Megachile (Pseudomegachile) cyanipennis Guérin-Méneville 1845

Megachile cyanipennis Guérin-Méneville 1845: 450, ♀ nec ♂, “ Sénégal ” [Senegal]. Lectotype ♀, designated by Guiglia & Pasteels 1961: 28, MSNG.

Megachile albocincta [albo-cincta] Radoszkowski 1874: 145, ♀, “ Egypte ” [Egypt]. Lectotype ♀, paralectotype ♀, designated by Praz 2017: 9, ISZP. Synonymy in Praz 2017: 10.

Distribution: Africa from Senegal to Sudan (Pasteels 1965), Egypt.

Note: type species of Xenomegachile Rebmann 1970a.

Pollen hosts: unknown.

Nesting biology: unknown.

Material examined:

Type material: Lectotype ♀ and paralectotype ♀ of M. albocincta (ISZP).

Additional material: EGYPT: Assuan, 14.02.1910, 17.03.1910, Jacquet leg.; Luxor, A.03.1988, W. Schlaefle leg.