- As Xylocopa virginica virginica: - Hurd, 1955Hurd, P.D. Jr. 1955. The carpenter bees of California (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). Bulletin of the California insect survey 4 (2):35-72. (distribution); Hurd, 1961Hurd, P.D. Jr. 1961. A synopsis of the carpenter bees belonging to the subgenus Xylocopoides Michener (Hymenoptera; Apoidea). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 87 (4):247-257. (distribution); Mitchell, 1962Mitchell, T.B. 1962. Bees of the Eastern United States. Volume II. Technical bulletin (North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station) 152:1-557. (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); Pascarella, 2006Pascarella, J.B. 2006. The bees of Florida. . (distribution); Hall & Ascher, 2010Hall, H.G., & J.S. Ascher 2010. Surveys of bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila) in natural areas of Alachua County in North-Central Florida. The Florida Entomologist 93 (4):609-629. (distribution); Hall & Ascher, 2011Hall, H.G., & J.S. Ascher 2011. Surveys of wild bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila) in organic farms of Alachua County in north-central Florida. The Florida Entomologist 94 (3):539-552. (distribution).
Apis analis Fabricius, 1775:384, sex not indicated.America (leg. Drury). - 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.:2186 ( listed as synonym of Xylocopa virginica virginica (Linnaeus, 1771)).
Centris carolina Fabricius, 1804:357,Carolina (Mus. Dom. Bose). - Cresson, 1872Cresson, E.T. 1872. Hymenoptera Texana. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 4:153-292.:283 ( listed as synonym of Xylocopa virginica (Linnaeus, 1771)); Smith, 1874Smith, F. 1874. Monograph of the genus Xylocopa, Latr. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London :247-302.:295 ( listed as synonym of Xylocopa virginica (Linnaeus, 1771)); Mitchell, 1962Mitchell, T.B. 1962. Bees of the Eastern United States. Volume II. Technical bulletin (North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station) 152:1-557.:510 ( listed as synonym of Xylocopa virginica (Linnaeus, 1771)); 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.:2186 ( listed as synonym of Xylocopa virginica virginica (Linnaeus, 1771)). - As Xylocopa carolina: - Say, 1837Say, T. 1837. Descriptions of new species of North American Hymenoptera, and observations on some already described [Concluded from p. 305]. Boston Journal of Natural History 1 (4):361-416. (distribution); Smith, 1854Smith, F. 1854. Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part II. Apidae. London. 465 pp, 8 pl. (distribution).