Centris plumipes Smith, 1854:373, ♂♀.Brazil (Santarem) (B.M.); Vélez, 2012Vélez Velandia, E.D. 2012. . Dissertation , , 1-247. Bogotá, Colombia.:29, Holotype ♀ (BMNH, BMHN17B.922); Vivallo et al., 2016Vivallo, F., D. Vélez & F. Fernández 2016. Two new species of Centris (Aphemisia) Ayala, 2002 from Colombia with a synopsis of the subgenus for the country (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Centridini). Zootaxa 4093 (2):201-216.:207, Holotype ♀, examined (British Museum of Natural History, London, United Kingdom). - Smith, 1874Smith, F. 1874. A revision of the genera Epicharis, Centris, Eulema, and Euglossa, belonging to the family Apidae, Section Scopulipedes [Continued from p. 322]. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. 4: v. 13:357-373. (distribution); Dalla Torre, 1896Dalla Torre, C.G. 1896. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, X. Apidae (Anthophila). Sumptibus Guilelmi Engelmann, 1-643. (distribution); Friese, 1900Friese, H. 1900. Monographie der Bienengattung Centris (s. lat.). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 15:237-350. (distribution); Snelling, 1984Snelling, R.R. 1984. Studies on the taxonomy and distribution of American Centridine bees (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae). Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum Los Angeles County 347:1-69. (distribution); Vélez, 2012Vélez Velandia, E.D. 2012. . Dissertation , , 1-247. Bogotá, Colombia. (distribution); Vivallo et al., 2016Vivallo, F., D. Vélez & F. Fernández 2016. Two new species of Centris (Aphemisia) Ayala, 2002 from Colombia with a synopsis of the subgenus for the country (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Centridini). Zootaxa 4093 (2):201-216. (distribution).
Centris xanthosara Moure, 2002:258 - Vivallo et al., 2016Vivallo, F., D. Vélez & F. Fernández 2016. Two new species of Centris (Aphemisia) Ayala, 2002 from Colombia with a synopsis of the subgenus for the country (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Centridini). Zootaxa 4093 (2):201-216.:206 ( listed as synonym of Centris plumipes Smith, 1854).