Colletes distincta Cresson, 1868:167, ♂.Georgia (Am. Ent. Soc., leg. James Ridings); Stephen, 1954Stephen, W.P. 1954. A revision of the bee genus Colletes in America north of Mexico (Hymenoptera, Colletidae). University of Kansas Science Bulletin 36:149-527.:384, Lectotype (Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia). - Robertson, 1895Robertson, C. 1895. Notes on bees, with descriptions of new species. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 22 (2):115-128. (distribution). - As Colletes distinctus: - Dalla Torre, 1896Dalla Torre, C.G. 1896. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, X. Apidae (Anthophila). Sumptibus Guilelmi Engelmann, 1-643. (distribution); Stephen, 1954Stephen, W.P. 1954. A revision of the bee genus Colletes in America north of Mexico (Hymenoptera, Colletidae). University of Kansas Science Bulletin 36:149-527. (distribution); Mitchell, 1960Mitchell, T.B. 1960. Bees of the Eastern United States. Volume I. Technical bulletin (North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station) 141:1-538. (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); Pascarella et al., 1999Pascarella, J.B., Waddington, K.D. & Neal, P.R. 1999. The Bee Fauna (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) of Everglades National Park, Florida and adjacent areas: Distribution, Phenology, and Biogeography. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 72 (1):32-45. (distribution); Pascarella, 2006Pascarella, J.B. 2006. The bees of Florida. . (distribution); Hall et al., 2016Hall, H.G., D.T. Almquist & J.S. Asher 2016. A new species of Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) from northern Florida and Georgia, with notes on the Colletes of those states. Journal of Melittology 58:1-20. (distribution); Owens et al., 2018Owens, B.E., L. Allain, E.C. van Gorder, J.L. Bossart & C.E. Carlton 2018. The bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) of Louisiana: An updated, annotated checklist. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 120 (2):272-307. (distribution).
Colletes nitidus Smith, 1879:1, ♂♀. ♂, ♀, East Florida (British Museum); Stephen, 1954Stephen, W.P. 1954. A revision of the bee genus Colletes in America north of Mexico (Hymenoptera, Colletidae). University of Kansas Science Bulletin 36:149-527.:501, I.H.H. Yarrow of the British Museum endeavored to locate the type of this species for comparison but was unable to do so. - Dalla Torre, 1896Dalla Torre, C.G. 1896. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, X. Apidae (Anthophila). Sumptibus Guilelmi Engelmann, 1-643. (distribution); Stephen, 1954Stephen, W.P. 1954. A revision of the bee genus Colletes in America north of Mexico (Hymenoptera, Colletidae). University of Kansas Science Bulletin 36:149-527. (distribution); Mitchell, 1960Mitchell, T.B. 1960. Bees of the Eastern United States. Volume I. Technical bulletin (North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station) 141:1-538.:37 ( listed as synonym of Colletes distinctus Cresson, 1868); 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.:1754 ( listed as synonym of Colletes distinctus Cresson, 1868).
Colletes carolinus Mitchell, 1951:233, Stephen, 1954Stephen, W.P. 1954. A revision of the bee genus Colletes in America north of Mexico (Hymenoptera, Colletidae). University of Kansas Science Bulletin 36:149-527.:306, Holotype (collection of T. B. Mitchell at Raleigh, North Carolina). - Stephen, 1954Stephen, W.P. 1954. A revision of the bee genus Colletes in America north of Mexico (Hymenoptera, Colletidae). University of Kansas Science Bulletin 36:149-527. (distribution); Mitchell, 1960Mitchell, T.B. 1960. Bees of the Eastern United States. Volume I. Technical bulletin (North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station) 141:1-538.:37 ( listed as synonym of Colletes distinctus Cresson, 1868); 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.:1754 ( listed as synonym of Colletes distinctus Cresson, 1868).