Description published
Pérez, Espèces nouvelles de mellifères de Barbarie, p. 12.
Location of type
Type material: Lectotype m, by designation of Zanden (1996b: 884), “Téniet” [Algeria], MNHN (Paris).-Combination Osmia (Helicosmia) sogdiana heteracantha Pérez in Warncke (1988a: 25), rejected by Zanden (1996b: 884). Combination Osmia (Chalcosmia) heteracantha Pérez in Zanden (1988b: 124).