A taxonomic revision of the southern African species of the subgenus Creightonella Cockerell (Apoidea: Megachilidae: Megachile Latreille) Author Eardley, Connal text Zootaxa 2012 3159 1 35 journal article 45662 10.5281/zenodo.246125 b0267f37-eb2d-4bc6-9ff9-1004349576b2 1175-5326 246125 Megachile funebris Radoszkowski Megachile funebris Radoszkowski, 1874 : 147 , male holotype ( type depository unknown) South Africa ; Pasteels 1965 : 557 . Megachile (Creightonella) funebris Radoszkowski : Cockerell 1937 : 135 , 158, 175, 186. Megachile (Chalicodoma) funebris Radoszkowski : Friese 1909 : 252 , 354. Megachile (Creightonella) funebris Radoszkowski : Cockerell 1937 : 135 , 158, 175, 186. Discussion. Radoszkowski (1874) described funebris from South Africa . The holotype has not been located. Cockerell (1937) clearly stated that M. funebris resembles M. ianthoptera and not M. aculeata , as suggested by Friese (1909) . Until the holotype is found the true identity of this species remains in abeyance.