Ptilotopus americanus Klug, 1810:31, Vivallo, 2023Vivallo, F. 2023. The primary types of some species of Centris bees described by European entomologists in the 18th and 20th centuries (Hymenoptera: Apidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 864:1-27.:12, Lectotype ♂ (ZMB). - As Centris americana: - 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); Vélez, 2012Vélez Velandia, E.D. 2012. . Dissertation , , 1-247. Bogotá, Colombia. (distribution); Vélez & Vivallo, 2018Vélez, D. & F. Vivallo 2018. Sinopsis de las especies del subgénero Centris (Ptilotopus) (Hymenoptera: Apidae) en Colombia. Biota Colombiana 19 (2):46-63. (distribution). - As Centris americanorum: - Smith, 1854Smith, F. 1854. Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part II. Apidae. London. 465 pp, 8 pl. (distribution); 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); Smith-Pardo, 2003Smith-Pardo, A.H. 2003. A preliminary account of the bees of Colombia (Hymenoptera: Apoidea): present knowledge and future directions. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 76 (2):335-341. (distribution); Vélez, 2012Vélez Velandia, E.D. 2012. . Dissertation , , 1-247. Bogotá, Colombia.:148 ( listed as synonym of Centris smithiana Friese, 1901).
Ptilotopus americanorum Lepeletier & Serville, 1825:239, Vivallo, 2023Vivallo, F. 2023. The primary types of some species of Centris bees described by European entomologists in the 18th and 20th centuries (Hymenoptera: Apidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 864:1-27.:14, Lectotype ♂ (Spinola collection at MSNT). - Vivallo, 2023Vivallo, F. 2023. The primary types of some species of Centris bees described by European entomologists in the 18th and 20th centuries (Hymenoptera: Apidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 864:1-27.:14 ( listed as synonym of Centris americana (Klug, 1810)).
Hemisia bombiformis Spinola, 1841:148, ♀. Holotype ♀, Cayenne (leg. M. Leprieur); Vivallo, 2023Vivallo, F. 2023. The primary types of some species of Centris bees described by European entomologists in the 18th and 20th centuries (Hymenoptera: Apidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 864:1-27.:18, The current condition and depository of the primary type is unknown. - Vélez, 2012Vélez Velandia, E.D. 2012. . Dissertation , , 1-247. Bogotá, Colombia.:167 ( listed as synonym of Centris americana (Klug, 1810)). - As Centris bombiformis: - 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). - As Centris bombyformis: - Smith, 1854Smith, F. 1854. Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part II. Apidae. London. 465 pp, 8 pl. (distribution). - As Centris bombyformis: - Smith, 1854Smith, F. 1854. Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part II. Apidae. London. 465 pp, 8 pl. (distribution).
Centris americana bicincta Friese, 1912:87, ♂. ♂, Obidos (Amazonas); ♂, Cayenne. - Vélez, 2012Vélez Velandia, E.D. 2012. . Dissertation , , 1-247. Bogotá, Colombia.:168 ( listed as synonym of Centris americana (Klug, 1810)).
Centris americana umbrina Friese, 1912 - Vélez, 2012Vélez Velandia, E.D. 2012. . Dissertation , , 1-247. Bogotá, Colombia.:167 ( listed as synonym of Centris americana (Klug, 1810)).