3601 Author Eardley, Connal text Zootaxa 2012 2013-01-11 3601 1 133 journal article 1175­5334 B32F2745-5326-47B7-9111-CAA6BC9149DE Megachile (Amegachile) bituberculata Ritsema Figs 7–9 Megachile tuberculata Smith, 1879: 63 , female holotype (NHML) Sierra Leone . Megachile bituberculata Ritsema, 1880a: 97 [replacement name for Megachile tuberculata Smith, 1879 , not Smith, 1857]; Pasteels 1973: 710 ; Struck 1992: 75 , 76, 79, 80; Struck 1994a: 14 . Megachile (Megachile) bituberculata Ritsema : Friese 1909a: 326 , 371. Megachile (Amegachile) bituberculata Ritsema : Meade–Waldo 1912: 471, 475; Pasteels 1965: 131 , 178, 179–182, 183, 184, 186–187, 561; Schulten 1977: 62 , Pauly 1998: 27 ; Michener 2000: 537 , 549. Megachile mediocana Cockerell, 1916a: 201 , female holotype (AMNH) South Africa ; Hedicke 1931: 36 syn.; Pasteels 1965: 179 . Megachile bituberculata mediocana Cockerell : Cockerell 1917a: 464 ; Hedicke 1931: 36 , syn. Megachile sjoestedti Friese, 1901b: 72 , two female syntypes (NHRS) Cameroun ; Meade-Waldo 1912: 471 , syn. Megachile sjoestedti var. rubripedana Strand, 1914a: 61 , female holotype (DEIC) Angola . Syn. nov.