Cerceris elegans Smith, 1856:467, ♂. ♂, East Florida (E. Doubleday, Esq.); 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.:472, Lectotype ♂ (British Museum (Natural History), London). - Cresson, 1862Cresson, E.T. 1862. Catalogue of the described species of North American Hymenoptera (Continued from page 211.). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia 1 (8):227-238. (distribution); Cresson, 1865Cresson, E.T. 1865. Monograph of the Philanthidae of North America. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia 5:85-132. (distribution); Packard, 1866Packard, A.S. 1866. Revision of the fossorial Hymenoptera of North America. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia 6:39-115. (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.:359 ( listed as synonym of Cerceris blakei 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.:1730 ( listed as synonym of Cerceris bicornuta Guérin-Méneville, 1844); 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.:472 ( listed as synonym of Cerceris blakei Cresson, 1865).
Cerceris Blakei Cresson, 1865:121, ♀. Holotype ♀, Georgia (Ent. Soc. Philad., leg. Blake); 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.:360, Type ♀ (Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences, no. 1947); 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.:472, Holotype ♀ (Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, No. 1947). - 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, 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); 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).
Cerceris elegantissima Schletterer, 1887:490, no descr Replacement name for Cerceris elegans Smith, 1856 by 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.:490 (Der Name elegans ist bereits von Eversmann vergeben). - 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.:1730 ( listed as synonym of Cerceris blakei 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.:472 ( listed as synonym of Cerceris blakei Cresson, 1865).