Xylocopa transitoria Pérez, 1901 - Cockerell, 1914Cockerell, T.D.A. 1914. Bees from Ecuador and Peru. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 22:306-329. (distribution); Starr & Hook, 2003Starr, C.K. & Hook, A.W. 2003. The aculeate Hymenoptera of Trinidad, West Indies. Occasional Papers o the Department of Life Sciences, University of the West Indies 12:1-31. (distribution); 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); Gonzalez et al., 2009Gonzalez, V.H., M.M. Gonzalez & Y. Cuellar 2009. Notas biológicas y taxonómicas sobre los abejorros del maracuyá del género Xylocopa (Hymenoptera: Apidae, Xylocopini) en Colombia. Acta biol. Colomb. 14 (2):31-40. (distribution); Gibbs, 2012Gibbs, J. 2012. A new species of Habralictus Moure from Dominica, Lesser Antilles (Hymenoptera, Halictidae). ZooKeys 168:1-12. (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).
Xylocopa submordax Cockerell, 1935 - Ospina, 2000Ospina, M. 2000. Abejas carpinteras (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Xylocopinae: Xylocopini) de la región Neotropical. Biota Colombiana 1 (3):239-252. (distribution); 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); Gonzalez et al., 2009Gonzalez, V.H., M.M. Gonzalez & Y. Cuellar 2009. Notas biológicas y taxonómicas sobre los abejorros del maracuyá del género Xylocopa (Hymenoptera: Apidae, Xylocopini) en Colombia. Acta biol. Colomb. 14 (2):31-40.:36 ( listed as synonym of Xylocopa transitoria Pérez, 1901).