3601 Author Eardley, Connal text Zootaxa 2012 2013-01-11 3601 1 133 journal article 1175­5334 B32F2745-5326-47B7-9111-CAA6BC9149DE Megachile patellimana Spinola Megachile patellimana Spinola, 1838: 529 , male holotype (NHMV) Egypt ; Pasteels 1973: 701 , 702, 703. Megachile (Amegachile) patellimana Spinola : Friese 1909a: 93 , 94, 326, 333, 374–375. Megachile (Eurymella) patellimana Spinola : Pasteels 1965: 67 , 74, 75, 143–150, 159, 558, 560; Pasteels 1976b: 284 . Megachile xanthopus Gerstaecker, 1857: 462 , two male syntypes (type depository unknown) Mozambique ; Cockerell 1937k: 254 , syn.; Pasteels 1965: 147 . The type material of this species has not been located and it cannot be identified from the original description. It was described from the Palaearctic Region and has possibly been incorrectly recorded from southern Africa through the description of xanthopus from Mozambique .