Cerceris rufinoda Cresson, 1865:121, ♂. Holotype ♂, Rocky Mountains, Colorado Territory (Ent. Soc. Philad., leg. Ridings); 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.:394, Type ♂ (Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences, no. 1955); 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.:36, Type ♂ (Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1955); 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.:492, Holotype ♂ (Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, No. 1955). - 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); 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); 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); 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 rufinoda rufinoda: - 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).
Cerceris argia Mickel, 1916:412, Muma, 1952Muma, M.H. 1952. Insect types in the collections of the University of Nebraska State Museum. Bulletin of the University of Nebraska State Museum 3 (8):1-35.:17, Type ♀ (University of Nebraska State Museum); 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.:358, Type ♀ (University of Nebraska); 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.:19, Type ♀ (University of Nebraska); 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.:492, Holotype ♀ (University of Nebraska State Museum, Lincoln). Synonymized with Cerceris rufinoda 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.:492. - 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); 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 rufinoda Cresson, 1865).