Thrinchostoma orchidarum Cockerell, 1908: 343, MMM. Male holotype: Angola, Benguella, I.1908 (BMNH). Cockerell 1910: 506; Cockerell 1933: 25; Cockerell 1936: 8.
Thrincostoma [!] (Thrincostoma [!]) orchidarum Cockerell: Blüthgen 1930: 496–497, 499, 504, 536.
Thrinchostoma (Thrinchostoma) orchidarum Cockerell: Michener 1978: 521, 254; Pauly 1999: 155, 17

Diagnosis. Species very distinctive. Antennas of 13 segments, last segment not bent. Hind tibiae very broad and covered with a dense grey tomentum. Sternite 5 with a thick fringe of apical setae. (figs)
Female : unknown.

Matériel identifié. Malawi, 100km S. Kasungu, 29.xi.2001, 1MMM, leg. J. Halada (OOL).