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Anthophora curta ensenadensis Cockerell, 1941:349, ♂. ♂, Ensenada, Baja California, April 15, 1941 (leg. W.P. Cockerell); Orr et al., 2014Orr, M.C., J.B. Koch, T.L. Griswold & J.P. Pitts 2014. Taxonomic utility of niche models in validating species concepts: A case study in Anthophora (Heliophila) (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Zootaxa 3846 (3):411-429.:419, Holotype ♂ (California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California, USA); Orr et al., 2018Orr, M.C., J.P. Pitts & T. Griswold 2018. Revision of the bee group Anthophora (Micranthophora) (Hymenoptera: Apidae), with notes on potential conservation concerns and a molecular phylogeny of the genus. Zootaxa 4511 (1):1-193.:41, Holotype ♂ (CASENT, type 15466). - Krombein et al., 1979Krombein, K.V., P.D. Hurd, D.R. Smith & B.D. Burks 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. 1199-2209.:2166 ( listed as synonym of Anthophora curta curta Provancher, 1895); Orr et al., 2014Orr, M.C., J.B. Koch, T.L. Griswold & J.P. Pitts 2014. Taxonomic utility of niche models in validating species concepts: A case study in Anthophora (Heliophila) (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Zootaxa 3846 (3):411-429.:419 ( listed as synonym of Anthophora curta Provancher, 1895); Orr et al., 2018Orr, M.C., J.P. Pitts & T. Griswold 2018. Revision of the bee group Anthophora (Micranthophora) (Hymenoptera: Apidae), with notes on potential conservation concerns and a molecular phylogeny of the genus. Zootaxa 4511 (1):1-193.:41 ( listed as synonym of Anthophora curta Provancher, 1895).