Anthidium illustre Cresson, 1879:206, ♀. 3 ♀♀, Nevada (leg. Morrison); Gonzalez & Griswold, 2013Gonzalez, V.H. & T.L. Griswold 2013. Wool carder bees of the genus Anthidium in the Western Hemisphere (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae): diversity, host plant associations, phylogeny, and biogeography. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 168:221-425.:307, Lectotype ♀ (ANSP, 2399). - Dalla Torre, 1896Dalla Torre, C.G. 1896. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, X. Apidae (Anthophila). Sumptibus Guilelmi Engelmann, 1-643. (distribution); Cockerell, 1903Cockerell, T.D.A. 1903. A catalogue of the bees of California. Psyche 10:74-78. (distribution); Cockerell, 1904Cockerell, T.D.A. 1904. The bees of southern California. II. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Science 3 (1):23-24. (distribution); Cockerell, 1915Cockerell, T.D.A. 1915. Names applied to the North American bees of the genera Lithurgus, Anthidium, and allies. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 47:87-94. (distribution); Gonzalez & Griswold, 2013Gonzalez, V.H. & T.L. Griswold 2013. Wool carder bees of the genus Anthidium in the Western Hemisphere (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae): diversity, host plant associations, phylogeny, and biogeography. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 168:221-425. (distribution); Esperanza de Pedro, 2021Esperanza de Pedro, D. 2021. . :. (distribution); Nava-Bolaños & Osorio-Olvera, 2022Nava-Bolaños, A. & L. Osorio-Olvera 2022. Estado del arte del conocimiento de biodiversidad de los polinizadores de México. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 93:1-77. (distribution). - As Callanthidium illustre: - Cockerell, 1925Cockerell, T.D.A. 1925. Anthidiinae bees in the collection of the California Academy of Sciences. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences ser. 4: v. 14 (15):345-367. (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).
Anthidium serranum Cockerell, 1904:24, ♂. Holotype ♂, Rock Creek, Calif. (leg. Dr. Davidson); 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.:16, Allotype ♀ (University of Nebraska State Museum); Gonzalez & Griswold, 2013Gonzalez, V.H. & T.L. Griswold 2013. Wool carder bees of the genus Anthidium in the Western Hemisphere (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae): diversity, host plant associations, phylogeny, and biogeography. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 168:221-425.:307, Holotype ♂ (BMNH, 17a.2690). - Swenk, 1914Swenk, M.H. 1914. Studies of North American bees. II. Family Stelididae. University Studies of the University of Nebraska 14 (1):1-36. (distribution); Cockerell, 1915Cockerell, T.D.A. 1915. Names applied to the North American bees of the genera Lithurgus, Anthidium, and allies. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 47:87-94. (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.:1992 ( listed as synonym of Anthidium illustre Cresson, 1879); Gonzalez & Griswold, 2013Gonzalez, V.H. & T.L. Griswold 2013. Wool carder bees of the genus Anthidium in the Western Hemisphere (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae): diversity, host plant associations, phylogeny, and biogeography. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 168:221-425.:307 ( listed as synonym of Anthidium illustre Cresson, 1879).