Anthophora curta melanops Cockerell, 1926:84, ♂. Holotype ♂, two miles east of Oracle, Arizona, July 24, 1924 (Mus. Calif. Acad. Sci., No. 2390, leg. E.P. Van Duzee); 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 2390). Synonymized with Anthophora curta Provancher, 1895 by 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. - 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. (distribution); 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).