Description published
Fabricius, Supplementum Entomologiae Systematicae, p. 278.
Location of type
Type material: Holotype m, “Habitat in Italia” [Italy], ZMUC (Copenhagen).-Combination Metallinella brevicornis (Fabricius) in Tkalcu (1970: 11). Combination Osmia (Cephalosmia) brevicornis (Fabricius) in Warncke (1991d: 284).