Cerceris compacta Cresson, 1865:127, ♂♀.Pennsylvania (leg. Cresson);Delaware (leg. Dr. Wilson);Illinois (leg. Dr. Lewis and Mr. Kennicott); 2 ♂♂, 4 ♀♀ (Ent. Soc. Philad., and Chicago Academy of Sciences); 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.:420, Type ♀ (Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences, no. 1940); 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.:42, Type ♀ (Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1940); 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.:476, Lectotype ♀ (Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, No. 1940). - Cresson, 1872Cresson, E.T. 1872. Hymenoptera Texana. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 4:153-292. (distribution); 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); 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); 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); 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). - As Cerceris compacta compacta: - 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).
Cerceris huastecae Saussure, 1867:102, ♀. ♀, Mexico calida, Tampico; 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.:48, Type ♀, No type was found by the present author at Vienna or Geneva in 1959; 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.:476, Type specimens not located. Synonymized with Cerceris compacta Cresson, 1865 by 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.:476. - 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); Cameron, 1888-1900Cameron, P. 1888-1900. Biologia Centrali-Americana - Insecta. Hymenoptera. (Fossores) Vol. II. R. H. Porter and Dulau & Co., London. 413pp, 14 pl.:118 (listed); Cameron, 1890Cameron, P. 1890. Biologia Centrali-Americana. Insecta. Hymenoptera. (Fossores) Vol. II. :65-129. (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); 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.:58 ( listed as synonym of Cerceris compacta Cresson, 1865); Ruíz-Cancino & Coronado-Blanco, 2002Ruíz-Cancino, E. & J.M. Coronado-Blanco 2002. Artrópodos terrestres de los estados de Tamaulipas y Nuevo León, México. Serie Publicaciones Cientificas No. 4:1-376. (distribution); Ruíz-Cancino et al., 2005Ruíz-Cancino, E., J.M. Coronado-Blanco & J.V. Horta Vega 2005. Conocimiento actual de las avispas depredadoras (Hymenoptera) en Tamaulipas, México. In: Lozano, L. B., A.C. Sandoval, J.V.H. Vega & J.G. Jiménez (Ed.). Biodiversidad tamaulipeca: vol. 1. 164-170. (distribution).
Cerceris aureo-facialis Cameron, 1890:112, ♂. ♂, Mexico, Orizaba (leg. H.H. Smith); 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.:42, Type ♂ (British Museum of Natural History, 21.1,367); 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.:476, Holotype ♂ (British Museum (Natural History), London). - Cameron, 1888-1900Cameron, P. 1888-1900. Biologia Centrali-Americana - Insecta. Hymenoptera. (Fossores) Vol. II. R. H. Porter and Dulau & Co., London. 413pp, 14 pl.:112 (listed); 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.:1731 ( listed as synonym of Cerceris compacta Cresson, 1865); 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.:476 ( listed as synonym of Cerceris compacta Cresson, 1865); 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.:58 ( listed as synonym of Cerceris compacta Cresson, 1865). - As Cerceris aureofacialis: - 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 solidaginis Rohwer, 1908:323, 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.:420, Type ♂ (U.S. National Museum, no. 28486); 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.:42, Type ♂ (National Museum of Natural History, 28486); 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.:476, Holotype ♂ (United States National Museum of Natural History, Washington). - 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.:418 ( listed as synonym of Cerceris compacta compacta Cresson, 1865); 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.:1731 ( listed as synonym of Cerceris compacta Cresson, 1865); 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.:476 ( listed as synonym of Cerceris compacta Cresson, 1865); 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.:58 ( listed as synonym of Cerceris compacta Cresson, 1865).
Cerceris belfragei Banks, 1917:114, 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.:420, Type ♀ (Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, no. 10029); 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.:42, Type ♀ (Museum of Comparative Zoology, 10029); 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.:476, Lectotype ♀ (Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, No. 10029). - 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.:418 ( listed as synonym of Cerceris compacta compacta Cresson, 1865); 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.:1731 ( listed as synonym of Cerceris compacta Cresson, 1865); 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.:476 ( listed as synonym of Cerceris compacta Cresson, 1865); 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.:58 ( listed as synonym of Cerceris compacta Cresson, 1865).
Cerceris costarica costarica Scullen, 1972:44, ♂♀. Holotype ♀, Costa Rica: 3 miles northwest of Liberia, 400 feet elevation, 28 July 1963 (National Museum of Natural History, 71061, leg. H.A. Scullen & D. Bolinger); 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.:476, Holotype ♀ (United States National Museum of Natural History, Washington). Synonymized with Cerceris compacta Cresson, 1865 by 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.:476. - 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); 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.:58 ( listed as synonym of Cerceris compacta Cresson, 1865).
Cerceris costarica mitla Scullen, 1972:46, ♂♀. Holotype ♀, Mexico: Mitla, Oaxaca, 5600 feet elevation, 27 June 1963 (National Museum of Natural History, 71062, leg. H.A. Scullen & D. Bolinger); 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.:476, Holotype ♀ (United States National Museum of Natural History, Washington). Synonymized with Cerceris compacta Cresson, 1865 by 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.:476. - 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); 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.:58 ( listed as synonym of Cerceris compacta Cresson, 1865).