Apis flavifrons brasiliana Christ, 1791:140 - 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.:20 ( listed as synonym of Centris flavifrons (Fabricius, 1793)); Vélez, 2012Vélez Velandia, E.D. 2012. . Dissertation , , 1-247. Bogotá, Colombia.:51 ( listed as synonym of Centris flavifrons (Fabricius, 1793)).
Apis flavifrons Fabricius, 1793:329,Brasilia (Mus. Dom. Banks); Vélez, 2012Vélez Velandia, E.D. 2012. . Dissertation , , 1-247. Bogotá, Colombia.:49, Holotype ♂ (BMNH); Vivallo, 2020Vivallo, F. 2020. The nominal species of the bee genus Centris described by Johan Christian Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Sociobiology 67 (3):401-407.:403, Holotype ♂ (NHMUK, n°41). - As Centris flavifrons: - 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); 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. 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Megilla clitelligera Illiger, 1806:142, sex not indicated.Brasilien; 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.:9, ♀♀ (the whereabouts of the syntypes are unknown). - As Centris clitelligera: - Dalla Torre, 1896Dalla Torre, C.G. 1896. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, X. Apidae (Anthophila). Sumptibus Guilelmi Engelmann, 1-643. (distribution), 303 (comb. nov.); Friese, 1900Friese, H. 1900. Monographie der Bienengattung Centris (s. lat.). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 15:237-350. (distribution), 318 ( listed as synonym of Centris flavifrons (Fabricius, 1793)); 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.:9 ( listed as synonym of Centris flavifrons (Fabricius, 1793)). - As Hemisia clitelligera: - Schomburgk, 1848Schomburgk, R. 1848. Reisen in Britisch-Guiana in den Jahren 1840-1844. Dritter Theil. Verlagsbuchhandlung von J. J. Webre, Leipzig. (distribution).
Centris citrotaeniata Gribodo, 1893:267, Lectotype ♀ (MSNG), designated by 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.:53; 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.:53, Paralectotype ♀ (The current depository is unknown). Synonymized with Centris flavifrons (Fabricius, 1793) by 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.:20. - 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), 319 ( listed as synonym of Centris flavifrons (Fabricius, 1793)); Cockerell, 1906Cockerell, T.D.A. 1906. The North American bees of the family Anthophoridae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 32 (1):63-116. (distribution); Cockerell, 1919Cockerell, T.D.A. 1919. Bees in the collection of the United States National Museum. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 55 (2264):167-221. (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), 553 ( listed as synonym of Centris flavifrons (Fabricius, 1793)); Vélez, 2012Vélez Velandia, E.D. 2012. . Dissertation , , 1-247. Bogotá, Colombia.:51 ( listed as synonym of Centris flavifrons (Fabricius, 1793)); 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.:53 ( listed as synonym of Centris flavifrons (Fabricius, 1793)).
Centris flavifrons nigritula Friese, 1900:46, ♀. Holotype ♀, Africa (?) (Mus. München). Synonymized with Centris flavifrons (Fabricius, 1793) by 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.:20. - Friese, 1900Friese, H. 1900. Monographie der Bienengattung Centris (s. lat.). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 15:237-350.:317 ( listed as synonym of Centris flavifrons (Fabricius, 1793)); Vélez, 2012Vélez Velandia, E.D. 2012. . Dissertation , , 1-247. Bogotá, Colombia.:51 ( listed as synonym of Centris flavifrons (Fabricius, 1793)). - As Centris nigritula: - Snelling, 1974Snelling, R.R. 1974. Notes on the distribution and taxonomy of some North American Centris (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae). Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum Los Angeles County 259:1-41. (distribution).
Centris flavifrons rufescens Friese, 1900:46, ♂. Holotype ♂, Chiriqui (Panama) (Mus. Budapest). Synonymized with Centris flavifrons (Fabricius, 1793) by 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.:20. - Friese, 1900Friese, H. 1900. Monographie der Bienengattung Centris (s. lat.). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 15:237-350.:317 ( listed as synonym of Centris flavifrons (Fabricius, 1793)); Cockerell, 1906Cockerell, T.D.A. 1906. The North American bees of the family Anthophoridae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 32 (1):63-116. (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); Vélez, 2012Vélez Velandia, E.D. 2012. . Dissertation , , 1-247. Bogotá, Colombia.:51 ( listed as synonym of Centris flavifrons (Fabricius, 1793)). - As Centris rufescens: - Michener, 1954Michener, C.D. 1954. Bees of Panamá. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 104 (1):1-176. (distribution).
Centris flavifrons canescens Moure, 1969:122, Vivallo, 2023Vivallo, F. 2023. Taxonomic notes on the primary types of some species of Centris bees described by some entomologists from the Americas (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Iheringia Série Zoologia 113:1-18.:9, Holotype ♀ (AMNH, AMNH_IZC0032428).