Ceratina acantha Provancher, 1895:190 - Cockerell, 1903Cockerell, T.D.A. 1903. A catalogue of the bees of California. Psyche 10:74-78. (distribution); Cockerell, 1910Cockerell, T.D.A. 1910. Descriptions and records of bees. - XXIV. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. 8: v. 5 (25):22-30. (distribution); Michener, 1936Michener, C.D. 1936. Western bees of the genus Ceratina, subgenus Zaodontomerus. American Museum Novitates 844:1-13. (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); Mayer et al., 2000Mayer, D.F., E.R. Miliczky, B.F. Finnigan & C.A. Johansen 2000. The bee fauna (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) of southeastern Washington. Journal of the Entomological Society of British Columbia 97:25-32. (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 submaritima Cockerell, 1897:352, ♂. ♂, Olympia, Wash., May 10th and April 25th (leg. T. Kincaid). Synonymized with Ceratina acantha Provancher, 1895 by Smith, 1907Smith, H.S. 1907. Contributions toward a monograph of the Ceratinidae of North and Middle America. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 33 (2/3):115-124.:121. - 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); Viereck, 1905Viereck, H.L. 1905. Synopsis of bees of Oregon, Washington, British Columbia and Vancouver.—IV. The Canadian Entomologist 37:277-287. (distribution); Cockerell, 1926Cockerell, T.D.A. 1926. Descriptions and records of bees. - CXIII. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. 9: v. 18 (108):621-627. (distribution); Cockerell, 1928Cockerell, T.D.A. 1928. Some bees from Utah. Psyche 35 (4):232-234. (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.:2182 ( listed as synonym of Ceratina acantha Provancher, 1895).
Ceratina submaritima Ehrhorni Cockerell, 1903:453, ♂. 2 ♂♂, Alum Rock Park, San José, California, May 3, 1902 (leg. E.M. Ehrhorn). - 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.:2182 ( listed as synonym of Ceratina acantha Provancher, 1895).