Macrotera texana Cresson, 1878:70, ♀. 3 ♀♀, Texas (leg. Heiligbrodt). - Cresson, 1879Cresson, E.T. 1879. Catalogue of North American Apidae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences 7:215-232. (distribution); Dalla Torre, 1896Dalla Torre, C.G. 1896. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, X. Apidae (Anthophila). Sumptibus Guilelmi Engelmann, 1-643. (distribution); Nava-Bolaños & Osorio-Olvera, 2022Nava-Bolaños, A. & L. Osorio-Olvera 2022. Estado del arte del conocimiento de biodiversidad de los polinizadores de México. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 93:1-77. (distribution). - As Perdita texana: - Cockerell, 1896Cockerell, T.D.A. 1896. The bees of the genus Perdita F. Smith. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 48:25-107. (distribution); Timberlake, 1954Timberlake, P.H. 1954. A revisional study of the bees of the genus Perdita F. Smith, with special reference to the fauna of the Pacific Coast (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). Part I. University of California Publications In Entomology 9 (6):345-432. (distribution); Snelling & Danforth, 1992Snelling, R.R. & B.H. Danforth 1992. A review of Perdita, subgenus Macrotera (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae). Contributions in Science 436:1-12. (distribution); Danforth, 1996Danforth, B.N. 1996. Phylogenetic analysis and taxonomic revision of the Perdita subgenera Macrotera, Macroteropsis, Macroterella and Cockerellula (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae). The University of Kansas Science Bulletin 55 (6):635-692. (distribution). - As Perdita texana texana: - Timberlake, 1958Timberlake, P.H. 1958. A revisional study of the bees of the genus Perdita F. Smith, with special reference to the fauna of the Pacific Coast (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). Part III. University Of California Publications In Entomology 14 (5):303-410. (distribution); 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).
Macrotera megacephala Cresson, 1878:71, ♂. 3 ♂♂, Texas (leg. Heiligbrodt). - Cresson, 1879Cresson, E.T. 1879. Catalogue of North American Apidae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences 7:215-232. (distribution); Dalla Torre, 1896Dalla Torre, C.G. 1896. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, X. Apidae (Anthophila). Sumptibus Guilelmi Engelmann, 1-643. (distribution); Cockerell, 1896Cockerell, T.D.A. 1896. The bees of the genus Perdita F. Smith. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 48:25-107.:52 ( listed as synonym of Perdita texana (Cresson, 1878)); Timberlake, 1954Timberlake, P.H. 1954. A revisional study of the bees of the genus Perdita F. Smith, with special reference to the fauna of the Pacific Coast (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). Part I. University of California Publications In Entomology 9 (6):345-432.:353 ( listed as synonym of Perdita texana (Cresson, 1878)); Snelling & Danforth, 1992Snelling, R.R. & B.H. Danforth 1992. A review of Perdita, subgenus Macrotera (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae). Contributions in Science 436:1-12.:12 ( listed as synonym of Perdita texana (Cresson, 1878)). - As Perdita megacephala: - 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.:1885 ( listed as synonym of Perdita texana texana (Cresson, 1878)).
Perdita texana ablusa Timberlake, 1958:376, ♂♀. Holotype ♀, Loving, Eddy County, New Mexico, May 8, 1945 (Citrus Experiment Station, Riverside, leg. J.W. MacSwain). Synonymized with Perdita texana (Cresson, 1878) by Snelling & Danforth, 1992Snelling, R.R. & B.H. Danforth 1992. A review of Perdita, subgenus Macrotera (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae). Contributions in Science 436:1-12.:12. - Timberlake, 1958Timberlake, P.H. 1958. A revisional study of the bees of the genus Perdita F. Smith, with special reference to the fauna of the Pacific Coast (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). Part III. University Of California Publications In Entomology 14 (5):303-410. (distribution); 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).