Nomia (Rhopalomelissa) smaragdula PAULY, 1984 : 327-333, Figs 1-5. Holotype ♂ : "Zaïre, Parc National de la Garamba, n°1590, 23.IV.1951, réc. J. Verschuren" (MRAC).
= Nomia nigroaenea FRIESE, MS. Type ♀ : "S. Rhodesia, Hope Fountain, Rhodesia Museum" (MNHUB) ; PAULY, 1990 : 165 [nomen in schedulae] (PESENKO, 1997 : 499).