Megachile, Latreille and Creighonella Cockerell. Michener, 2000

Eardley, Connal, 2012, 3460, Zootaxa 3460, pp. 1-139 : 8

Key to the males of the southern African subgenera of dauber bees in the genus Megachile

1. Foretibia with three large, distinct spines near distal end; male tergum 6 with large tubercles, lobes or spines projecting backward ( Figs 2d, 5c, 8a)......................................................................... Gronoceras Cockerell.

– Foretibia with one or two spines distally.................................................................. 2.

2. Carina on T6 entire and bilobed......................................................................... 3.

– Carina on T6 toothed or denticulate...................................................................... 4.

3. Vestiture black and white ( Fig. 10f).............................................. Maximegachile Guiglia & Pasteels.

– With at least some orange hair ( Fig. 13e).................................................. Callomegachile Michener.

4. Tergum 6 mostly evenly convex and dentate, sometimes spinose posteromedially................ Pseudomegachile Friese.

– Tergum 6 truncate posteriorly........................................................ Chalicodoma Lepeletier.