The insects were described as a new species and genus Megaphragma mymaripenne, in 1924 by Philip Hunter Timberlake.
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In 1899, R. C. L. Perkins described the species as Xylocopa aeneipennis, and in 1922, P. H. Timberlake identified it as Xylocopa varipuncta.