Description published
Ducke, Entomologische Nachrichten (Berlin), 25: 213.
Location of type
Type material: Lectotype m, by designation of Tkalcu (1975a: 184), “Algier” [Algeria], ZMHB (Berlin).-Combination Osmia (Chalcosmia) frieseana Ducke in Tkalcu (1975a: 184).-Synonymy with Osmia sogdiana heteracantha Pérez in Warncke (1988a: 25), rejected by Zanden (1996b: 884).