Description published
Benoist, Bulletin du Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle Paris, 34: 334.
Location of type
Type material: Lectotype m, by designation of D.B. Baker (Warncke, 1991c: 275), “Taurus” [Turkey], MNHN (Paris).-Combination Osmia (Foveosmia) forcipata (Benoist) in Warncke (1991c: 275)