Cerceris finitima Cresson, 1865:122, ♀. Holotype ♀, Illinois (Ent. Soc. Philad., leg. Dr. Lewis); 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.:379, Type ♀ (Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences, no. 1948); 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.:25, Type ♀ (Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences, 1948); 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.:481, Holotype ♀ (Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, No. 1948). - 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); Cockerell, 1897Cockerell, T.D.A. 1897. New Hymenoptera from New Mexico, U.S.A. The Entomologist 30:135-138. (distribution); Viereck & Cockerell, 1904Viereck, H.L. & Cockerell, T.D.A. 1904. The Philanthinae of New Mexico. - II. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 12 (3):129-146. (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); Horta Vega et al., 2007Horta Vega, J.V., O.N. Pinson Domínguez, L. Barrientos Lozano & A. Correa Sandoval 2007. Sphecidae y Crabronidae (Hymenoptera) de algunos municipios del centro y sur de Tamaulipas, México. Acta Zool. Mex. (n.s.) 23:35-48. (distribution). - As Cerceris finitima finitima: - 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); Horta Vega et al., 2013Horta Vega, J.V., M. Vanoye-Eligio, M.E. García-Gutiérrez, J.M.Coronado-Blanco & L. Barrientos-Lozano 2013. Crabronidae (Hymenoptera) de la localidad Cañón del Novillo, Victoria, Tamaulipas, México. Acta Zool. Mex. (n.s.) 29 (2):376-387. (distribution).
Cerceris finitima citrina Scullen, 1965:380, ♂♀. Holotype ♀, Riverside, Calif., Aug. 26, 1927 (California Academy of Sciences, leg. P.H. Timberlake); 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.:481, Holotype ♀ (California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco). - 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.:1733 ( listed as synonym of Cerceris finitima 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.:59 ( listed as synonym of Cerceris finitima Cresson, 1865).