africa. On flowers of: Berkheya fruticosa , Berkheya heterophylla , Berkheya onobromoides ,

Berkheya sp. , Lamiaceae , Senecio linifolius , labiate.

Anthophora labrosa Friese, 1911a: 664 , female holotype (ZMHB) South Africa; Cockerell 1932n: 16; Cockerell 1936c: 207; Struck 1992: 75, 79; Struck 1994a: 12; Rasmussen and Ascher 2008: 63.

Anthophora (Heliophila) labrosa Friese : Brooks 1988b: 492; Eardley and Brooks 1989: 4, 23–25, 54; Gess and Gess 1996: 369–370; Gess and Gess 2003: 241, 424, 469, 471, 473, 507.

Anthophora leonis Cockerell

South Africa. On flowers of: Anchusa capensis .

Anthophora leonis Cockerell, 1933k: 133 , female lectotype [designated by Eardley & Brooks, 1989] (BMNH) South Africa.

Anthophora (Paramegilla) leonis Cockerell : Brooks 1988b: 476; Eardley and Brooks 1989: 41, 43, 45, 55; Gess and Gess 1996: 373; Gess and Gess 2003: 245, 398.

Anthophora leucopyga Friese

Zimbabwe.

Anthophora leucopyga Friese, 1911a: 664–665 , male holotype (ZMHB) Zimbabwe; Rasmussen and Ascher 2008: 65. Anthophora (Paramegilla) leucopyga Friese : Brooks 1988b: 476; Eardley and Brooks 1989: 46–48.

Anthophora lomamica Cockerell

Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Anthophora lomamica Cockerell, 1936n: 523 , male holotype (BMNH) Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Anthophora lumbwana Cockerell

Kenya.

Anthophora lumbwana Cockerell, 1946e: 342–343 , male holotype (BMNH) Kenya.

Anthophora (Heliophila) lumbwana Cockerell : Brooks 1988b: 492.

Anthophora matopensis Cockerell

Malawi, South Africa, Zimbabwe.

Anthophora matopensis Cockerell, 1933h: 149 , 152–153, female holotype (BMNH) Zimbabwe.

Anthophora (Heliophila) matopensis Cockerell : Brooks 1988b: 492.

Anthophora (Heliophila) matopoensis [!] Cockerell: Eardley and Brooks 1989: 3, 23–26, 54.

Anthophora elimata Cockerell, 1933h: 148 , male holotype (BMNH) Zimbabwe; Cockerell 1938b: 364; Brooks 1988b: 492, 563; Eardley and Brooks 1989: 25, syn.

Anthophora infracana Cockerell, 1933h: 149 , 151–152, male holotype (BMNH) South Africa; Brooks 1988b: 563, syn.

Anthophora mephistophelicana Strand

Namibia.

Anthophora mephistophelicana Strand, 1911g: 119 , female holotype (ZMHB) Namibia; Strand 1927a: 411; Eardley 1994: 61.

Amegilla mephistophelicana (Strand) : Brooks 1988b: 515, 568.

Anthophora micheneri Brooks

Kenya.

Anthophora (Heliophila) micheneri Brooks, 1988b: 543–544 , male holotype (SEMC) Kenya.

Anthophora namaquensis Eardley & Brooks

South Africa.

Anthophora (Pyganthophora) namaquensis Eardley and Brooks, 1989: 30 , 31, 33, 55, male holotype (TMSA) South Africa .

Anthophora neavei Vachal

Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Anthophora neavei Vachal, 1910b: 323–324 , female holotype (?RMCA) Democratic Republic of the Congo; Brooks 1988b: 496.

Anthophora nigrifacies Friese

Ethiopia.

Anthophora nigrifacies Friese, 1905f: 240 , male holotype (ZMHB) Ethiopia; Friese 1909a: 262, 265, 279; Friese 1909b: 139, 143; Friese 1915: 273; Rasmussen and Ascher 2008: 76.

Anthophora (Pyganthophora) nigrifacies Friese : Brooks 1988b: 460, 462, 464.

Anthophora oldi Meade-Waldo

Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, South Africa, Tanzania, Zimbabwe.

Anthophora oldi Meade-Waldo, 1914a: 46–47 , 49–50, female holotype (BMNH) Malawi; Cockerell 1921a: 202; Cockerell 1933h: 152.

Anthophora (Heliophila) oldi Meade-Waldo : Brooks 1988b: 492, 569; Eardley and Brooks 1989: 4, 18, 20–22, 54.

Anthophora oldi lusoria Cockerell, 1921a: 202 , female holotype (SAMC) Zimbabwe; Cockerell 1933k: 137.

Anthophora lusoria Cockerell : Cockerell 1933h: 152; Cockerell 1936c: 207; Brooks 1988b: 569, syn.

Anthophora albopictula Cockerell, 1933h: 143–144 , male lectotype [designated by Eardley & Brooks 1989] (BMNH) Zimbabwe; Cockerell 1946e: 340; Brooks 1988b: 569, syn.

Anthophora padiola Vachal

Kenya.

Anthophora padiola Vachal, 1909a: 533 , two male syntypes (?MNHN) Kenya; Brooks 1988b: 450, 569.

Anthophora perdita Cockerell

Kenya.

Anthophora perdita Cockerell, 1946e: 339–340 , male holotype (BMNH) Kenya.

Anthophora (Heliophila) perdita Cockerell : Brooks 1988b: 492.

Anthophora postica Vachal

Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Anthophora postica Vachal, 1910b: 324–325 , male holotype (RMCA) Democratic Republic of the Congo; Brooks 1988b: 496.

Anthophora praecox Friese

Lesotho, South Africa. On flowers of: Anchusa capensis , Berkheya carlinifolia , Berkheya heterophylla ,

Berkheya sp. , Blepharis sp. , Cirsium vulgare , Pentzia incana , Satyrium sp. , Sphalmanthus sp. Parasite:

Thyreus calceatus .

Anthophora krebsi var. praecox Friese, 1909a: 276 , male lectotype [designated by Eardley & Brooks, 1989] (ZMHB) South Africa; Rasmussen and Ascher 2008: 87.

Anthophora wartmanni var. praecox Friese 1911a: 663 .

Anthophora praecox Friese : Anonymous 1958: 33; Gess 1996: 284, 290–292; Johnson 1997b: 198.

Anthophora (Heliophila) praecox Friese : Brooks 1988b: 492, 571; Eardley and Brooks 1989: 3, 24, 28–30, 54; Gess and Gess 1996: 347, 355–356, 358–359, 370; Gess and Gess 2003: 241, 398, 466, 469, 473, 499.

Anthophora aliceae Cockerell 1932h: 492–493 , male lectotype [designated by Eardley & Brooks 1989] (BMNH) South Africa; Cockerell 1936b: 72; Brooks 1988b: 571, syn.; Eardley and Brooks 1989: 29, 52.

Anthophora pygmaea Meade-Waldo Botswana, Zambia. Anthophora pygmaea Meade-Waldo, 1914a: 46–48 , 49, female holotype (BMNH) Zambia; Cockerell 1935a: 83–84;

Cockerell 1946e: 340. Anthophora (Heliophila) pygmaea Meade-Waldo : Brooks 1988b: 492, 571; Eardley and Brooks 1989: 4, 17–18, 54. Anthophora torridella Meade-Waldo, 1914a: 46 , 48–49, male lectotype [designated by Eardley & Brooks, 1989]

(BMNH) Zambia; Cockerell 1933h: 144; Cockerell 1935a: 82–84; Cockerell 1946e: 340; Brooks 1988b: 571, syn. Anthophora natensis nomen nudum: Cockerell 1933k: 138; Cockerell 1933h: 149. Anthophora natensis Cockerell, 1935a: 82–83 , male lectotype [designated by Eardley & Brooks, 1989] (TMSA)

Botswana; Cockerell 1946e: 340; Brooks 1988b: 571, syn.; Eardley and Brooks 1989: 19.

Anthophora pyropyga Dours

Kenya, South Africa.

Anthophora pyropyga Dours, 1869: 117 , female and male syntypes (type depository unknown) South Africa; Friese 1909a: 262, 288; Brooks 1988b: 450.

Podalirius pyrrhopygus [!] (Dours): Dalla Torre 1896: 284.

Anthophora pyrropyga [!] Dours: Friese 1909b: 140.

Anthophora rhodesiae Meade-Waldo

Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Anthophora rhodesiae Meade-Waldo, 1914a: 46 , 49–50, female holotype (BMNH) Zambia; Cockerell 1921a: 202. Anthophora (Heliophila) rhodesiae Meade-Waldo : Brooks 1988b: 492; Eardley and Brooks 1989: 4, 18, 22–24.

Anthophora ruficauda (Cameron)

South Africa. On flowers of: Acanthopsis spathularis , Hermannia disermifolia , Lycium sp.

Podalarius [!] ruficaudis Cameron, 1905a: 253–254 , female lectotype [designated by Eardley & Brooks, 1989] (BMNH) South Africa.

Anthophora ruficaudis [!] (Cameron): Friese 1909a: 262, 289; Brauns 1912b: 454; Struck 1992: 75; Struck 1994a: 12.

Anthophora ruficauda (Cameron) : Struck 1992: 75; Struck 1994a: 12.

Anthophora (Pyganthophora) ruficaudis [!] (Cameron): Brooks 1988b: 462, 572; Eardley and Brooks 1989: 30, 37–39.

Anthophora herbsti Friese, 1911a: 662 , male lectotype [designated by Eardley & Brooks, 1989] (ZMHB) South Africa; Brauns 1912b: 454; Brauns 1930: 43; Cockerell 1931h: 405; Anonymous 1958: 32; Brooks 1988b: 572, syn.; Rasmussen and Ascher 2008: 57.

Anthophora rufolanata Dours

Namibia, South Africa, Uganda. On flowers of: Anchusa capensis , Berkheya fruticosa , Berkheya heterophylla , Pentzia incana , Senecio linifolius , thistle.

Anthophora rufolanata Dours, 1869: 81 , male holotype (lost) male neotype [designated by Eardley & Brooks, 1989] (TMSA) South Africa; Friese 1909a: 262, 290; Cockerell 1914a: 281; Cockerell 1933h: 151; Cockerell 1936b: 77; Cockerell 1938b: 364–365; Brooks 1988b: 492, 557; Gess and Gess 1996: 358–359, 370; Gess 1996: 285, 291.

Podalirius rufolanata (Dours) : Dalla Torre 1896: 288.

Anthophora (Heliophila) rufolanata Dours : Brooks 1988b: 492, 572, 557; Eardley and Brooks 1989: 3–4, 12–16, 53; Gess and Gess 1996: 358–359, 370; Gess and Gess 2003: 241–242, 398, 469, 499, 507.

Anthophora drewsenii nomen nudum: Dours 1869: 180; Radoszkowski 1876.

Anthophora krebsi Friese, 1905f: 238 , male holotype (ZMHB) South Africa; Friese 1909a: 262, 265, 276; Friese 1909b: 139, 144; Friese 1911a: 663; Anonymous 1958: 32; Rozen 1969b: 51–55; Brooks 1988b: 572, syn.; Rasmussen and Ascher 2008: 62.

Anthophora (Heliophila) krebsi Friese. Gess and Gess 1996: 358 .

Anthophora armatilabris Friese, 1911a: 674 , 675, female lectotype [designated by Eardley & Brooks, 1989] (SAMC) Namibia; Brauns 1930: 43; Anonymous 1958: 30; Brooks 1988b: 572, syn.; Rasmussen and Ascher 2008: 25.

Anthophora chromatica Cockerell, 1932h: 495–496 , male holotype (AMNH) South Africa; Brooks 1988b: 572, syn.

Anthophora honorata Cockerell, 1938b: 365–366 , female holotype (BMNH) South Africa; Brooks 1988b: 572, syn.

Anthophora rufovestita Cockerell

Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe. On flowers of: Acanthaceae , Acrotome inflata , Anchusa capensis , Berkheya heterophylla , Cirsium vulgare , Lamiaceae , Peristrophe sp. , Senecio linifolius .

Anthophora rufovestita Cockerell, 1946d: 246 , male holotype (BMNH) Zambia.

Anthophora (Heliophila) rufovestita Cockerell : Brooks 1988b: 491, 492; Eardley and Brooks 1989: 4, 6–9, 53; Gess and Gess 1996: 359, 369–371.

Anthophora spinicauda Cockerell, 1946f: 25 , male holotype (MCZC) Namibia; Cockerell 1946e: 343; Brooks 1988b: 572, syn.

Anthophora schultzei Friese

South Africa. Hermannia cuneifolia , Hermannia disermifolia , Hermannia cf. disermifolia , Lobostemon sp. ,

Lycium cinereum , Moraea ciliata , Moraea cookii , Moraea demissa , Moraea tripetala , Pteronia divaricata ,

Zygophyllum morgsana .

Anthophora schultzei Friese, 1909a: 89 , 262, 264, 265, 279, male lectotype [designated by Eardley & Brooks, 1989] (ZMHB) South Africa; Friese 1911a: 662–665; Brauns 1912b: 454; Cockerell 1914a: 282; Brauns 1929: 130; Cockerell 1931h: 405; Cockerell 1933n: 361; Struck 1995: 64; Goldblatt et al. 2005: 34, 35, 36; Rasmussen and Ascher 2008: 97.

Anthophora (Pyganthophora) schultzei Friese : Brooks 1988b: 462; Eardley and Brooks 1989: 30, 35–38; Gess and Gess 1996: 373; Gess et al. 1997: 84; Gess and Gess 2003: 245, 318, 386, 387, 400, 501.

Anthophora strucki Eardley & Brooks

South Africa. On flowers of: Pteronia incana .

Anthophora (Heliophila) strucki Eardley and Brooks, 1989: 4 , 18, 20–21, 54, male holotype (SANC) South Africa; Struck 1994a: 12.

Anthophora tetradonta Cockerell

Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Africa, Tanzania, Zimbabwe.

Anthophora tetradonta Cockerell, 1933k: 138 , male lectotype [designated by Eardley & Brooks, 1989] (BMNH) Democratic Republic of the Congo; Cockerell 1935a: 83; Cockerell 1936c: 210; Cockerell 1938b: 367; Cockerell 1946e: 340.

Anthophora (Heliophila) tetradonta Cockerell : Brooks 1988b: 491, 492; Eardley and Brooks 1989: 4, 13, 16–18, 54.

Anthophora livingstonei Cockerell, 1938b: 362–364 , female holotype (BMNH) Tanzania; Brooks 1988b: 574, syn.

Anthophora aureohirta Cockerell, 1946e: 338–339 , male holotype (BMNH) Tanzania; Brooks 1988: 574, syn.

Anthophora vestita Smith

Angola, Kenya, Lesotho, Mozambique, South Africa, Zimbabwe. On flowers of: Acrotome inflata , Anchusa capensis , Ballota africana , Berkheya heterophylla , Berkheya sp. , Cirsium vulgare , Peristrophe cernua ,

Senecio linifolius , Senecio sp. , acanth.

Anthophora vestita Smith, 1854: 334 , female holotype (BMNH) South Africa; Dours 1869: 180; Friese 1905f: 238–239; Cockerell 1907a: 532; Friese 1909a: 262, 264, 265, 276–277, 278; Friese 1909b: 139, 142–143, 165; Brauns 1909b: 20; Friese 1911a: 663; Strand 1912b: 129; Brauns 1912b: 454; Strand 1914a: 66; Meade-Waldo 1914a: 47; Cockerell 1914a: 281–282; Cockerell 1917b: 39–40; Cockerell 1920a: 255–256; Meyer 1921a: 130; Alfken 1926: 100; Hedicke 1929: 71; Cockerell 1931h: 405; Cockerell 1932n: 15; Cockerell 1933h: 141–142, 145, 149–150, 152, 156; Cockerell 1933k: 136; Cockerell 1935a: 85; Cockerell 1936b: 77–78; Cockerell 1936c: 207, 212; Cockerell 1938b: 364–365, 367; Friese 1941: 101; Cockerell 1946e: 343; Cockerell 1946f: 25; Gess 1996: 291– 292.

Anthophora (Heliophila) vestita Smith : Brooks 1988b: 446, 492, 495, 543, 557; Eardley and Brooks 1989: 4–8, 53; Gess and Gess 1996: 359, 370–371; Gess and Gess 2003: 242, 398, 416, 418, 419, 458, 469, 476, 507, 512; Gess and Gess 2006: 33.

Podalirius pallidicintus Cameron, 1905a: 254 , male holotype (BMNH) South Africa.

Anthophora pallidicincta (Cameron) : Friese 1909a: 262, 287, 288; Brauns 1912b: 454, syn.; Cockerell 1938b: 366.

Anthophora vestita var. pallidicincta (Cameron) : Cockerell 1933h: 149.

Anthophora laticeps Friese, 1911b: 675 , male holotype (ZMHB) South Africa [not Friese, 1905f] Friese 1915: 266, 288; Brauns 1930: 43; Brooks 1988b: 574, syn.; Rasmussen and Ascher 2008: 63.

Anthophora ampliceps Friese, 1915: 288 ; Hedicke 1929: 71; Brooks 1988b: 574 [replacement name for Anthophora laticeps Friese, 1911b , not Anthophora (Eucara) laticeps Friese, 1905f ]; Rasmussen and Ascher 2008: 24.

Anthophora griseovestita Cockerell, 1914a: 281–282 , male holotype (?BMNH) South Africa; Cockerell 1932h: 495– 496; Cockerell 1933h: 150; Cockerell 1938b: 366; Cockerell 1946e: 341; Brooks 1988b: 574, syn.

Anthophora sinuatitarsis Friese, 1925a: 503 , male holotype (?AMNH) Zimbabwe; Brooks 1988b: 574, syn.; Rasmussen and Ascher 2008: 99.

Anthophora greyae Cockerell, 1931h: 404–405 , male holotype (BMNH) South Africa; Cockerell 1932h: 496; Cockerell 1933h: 142, 149–150, 156; Cockerell 1938b: 366; Brooks 1988b: 574, syn.

Anthophora vestita var. greyae Cockerell : Cockerell, 1936b: 78.

Anthophora wartmanni Friese

South Africa. On flowers of: Anchusa capensis , Arctotis laevis , Ballota africana , Berkheya heterophylla ,

Hermannia disermifolia , Herrea sp. , Homeria sp. , Metalasia muricata , Oftia africana , Pteronia sp. ,

Satyrium sp. , Senecio linifolius , Wahlenbergia sp. , Wachendorfia sp. , composite

Anthophora wartmanni Friese, 1905f: 238 , male holotype (ZMHB) South Africa; Friese 1909a: 262, 265, 276; Friese 1909b: 139, 143; Friese 1911b: 675; Johnson 1997b: 198; Rasmussen and Ascher 2008: 108.

Anthophora (Heliophila) wartmanni Friese : Brooks 1988b: 292; Eardley and Brooks 1989: 4, 24, 27–28; Gess and Gess 1996: 371–372; Gess and Gess 2003: 242–243, 252, 398, 419, 436, 458, 469, 490, 504, 507, 516, 526; Gess and Gess 2006: 9, 35.

Anthophora (Heliophila) nigriclypeatis nomen nudum: Eardley and Brooks 1989: 3.

Anthophora xanthostoma Cockerell

Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Africa, Zimbabwe. On flowers of: Berkheya sp. ,

Sphalmanthus sp.

Anthophora xanthostoma Cockerell, 1932h: 496 , female holotype (AMNH) South Africa; Cockerell 1935a: 85.

Anthophora (Heliophila) xanthostoma Cockerell : Brooks 1988b: 492; Eardley and Brooks 1989: 4, 7–10, 53.

Anthophora vernayi Cockerell, 1935a: 82–83 , 84–85, female holotype (TMSA or BMNH) Botswana; Cockerell 1937a: 142; Cockerell 1946e: 340–342; Anonymous 1958: 33; Brooks 1988b: 575, syn.

Anthophora vernayi heteropoda Cockerell, 1946e: 341–342 , female holotype (BMNH) Democratic Republic of the Congo; Brooks 1988b: 575, syn.

Anthophora zombana Cockerell

Malawi.

Anthophora zombana Cockerell, 1910b: 338–339 , female holotype (BMNH) Malawi.

Anthophora (Heliophila) zombana Cockerell : Brooks 1988b: 492.