Holotype. M, Kenya: 8 mi [ca. 13 km] NE Magadi [1°54'S 36°17'E], 2500 ft. [ca. 762 m], 16.VI.1967, leg. C.D. Michener; UKL.

Distribution. Senegal, Gambia, Mali, Burkina, Faso Niger, Cameroon, Kenya, Tanzania, southern Arabian Peninsula.

Visited plants. Asteraceae (1 F). Balanitaceae: Balanites aegyptiaca (48 MM, 7 FF). Boraginaceae (11 MM, 2 FF). Caesalpiniaceae: Cassia obovata (3 MM, 1 F), Cassia sp. (2 MM, 1 F). Combretaceae: Guiera senegalensis (1 F). Fabaceae: Indigofera sp. (1 F). Mimosaceae: Acacia tortilis var. raddiana (64 MM, 6 FF). Pedaliaceae: Sesamum sp. (6 FF). Rhamnaceae: Ziziphus sp. (7 MM, 5 FF). Sterculiaceae (1 M).