Nomada grandis Cresson, 1875:725, ♀. 3 ♀♀, Colorado (leg. Dr. H.C. Yarrow); Evans, 1972Evans, D.L. 1972. A revision of the subgenus Holonomada of the genus Nomada (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae). The Wasmann Journal of Biology 30 (1 and 2):1-34.:19, Lectotype ♀ (Museum of the Academy of Natural Sciences at Philadelphia). - Dalla Torre, 1896Dalla Torre, C.G. 1896. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, X. Apidae (Anthophila). Sumptibus Guilelmi Engelmann, 1-643. (distribution); Cockerell, 1905Cockerell, T.D.A. 1905. The bees of the genus Nomada found in Colorado, with a table to separate all the species of the Rocky Mountains. Bulletin of the Colorado Agricultural Experiment Station 94:69-85. (distribution); Cockerell, 1912Cockerell, T.D.A. 1912. Names applied to bees of the genus Nomada, found in North America. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 41:225-243. (distribution); Evans, 1972Evans, D.L. 1972. A revision of the subgenus Holonomada of the genus Nomada (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae). The Wasmann Journal of Biology 30 (1 and 2):1-34. (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); Alexander & Schwarz, 1994Alexander, B.A. & M. Schwarz 1994. A Catalog of the Species of Nomada (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) of the World. The University of Kansas Science Bulletin 55 (7):239-270. (distribution).
Nomada magnifica Cockerell, 1903:587, ♀. Holotype ♀, Colo. (A. E. S., leg. W.J. Fox). - Cockerell, 1912Cockerell, T.D.A. 1912. Names applied to bees of the genus Nomada, found in North America. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 41:225-243. (distribution); Evans, 1972Evans, D.L. 1972. A revision of the subgenus Holonomada of the genus Nomada (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae). The Wasmann Journal of Biology 30 (1 and 2):1-34.:17 ( listed as synonym of Nomada grandis Cresson, 1875); 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.:2109 ( listed as synonym of Nomada grandis Cresson, 1875); Alexander & Schwarz, 1994Alexander, B.A. & M. Schwarz 1994. A Catalog of the Species of Nomada (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) of the World. The University of Kansas Science Bulletin 55 (7):239-270.:254 ( listed as synonym of Nomada grandis Cresson, 1875).