Centris nigro-caerulea Smith, 1874:369, ♂♀. ♂, ♀, Mexico. - 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. Apidae (Anthophila). Sumptibus Guilelmi Engelmann, 1-643. (distribution); Cockerell, 1899Cockerell, T.D.A. 1899. Catálogo de las Abejas de Mexico. Biblioteca Agricola de las Secretaria de Fomento, Mexico, 1-20. (distribution); Friese, 1900Friese, H. 1900. Monographie der Bienengattung Centris (s. lat.). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 15:237-350. (distribution); 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); 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. (distribution); Vergara & Ayala, 2002Vergara, C.H. & R. Ayala 2002. Diversity, Phenology and Biogeography of the bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) of Zapotitlán de las Salinas, Puebla, Mexico. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 75 (1):16-30. (distribution); Yáñez-Ordóñez & Hinojosa-Díaz, 2004Yáñez-Ordóñez, O. & I. Hinojosa-Díaz 2004. La colección himenopterológica (Insecta) del Museo de Zoología Alfonso L. Herrera de la Facultad de Ciencias, UNAM, México. Acta Zoológica Mexicana (nueva serie) 20 (1):167-197. (distribution); Sagot et al., 2018Sagot, P, J. Mérida, R. Ayala & R. Vandame 2018. Situación actual del conocimiento de la fauna de abejas (Apoidea: Anthophila) del estado de Chiapas, México. In: (Ed.). Memorias X Congreso Mesoamericano sobre Abejas Nativas. 191-2011. (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).
Centris clypeata Friese, 1899:41, ♂♀. ♂♂, ♀♀ (Mus. Paris). Synonymized with Centris nigrocaerulea Smith, 1874 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.:9. - Friese, 1900Friese, H. 1900. Monographie der Bienengattung Centris (s. lat.). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 15:237-350. (distribution); Friese, 1900Friese, H. 1900. Neue Arten der Bienengattungen Epicharis Klug und Centris Fabr. Természetrajzi Füzetek 23:39-48. (distribution); 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, 1913Cockerell, T.D.A. 1913. Descriptions and records of bees. - XLIX. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. 8: v. 11 (62):185-195. (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.:170 ( listed as synonym of Centris derasa Lepeletier, 1841).
Centris anthracina Snelling, 1966:14, ♂♀. 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.:13, Holotype ♂ (MCZ). Replacement name for Centris clypeata Friese, 1899 by Snelling, 1966Snelling, R.R. 1966. The taxonomy and nomenclature of some North American bees of the genus Centris with descriptions of new species (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae). Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum Los Angeles County 112:1-33.:14. Synonymized with Centris nigrocaerulea Smith, 1874 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.:9. - Snelling, 1966Snelling, R.R. 1966. The taxonomy and nomenclature of some North American bees of the genus Centris with descriptions of new species (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae). Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum Los Angeles County 112:1-33. (distribution); 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. (distribution), 13 ( listed as synonym of Centris nigrocaerulea Smith, 1874).