Cerceris occipitomaculata Packard, 1866:62, ♂. ♂, Kansas (leg. Norton), Neotype, The type female of C. occipitomaculata Packard, from Kansas (Norton), has not been located (U.S. National Museum), designated by Scullen, 1965Scullen, H.A. 1965. Review of the genus Cerceris in America North of Mexico (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae). Proceedings of the United States National Museum 116:333-547.:501; Scullen, 1972Scullen, H.A. 1972. Review of the genus Cerceris Latreille in Mexico and Central America (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 110:1-121.:91, Type ♀, The type has not been located; Ferguson, 1983Ferguson, G.R. 1983. An annotated synonymic list of North American and Caribbean wasps of the genus Cerceris (Hymenoptera: Philanthidae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 91 (4):466-502.:491, Neotype ♂ (United States National Museum of Natural History, Washington). - Cresson, 1872Cresson, E.T. 1872. Hymenoptera Texana. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 4:153-292. (distribution); Scullen, 1965Scullen, H.A. 1965. Review of the genus Cerceris in America North of Mexico (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae). Proceedings of the United States National Museum 116:333-547. (distribution); Scullen, 1972Scullen, H.A. 1972. Review of the genus Cerceris Latreille in Mexico and Central America (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 110:1-121. (distribution); Krombein et al., 1979Krombein, K.V., P.D. Hurd, D.R. Smith & B.D. Burks 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. 1199-2209. (distribution); Ferguson, 1983Ferguson, G.R. 1983. An annotated synonymic list of North American and Caribbean wasps of the genus Cerceris (Hymenoptera: Philanthidae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 91 (4):466-502. (distribution); Amarante, 2002Amarante, S.T.P. 2002. A synonymic catalog of the neotropical Crabronidae and Sphecidae (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). Arquivos de Zoologia (São Paulo) 37:1-139. (distribution). - As Cerceris occipito-maculata: - Schletterer, 1887Schletterer, A. 1887. Die Hymenopteren-Gattung Cerceris Latr. mit vorzugsweiser Berücksichtigung der paläarktischer Arten. Zoologische Jahrbücher / Abteilung für Systematik, Ökologie und Geographie der Tiere 2:349-510. (distribution); Dalla Torre, 1897Dalla Torre, C.G. 1897. Catalogus hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Volumen VIII: Fossores (Sphegidae). Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig. 1-749. (distribution).
Cerceris fasciola Cresson, 1872:230, ♂. Holotype ♂, Comal Co; Scullen, 1965Scullen, H.A. 1965. Review of the genus Cerceris in America North of Mexico (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae). Proceedings of the United States National Museum 116:333-547.:502, Type ♂ (Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences, no. 1950); Scullen, 1972Scullen, H.A. 1972. Review of the genus Cerceris Latreille in Mexico and Central America (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 110:1-121.:91, Type ♂ (Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1950); Ferguson, 1983Ferguson, G.R. 1983. An annotated synonymic list of North American and Caribbean wasps of the genus Cerceris (Hymenoptera: Philanthidae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 91 (4):466-502.:491, Holotype ♂ (Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, No. 1950). Synonymized with Cerceris occipitomaculata Packard, 1866 by Scullen, 1965Scullen, H.A. 1965. Review of the genus Cerceris in America North of Mexico (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae). Proceedings of the United States National Museum 116:333-547.:500. - Schletterer, 1887Schletterer, A. 1887. Die Hymenopteren-Gattung Cerceris Latr. mit vorzugsweiser Berücksichtigung der paläarktischer Arten. Zoologische Jahrbücher / Abteilung für Systematik, Ökologie und Geographie der Tiere 2:349-510. (distribution); Dalla Torre, 1897Dalla Torre, C.G. 1897. Catalogus hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Volumen VIII: Fossores (Sphegidae). Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig. 1-749. (distribution); Scullen, 1972Scullen, H.A. 1972. Review of the genus Cerceris Latreille in Mexico and Central America (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 110:1-121.:91 ( listed as synonym of Cerceris occipitomaculata Packard, 1866); Krombein et al., 1979Krombein, K.V., P.D. Hurd, D.R. Smith & B.D. Burks 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. 1199-2209.:1736 ( listed as synonym of Cerceris occipitomaculata Packard, 1866); Ferguson, 1983Ferguson, G.R. 1983. An annotated synonymic list of North American and Caribbean wasps of the genus Cerceris (Hymenoptera: Philanthidae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 91 (4):466-502.:491 ( listed as synonym of Cerceris occipitomaculata Packard, 1866); Amarante, 2002Amarante, S.T.P. 2002. A synonymic catalog of the neotropical Crabronidae and Sphecidae (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). Arquivos de Zoologia (São Paulo) 37:1-139.:61 ( listed as synonym of Cerceris occipitomaculata Packard, 1866).
Cerceris novomexicana Viereck & Cockerell, 1904:137, ♀. ♀, Johnson Park, N. M., July 7, 1903 (leg. Anna Gohrman); Scullen, 1965Scullen, H.A. 1965. Review of the genus Cerceris in America North of Mexico (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae). Proceedings of the United States National Museum 116:333-547.:502, Type ♀ (Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences, no. 10383); Scullen, 1972Scullen, H.A. 1972. Review of the genus Cerceris Latreille in Mexico and Central America (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 110:1-121.:91, Type ♀ (Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 10383); Ferguson, 1983Ferguson, G.R. 1983. An annotated synonymic list of North American and Caribbean wasps of the genus Cerceris (Hymenoptera: Philanthidae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 91 (4):466-502.:491, Holotype ♀ (Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, No. 10383). Synonymized with Cerceris occipitomaculata Packard, 1866 by Scullen, 1965Scullen, H.A. 1965. Review of the genus Cerceris in America North of Mexico (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae). Proceedings of the United States National Museum 116:333-547.:500. - Scullen, 1972Scullen, H.A. 1972. Review of the genus Cerceris Latreille in Mexico and Central America (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 110:1-121.:91 ( listed as synonym of Cerceris occipitomaculata Packard, 1866); Krombein et al., 1979Krombein, K.V., P.D. Hurd, D.R. Smith & B.D. Burks 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. 1199-2209.:1736 ( listed as synonym of Cerceris occipitomaculata Packard, 1866); Ferguson, 1983Ferguson, G.R. 1983. An annotated synonymic list of North American and Caribbean wasps of the genus Cerceris (Hymenoptera: Philanthidae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 91 (4):466-502.:491 ( listed as synonym of Cerceris occipitomaculata Packard, 1866); Amarante, 2002Amarante, S.T.P. 2002. A synonymic catalog of the neotropical Crabronidae and Sphecidae (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). Arquivos de Zoologia (São Paulo) 37:1-139.:61 ( listed as synonym of Cerceris occipitomaculata Packard, 1866).