A catalogue of the Megachilidae (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) of Eritrea Author Madl, Michael text Linzer biologische Beiträge 2019 2019-12-20 51 2 1375 1389 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.3745481 aef9dc5a-e60e-4a66-ac03-27ba7e8b977c 0253-116X 3745481 Megachile ( Eurymella ) patellimana SPINOLA , 1839 Megachile patellimana SPINOLA, 1839 : MAGRETTI 1906: 11 (Ghinda). Megachile ( Amegachile ) patellimana SPINOLA, 1839 : FRIESE 1909: 93 (map 5), 94 (biogeogr.), 326 (tax., cat. Africa), 333 (key ♀ ), 374 (tax., Harkeko), 467 (cat. Africa). Megachile patellimana SPINOLA, 1839 : FRIESE 1915: 275 (Harkeko). Megachile ( Eurymella ) patellimana SPINOLA, 1839 : PASTEELS 1965: 73-4 (key ♂), 75 (key ♀ ), 143 (figs 291-294), 147 (tax., descr. ♀ ♂, Eritrea not mentioned), 149 (figs 295), 558 (biogeogr.). Megachile patellimana SPINOLA, 1839 : EARDLEY & URBAN 2010: 317 (cat. Afr. reg.). * Megachile xanthopus GERSTAECKER, 1858 : WALKER 1871: 47 (tax., Harkeko). Megachile xanthopus GERSTAECKER, 1858 : FRIESE 1899: 221 (tax., descr. ♀ , Eritrea under Egypt ). Megachile xanthopus GERSTAECKER, 1858 : INNES BEY 1911: 105 (Harkeko, cat. Lord Collection). Distribution: Ghinda, Harkeko. Megachile patellimana is known from the Afrotropical (e.g. Sudan ) and Palaearctic regions. The record from Eritrea (or Ethiopia ) is not mentioned in EARDLEY & URBAN (2010: 317) , although FRIESE (1915) is cited.