Centris obsoleta Lepeletier, 1841:153, ♀. ♀, Cayenne (Musée du général Dejean); Vélez, 2012Vélez Velandia, E.D. 2012. . Dissertation , , 1-247. Bogotá, Colombia.:143, Syntype ♀ (OUM); Rasmussen & Vivallo, 2014Rasmussen, C. & F. Vivallo 2014. Lectotype designations and new synonymies in the Neotropical bee genus Centris Fabricius, 1804 (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Zootaxa 3856 (4):585-594.:590, Syntype (OUMNH); Vivallo, 2023Vivallo, F. 2023. The primary types of some species of Centris bees described by European entomologists in the 18th and 20th centuries (Hymenoptera: Apidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 864:1-27.:5, Holotype ♀ (MACN). - Smith, 1854Smith, F. 1854. Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part II. Apidae. London. 465 pp, 8 pl. (distribution); Smith, 1874Smith, F. 1874. A revision of the genera Epicharis, Centris, Eulema, and Euglossa, belonging to the family Apidae, Section Scopulipedes [Continued from p. 322]. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. 4: v. 13:357-373. (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, 1900Friese, H. 1900. Monographie der Bienengattung Centris (s. lat.). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 15:237-350. (distribution); Lutz & Cockerell, 1920Lutz, F.E. & T.D.A. Cockerell 1920. Notes on the distribution and bibliography of North American bees of the families, Apidae, Meliponidae, Bombidae, Euglossidae, and Anthophoridae. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist 42 (15):491-641. (distribution); Snelling, 1984Snelling, R.R. 1984. Studies on the taxonomy and distribution of American Centridine bees (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae). Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum Los Angeles County 347:1-69. (distribution); Ayala, 1988Ayala, R. 1988. Abejas silvestres (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) de Chamela, Jalisco, México. Folia Entomológica Mexicana 77:395-493. (distribution); Imperatriz-Fonseca et al., 2011Imperatriz-Fonseca, V.L., I. Alves-dos-Santos, P. Souza Santos-Filho, W. Engels, M. Ramalho, W. Wilms, J.B Vicentin Aguilar, C.A. Pinheiro-Machado, D. Araújo Alves & A. Matos Peixoto Kleinert 2011. Checklist of bees and honey plants from São Paulo State, Brazil. Biota Neotropica 11 (1a):631-655. (distribution); Gaglianone et al., 2011Gaglianone, M.C., A.J. Camillo de Aguiar, F. Vivallo & I. Alves-dos-Santos 2011. Checklist das abelhas coletoras de óleos do Estado de São Paulo, Brasil. Biota Neotropica 11 (Supl. 1):657-666. (distribution); Vélez, 2012Vélez Velandia, E.D. 2012. . Dissertation , , 1-247. Bogotá, Colombia. (distribution); Vivallo, 2020Vivallo, F. 2020. The species of the bee genus Centris Fabricius, 1804 described by Curt Schrottky (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 60:1-6. (distribution); Vivallo, 2020Vivallo, F. 2020. The species of the bee genus Centris Fabricius, 1804 described by Curt Schrottky (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 60:1-6. (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).
Centris pectoralis Burmeister, 1876:161 - Vivallo, 2023Vivallo, F. 2023. The primary types of some species of Centris bees described by European entomologists in the 18th and 20th centuries (Hymenoptera: Apidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 864:1-27.:5 ( listed as synonym of Centris obsoleta Lepeletier, 1841).
Centris quartinae Gribodo, 1891:110, Vivallo, 2020Vivallo, F. 2020. The species of the bee genus Centris Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Apidae) described by Giovanni Gribodo. Revista Chilena de Entomología 46 (1):51-59.:54, Lectotype ♀ (MSNG). - Dalla Torre, 1896Dalla Torre, C.G. 1896. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, X. Apidae (Anthophila). Sumptibus Guilelmi Engelmann, 1-643. (distribution); Friese, 1900Friese, H. 1900. Monographie der Bienengattung Centris (s. lat.). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 15:237-350. (distribution); Vivallo, 2020Vivallo, F. 2020. The species of the bee genus Centris Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Apidae) described by Giovanni Gribodo. Revista Chilena de Entomología 46 (1):51-59.:54 ( listed as synonym of Centris obsoleta Lepeletier, 1841).
Centris obsoleta pleuralis Friese, 1901:272, Lectotpye ♀, examined (HNHM, 848/87), designated by Rasmussen & Vivallo, 2014Rasmussen, C. & F. Vivallo 2014. Lectotype designations and new synonymies in the Neotropical bee genus Centris Fabricius, 1804 (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Zootaxa 3856 (4):585-594.:590. Synonymized with Centris obsoleta Lepeletier, 1841 by Rasmussen & Vivallo, 2014Rasmussen, C. & F. Vivallo 2014. Lectotype designations and new synonymies in the Neotropical bee genus Centris Fabricius, 1804 (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Zootaxa 3856 (4):585-594.:590.
Centris furcata friesei Schrottky, 1902:312, ♂. ♂, État de St. Paul (Brésil) (Schrottky); Vivallo, 2020Vivallo, F. 2020. The species of the bee genus Centris Fabricius, 1804 described by Curt Schrottky (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 60:1-6.:3, Holotype ♂, Unfortunately, it is very probable that the type specimen is lost or destroyed, as well as a large number of his primary types (Rasmussen et al., 2009). - Friese, 1904Friese, H. 1904. Zur Synonymie der Apiden. (Hym.). Zeitschrift für systematische Hymenopterologie und Dipterologie 4:98-100.:100 ( listed as synonym of Centris obsoleta Lepeletier, 1841); Vivallo, 2020Vivallo, F. 2020. The species of the bee genus Centris Fabricius, 1804 described by Curt Schrottky (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 60:1-6.:3 ( listed as synonym of Centris obsoleta Lepeletier, 1841); Vivallo, 2020Vivallo, F. 2020. The species of the bee genus Centris Fabricius, 1804 described by Curt Schrottky (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 60:1-6.:3 ( listed as synonym of Centris obsoleta Lepeletier, 1841).
Hemisia pectoralis clypeata Schrottky, 1908:142 - As Centris pectoralis clypeata: - Vivallo, 2020Vivallo, F. 2020. The species of the bee genus Centris Fabricius, 1804 described by Curt Schrottky (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 60:1-6.:3 ( listed as synonym of Centris obsoleta Lepeletier, 1841).
Hemisia pectoralis flava Schrottky, 1908:142 - As Centris pectoralis flava: - Vivallo, 2020Vivallo, F. 2020. The species of the bee genus Centris Fabricius, 1804 described by Curt Schrottky (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 60:1-6.:3 ( listed as synonym of Centris obsoleta Lepeletier, 1841).