Ceratina arizonensis Cockerell, 1898:238, ♂. ♂♂, Phoenix, Arizona, May 12, 1897 (leg. Dr. R.E. Kunzé). - Cockerell & Porter, 1899Cockerell, T.D.A. & W. Porter 1899. Contributions from the New Mexico Biological Station. - VII Observations on bees, with descriptions of new genera and species. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. 7: v. 4:403-421. (distribution); Cockerell, 1901Cockerell, T.D.A. 1901. Bees from southern California, visiting flowers of Eriogonum and Rhus. The Canadian Entomologist 33 (9):281-283. (distribution); Cockerell, 1903Cockerell, T.D.A. 1903. A catalogue of the bees of California. Psyche 10:74-78. (distribution); Cockerell, 1937Cockerell, T.D.A. 1937. Bees collected in Arizona and California in the spring of 1937. American Museum Novitates 948:1-15. (distribution); Cockerell, 1941Cockerell, T.D.A. 1941. Observations on plants and insects in northwestern Baja California, Mexico, with descriptions of new bees. Trans. San Diego Soc. Nat. Hist. 9 (31):337-352. (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); 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).
Ceratina arizonensis vanduzeei Cockerell, 1924:543, ♀. Holotype ♀, Guaymas, Sonora, April 10 (Mus. Calif. Acad. Sci., No. 1507, leg. Van Duzee). - 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.:2177 ( listed as synonym of Ceratina arizonensis Cockerell, 1898).