Megacilissa notabilis Smith, 1862:149, ♀. ♀, St. Domingo (British Museum); ♂, ♀, Mexico (British Museum); Cockerell, 1905Cockerell, T.D.A. 1905. Notes on some bees in the British Museum. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 31:309-364.:343, Type (British Museum); 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.:750, Type ♂ (British Museum). - 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 Alayoapis notabilis: - Urban & Moure, 2001Urban, D. & J.S. Moure 2001. Catálogo de Apoidea da Região Neotropical (Hymenoptera, Colletidae). II Diphaglossinae. Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 18 (1):1-34. (distribution), 3 (comb. nov.). - As Caupolicana notabilis: - 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); Perez-Gelabert, 2008Perez-Gelabert, D.E. 2008. Arthropods of Hispaniola (Dominican Republic and Haiti): A checklist and bibliography. Zootaxa 1831:1-530. (distribution); Perez-Gelabert, 2015Perez-Gelabert, D.E. 2015. Entomofauna de la reserva científica Ébano Verde, Cordillera Central, República Dominicana. Novitates Caribaea 8:61-81. (distribution); Perez-Gelabert, 2020Perez-Gelabert, D.E. 2020. Checklist, bibliography and quantitative data of the arthropods of Hispaniola. Zootaxa 4749:1-668. (distribution).