Description published
Mavromoustakis, The Annals and Magazine of Natural History (London), ser. 12, 9: 858.
Location of type
Type material: Holotype f, “Hammana” [Lebanon], DAAN (Nicosia); paratypes m, f.-Combination Metallinella mirhiji (Mavromoustakis) in Zanden (1988b: 123), rejected by Zanden (1992b: 69).-Synonymy with Osmia brevicornis leucogastra Morawitz in Warncke (1991d: 284), rejected by Zanden (1992b: 69).