Megachile (Gronoceras)) Mitchell 1943b: 671. Gronoceras Cockerell 1935: 1. Chalicodoma (Gronoceras Michener 1962: 20. Mitchell 1980: 30. Gronoceras is an African subgenus comprising 24 species. There is one report of an introduction to the New World which Professor Mitchell considered doubtful (pers. comm.). Megachile (Gronoceras) felina (Gerstaecker) Megachile felina Gerstaecker 1857. Female. Type locality: Mossambique. Megachile (Megachile) felina : Friese 1909b: 347 (D). Megachile gnathocera : Stadelmann 1897: 26. Synonymy of Friese 1909b: 347. Gronoceras felina : Cockerell 1933b: 130.
Megachile (Gronoceras)) Mitchell 1943b: 671. Gronoceras Cockerell 1935: 1. Chalicodoma (Gronoceras Michener 1962: 20. Mitchell 1980: 30. Gronoceras is an African subgenus comprising 24 species. There is one report of an introduction to the New World which Professor Mitchell considered doubtful (pers. comm.). Megachile (Gronoceras) felina (Gerstaecker) Megachile felina Gerstaecker 1857. Female. Type locality: Mossambique. Megachile (Megachile) felina : Friese 1909b: 347 (D). Megachile gnathocera : Stadelmann 1897: 26. Synonymy of Friese 1909b: 347. Gronoceras felina : Cockerell 1933b: 130. Megachile (Gronoceras) felina : Mitchell 1943b: 671 (D). Chalicodoma (Gronoceras) felina : Pasteels 1965: 527-529 (D, R- FM). ADDITIONAL REFERENCE. Cockerell 1935: 3 (D). DISTRIBUTION. The species is widespread in sub-Saharan Africa. There is also one doubtful report from Jamaica. Professor Mitchell stated that the species had been collected there, but later (pers. comm. 1973) he considered this record to be erroneous.