The Megachilidae (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Apiformes) of the Democratic Republic of Congo curated at the Royal Museum for Central Africa (RMCA, Belgium) Author Nkulu, Alain Tshibungu Agroecology Lab, Brussels Bioengineering School, Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Av. F. D. Roosevelt 50, B- 1050 Brussels, Belgium & Ecology, Restoration Ecology and Landscape, Faculté des Sciences Agronomiques, Université de Lubumbashi (UNILU), Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo Author Pauly, Alain 0000-0002-9030-9786 Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), O. D. Taxonomy & Phylogeny, Rue Vautier 29, B- 1000 Brussels, Belgium alain. pauly 54 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 9030 - 9786 alain.pauly54@gmail.com Author Dorchin, Achik 0000-0003-1151-5926 Royal Museum for Central Africa (RMCA), Biology Department, Entomology Section, Leuvensesteenweg 13, B- 3080 Tervuren, Belgium achik. dorchin @ africamuseum. be; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 1151 - 5926 & University of Mons, Research Institute for Biosciences, Laboratory of Zoology, Place du parc 20, 7000 Mons, Belgium * Corresponding authors: alain. tshibungu. nkulu @ ulb. be; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 3747 - 3456 Phone number: + 243.814.74.52.56 nicolas. vereecken @ ulb. be; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 8858 - 4623 Phone number: + 32.473.60.35.63 achik.dorchin@africamuseum.be Author Vereecken, Nicolas J. Agroecology Lab, Brussels Bioengineering School, Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Av. F. D. Roosevelt 50, B- 1050 Brussels, Belgium text Zootaxa 2023 2023-12-27 5392 1 1 103 https://mapress.com/zt/article/download/zootaxa.5392.1.1/52546 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5392.1.1 1175-5334 10435063 12024EE2-3FCA-4C6E-A04B-DA590C4A0438 Megachile ( Eurymella ) kimilolana Cockerell, 1931 Megachile ( Eurymella ) kimilonana Cockerell , 19317 Material. Cabinet 110, Drawer 6 ( 12 ♂ ). D.R. CONGO . Holotype Haut-Katanga 1 ♂ ; Elisabethville ; riv. Kimilolo ; -11.67, 27.47; 6 Nov. 1920 ; Dr. M. Bequaert leg.; RMCA .— Haut-Katanga 1 ♂ ; Elisabethville (Lubumbashi); -11.67, 27.47; 11/ 17 Sep. 1931 ; T.D. Cockerell leg.; RMCA1 ♂ ; Kapema ; -10.70, 28.67; Sep. 1924 ; Ch. Seydel leg.; RMCA1 ♂ ; PNU Kabwe sur Muye ; -8.78, 26.87, alt. 1320 m ; 11 May 1948 ; G.F. de 5 A proposed unjustified emendation of Megachile eurimera Smith, 1953 in Smith, Frederick / Gray, John Edward, ed. (1853). Andrenidae and Apidae . Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum, Part I. The Integrated Taxonomic Information System. 6 A proposed junior synonym of Megachile bucephala (Fabricius, 1793) in Fabricius, J.C. (1793). Entomologia systematica emendata et aucta. Secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, adjectis synonimis, locis observationibus, descriptionibus. Tome 2. Hafniae [= Copenhagen]: C.G. Proft, 519 pp. The Integrated Taxonomic Information System. 7 This is a typing mistake of Pasteels (1965) . Witte leg.; RMCA3 ♂ ; PNU Masombwe s. Grde: Kafwe -9.08, 27.20, alt. 1120 m ; 16 Apr. 1948 ; G.F. de Witte leg.; RMCA .— Haut-Lomami1 ♂ ; Kalongwe; -11.02, 25.22; 15 Sep. 1911 ; Dr. J. Bequaert leg.; RMCA2 ♂ ; Sankisia; -9.40, 25.80; 4 Sep. 1911 ; Dr. J. Bequaert leg.; RMCALualaba1 ♂ ; Haut-Luapula: Kansenia; -10.32, 26.07; 18 Oct. 1929 ; Dom de Montpellier leg.; RMCA1 ♂ ; ibid ; Nov. 1929 ; Dom de Montpellier leg.; RMCA .