Centris bicolor Lepeletier, 1841:163, ♀. ♀, Capitainerie de Goyan, au Brésil (Musée de France). - 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); Friese, 1916Friese, H. 1916. Zur Bienenfauna von Costa Rica. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 77:287-348. (distribution); Lutz & Cockerell, 1920Lutz, F.E. & T.D.A. Cockerell 1920. Notes on the distribution and bibliography of North American bees of the families, Apidae, Meliponidae, Bombidae, Euglossidae, and Anthophoridae. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist 42 (15):491-641. (distribution); Imperatriz-Fonseca et al., 2011Imperatriz-Fonseca, V.L., I. Alves-dos-Santos, P. Souza Santos-Filho, W. Engels, M. Ramalho, W. Wilms, J.B Vicentin Aguilar, C.A. Pinheiro-Machado, D. Araújo Alves & A. Matos Peixoto Kleinert 2011. Checklist of bees and honey plants from São Paulo State, Brazil. Biota Neotropica 11 (1a):631-655. (distribution); Gaglianone et al., 2011Gaglianone, M.C., A.J. Camillo de Aguiar, F. Vivallo & I. Alves-dos-Santos 2011. Checklist das abelhas coletoras de óleos do Estado de São Paulo, Brasil. Biota Neotropica 11 (Supl. 1):657-666. (distribution); Vivallo et al., 2013Vivallo, F., D. Vélez & F. Fernández 2013. A new species of Centris (Xanthemisia) Moure, 1945 from South America with a synopsis of the known species of the subgenus in Colombia (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Centridini). Zootaxa 3694 (1):81-91. (distribution).
Centris calloxantha Cockerell, 1919:187, ♂. Holotype ♂, Chauchamayo, Peru (U.S.N.M., No. 21649, leg. F.W. Rosenberg); Vivallo, 2020Vivallo, F. 2020. The bees of the genus Centris Fabricius, 1804 described by Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell (Hymenoptera: Apidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 618:1-47.:41, Holotype ♂ (NMNH, No. 21649). - Vélez, 2012Vélez Velandia, E.D. 2012. . Dissertation , , 1-247. Bogotá, Colombia.:210 ( listed as synonym of Centris lutea Friese, 1900); Vivallo, 2020Vivallo, F. 2020. The bees of the genus Centris Fabricius, 1804 described by Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell (Hymenoptera: Apidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 618:1-47.:41 ( listed as synonym of Centris bicolor Lepeletier, 1841).