Perdita bruneri Cockerell, 1897:23, ♂♀. 1 ♂, 1 ♀, West Point, Neb., August 1887. - Cockerell, 1901Cockerell, T.D.A. 1901. New and little-known bees from Nebraska. The Entomologist 34 (458):190-191. (distribution); Swenk & Cockerell, 1907Swenk, M.H. & Cockerell, T.D.A. 1907. The bees of Nebraska. - I. Entomological News 18:51-58. (distribution); Cockerell, 1916Cockerell, T.D.A. 1916. Descriptions and records of bees. - LXXI. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. 8: v. 17:277-287. (distribution); Stevens, 1919Stevens, O.A. 1919. The panurgine bees of North Dakota and a new Epeolus (Hym.). The Canadian Entomologist 51 (7):205-210. (distribution); Cockerell, 1922Cockerell, T.D.A. 1922. Bees of the genus Perdita from the Western States. American Museum Novitates 33:1-15. (distribution); Timberlake, 1960Timberlake, P.H. 1960. A revisional study of the bees of the genus Perdita F. Smith, with special reference to the fauna of the Pacific Coast (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). Part IV. University of California Publications In Entomology 17 (1):1-156. (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).
Perdita cockerelli Crawford, 1906:282 - Swenk & Cockerell, 1907Swenk, M.H. & Cockerell, T.D.A. 1907. The bees of Nebraska. - I. Entomological News 18:51-58. (distribution); Timberlake, 1960Timberlake, P.H. 1960. A revisional study of the bees of the genus Perdita F. Smith, with special reference to the fauna of the Pacific Coast (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). Part IV. University of California Publications In Entomology 17 (1):1-156.:101 ( listed as synonym of Perdita bruneri Cockerell, 1897); 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.:1896 ( listed as synonym of Perdita bruneri Cockerell, 1897).