Apis carolina Linnaeus, 1767:959 - As Bombus carolinus: - Handlirsch, 1888Handlirsch, A. 1888. Die Hummelsammlung des k. k. naturhistorischen Hofmuseums. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 3:209-250. (distribution); Cockerell, 1899Cockerell, T.D.A. 1899. Catálogo de las Abejas de Mexico. Biblioteca Agricola de las Secretaria de Fomento, Mexico, 1-20. (distribution); Franklin, 1913Franklin, H.J. 1913. The Bombidae of the New World. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 38 (3/4):177-486. (distribution); Franklin, 1913Franklin, H.J. 1913. The Bombidae of the New World. Part II - Species south of the United States. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 39 (2):73-200. (distribution).
Bombus excellens Smith, 1879:133, ♀. ♀, Venezuela (British Museum). - Franklin, 1913Franklin, H.J. 1913. The Bombidae of the New World. Part II - Species south of the United States. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 39 (2):73-200.:112 ( listed as synonym of Bombus carolinus (Linnaeus, 1767)); Abrahamovich & Díaz, 2002Abrahamovich, A.H. & N.B. Díaz 2002. Bumble bees of the Neotropical Region (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Biota Colombiana 3 (2):199-214. (distribution); Gonzalez et al., 2012Gonzalez, V.H., J.S. Ascher & M.S. Engel 2012. A new Stelis (Dolichostelis) from northern Colombia (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae): first records for South America and a synopsis of the bee fauna from the Caribbean region of Colombia. Journal of Natural History 46 (47-48):2919-2934. (distribution). - As Bombus exellens: - Smith-Pardo, 2003Smith-Pardo, A.H. 2003. A preliminary account of the bees of Colombia (Hymenoptera: Apoidea): present knowledge and future directions. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 76 (2):335-341. (distribution). - As Bombus exellens: - Smith-Pardo, 2003Smith-Pardo, A.H. 2003. A preliminary account of the bees of Colombia (Hymenoptera: Apoidea): present knowledge and future directions. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 76 (2):335-341. (distribution).