1. Megachile (Aethomegachile) laticeps Smith, 1853 (Figure 1a)

1853. Megachile laticeps Smith, Cat. Hym. Brit. Mus., 1: 183 (H, ♂).

Material examined: 01 ♀, India, West Bengal, Darjeeling, Rangpo, 27.1595°N 88.5088°E, 14.ix.1978 , sweep net, coll. A.N. T. Joseph; 01 ♀, Andhra Pradesh, Coringa Wildlife Sanctuary, Hope Island, 16.9234°N, 82.2739°E ,

13.xii.2018, Sweep net, coll. A. Rameshkumar; 01 ♀, Rajasthan, Kota, 28.iv.1993, sweep net, coll. Sharma.

Distribution: India: Lakshadweep, Maharashtra, Kerala, Tamil Nadu (GBIF, 2020d), West Bengal (new record), Andhra Pradesh (new record), Rajasthan (new record).

Floral associations: Crotalaria pallida, Peltophorum pterocarpum ( Fabaceae), Memecylon caeruleum ( Melastomataceae), Vitex trifolia ( Lamiaceae) (Ascher, et al., 2016), Dendrolobium umbellatum ( Fabaceae) (Soh et al., 2018), Cajanus cajan, Crotalaria juncea, Lablab purpureus ( Fabaceae), Ocimum basilicum ( Lamiaceae) (Amala et al., 2019).

II. Subgenus Callomegachile Michener, 1962