Megacilissa subaurata Cresson, 1868:296, ♂. Holotype ♂, Cuba (Dr. J. Gundlach, No. 292); Michener, 1966Michener, C.D. 1966. The classification of the Diphaglossinae and North American species of the genus Caupolicana (Hymenoptera, Colletidae). The University of Kansas Science Bulletin 46 (20):717-751.:748, Type (Gundlach collection in Havana, 292); Alayo, 1970Alayo, P.D. 1970. Catálogo de los Himenopteros de Cuba. Instituto Cubano del libro, La Habana. 1-218.:197, Type (Gundlach, No. 292). - Dalla Torre, 1896Dalla Torre, C.G. 1896. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, X. Apidae (Anthophila). Sumptibus Guilelmi Engelmann, 1-643. (distribution); Friese, 1898Friese, H. 1898. Monographie der Bienengattungen, Megacilissa, Caupolicana, Diphaglossa und Oxaea. Ann. KK Naturh. Hof. 13 (1):59-86. (distribution); Ashmead, 1900Ashmead, W.H. 1900. Report upon the aculeate Hymenoptera of the islands of St. Vincent and Grenada, with additions to the parasitic Hymenoptera and a list of the described Hymenoptera of the West Indies. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London pt. II:207-367. (distribution); Friese, 1902Friese, H. 1902. Beitrag zur Apidenfauna der grossen Antillen. Zeitschrift für systematische Hymenopterologie und Dipterologie 1-2:196-201. (distribution). - As Caupolicana subaurata: - Michener, 1966Michener, C.D. 1966. The classification of the Diphaglossinae and North American species of the genus Caupolicana (Hymenoptera, Colletidae). The University of Kansas Science Bulletin 46 (20):717-751. (distribution); Alayo, 1970Alayo, P.D. 1970. Catálogo de los Himenopteros de Cuba. Instituto Cubano del libro, La Habana. 1-218. (distribution); Zayas, 1982De Zayas, F. 1982. Sección Oligoneoptera - Orden Hymenoptera - Orden Strepsiptera. Ciudad de la Habana. 1-111. (distribution); Portuondo Ferrer & Fernández Triana, 2004Portuondo Ferrer, E. & J.L. Fernández Triana 2004. Biodiversidad del orden Hymenoptera en los macizos montañosos de Cuba oriental. Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 35:121-136. (distribution); Genaro, 2004Genaro, J.A. 2004. Las abejas de la isla de la Juventud, Cuba (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 34:177-179. (distribution); Genaro, 2008Genaro, J.A. 2008. Origins, composition and distribution of the bees of Cuba (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila). Insecta Mundi 52:1-16. (distribution). - As Alayoapis subaurata: - Urban & Moure, 2001Urban, D. & Moure, J.S. 2001. Catálogo de Apoidea da Região Neotropical (Hymenoptera, Colletidae). II Diphaglossinae. Rev. Bras. Zool. 18 (1):1-34. (distribution), 4 (comb. nov.).