Hoplitis contracta (W ALKER, 1871)

Osmia contracta sp.n.: WALKER 1871: 47 (descr. ♀ ♂, Harkeko, Dahlak Island).

Osmia contracta WALKER, 1871: DE DALLA TORRE 1896: 391 (world cat.).

Osmia contracta WALKER, 1871: INNES BEY 1911: 104 (without locality, cat. Lord Collection).

Osmia contracta WALKER, 1871: FRIESE 1911: 129 (tax., descr. ♀ ♂, Harkeko, Dahlak Island).

Hoplitis (Tridentosmia) contracta (WALKER, 1871): VAN DER ZANDEN 1988: 122 (tax., cat. Pal. reg. (Eritrea, not Ethiopia)).

Hoplitis (Alcidamea) contracta (WALKER, 1871): UNGRICHT, MÜLLER & DORN 2008: 63 (tax., cat. Pal. reg.).

Distribution: Harkeko, Dahlak Island.

Osmia contracta, which is only known from Eritrea, is not mentioned in FRIESE (1909) and EARDLEY & URBAN (2010).