Apis tridentata Fabricius, 1775:387,Americae meridionalis Insulis (leg. v. Rohr); Genaro, 1998Genaro, J.A. 1998. Distribution and synonymy of some Caribbean bees of the genera Megachile and Coelioxys (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Caribbean Journal of Science 34 (1-2):151-152.:152, Lectotpye (Kiel). - As Coelioxys tridentata: - Dalla Torre, 1896Dalla Torre, C.G. 1896. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, X. Apidae (Anthophila). Sumptibus Guilelmi Engelmann, 1-643.:494 (comb. nov.); Genaro, 2008Genaro, J.A. 2008. Origins, composition and distribution of the bees of Cuba (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila). Insecta Mundi 52:1-16. (distribution); Genaro, 2009Genaro, J.A. 2009. Especie nueva de Coelioxys (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae) para la Hispaniola. Novitates Caribaea 2:12-16. (distribution); Rodríguez et al., 2016Rodríguez-León Merino, R., M.M. Hidalgo-Gato González & I. Fernández García 2016. Insectos. In: Hidalgo-Gato González, M.M. j. Espinosa Sáez & R. Rodríguez-León Merino (Ed.). Libro Rojo de invertebrados terrestres de Cuba. 145-202. (distribution).
Coelioxys Uhlerii Cresson, 1865:186, ♀. Holotype ♀, Cuba (Ent. Soc. Philad, leg. P.R. Uhler); Genaro, 1998Genaro, J.A. 1998. Distribution and synonymy of some Caribbean bees of the genera Megachile and Coelioxys (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Caribbean Journal of Science 34 (1-2):151-152.:152, Holotype ♀ (ANSP). Synonymized with Coelioxys tridentata (Fabricius, 1775) by Genaro, 1998Genaro, J.A. 1998. Distribution and synonymy of some Caribbean bees of the genera Megachile and Coelioxys (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Caribbean Journal of Science 34 (1-2):151-152.:152. - Cresson, 1865Cresson, E.T. 1865. On the Hymenoptera of Cuba. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia 4:200 pp. (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); Alayo, 1973Alayo, P.D. 1973. Catálogo de los Himenopteros de Cuba. Instituto Cubano del libro, La Habana. 1-218. (distribution); Genaro, 1998Genaro, J.A. 1998. Distribution and synonymy of some Caribbean bees of the genera Megachile and Coelioxys (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Caribbean Journal of Science 34 (1-2):151-152. (distribution). - As Coelioxys uhleri: - 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); Friese, 1921Friese, H. 1921. Über die Kegelbienen (Coelioxys) Brasiliens. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere 44:421-486, pl. 23-25. (distribution); Alayo, 1976Alayo, P.D. 1976. Introducción al estudio de los himenópteros de Cuba. Apoidea. Serie Biológica 68:1- 61. (distribution).