Colletes punctata Robertson, 1891:92, ♂. Holotype ♂, Carlinville, Ill., July 6th (leg. Robertson); Stephen, 1954Stephen, W.P. 1954. A revision of the bee genus Colletes in America north of Mexico (Hymenoptera, Colletidae). University of Kansas Science Bulletin 36:149-527.:289, Holotype ♂ (Illinois State Natural History Survey, 2234). - Robertson, 1897Robertson, C. 1897. North American bees - Descriptions and synonyms. Transactions of the Academy of Science of St. Louis 7 (14):315-356.:315 ( listed as synonym of Colletes robertsonii Dalla Torre, 1896); Timberlake, 1943Timberlake, P.H. 1943. Bees of the genus Colletes chiefly from Colorado. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 81 (5):385-410.:395 ( listed as synonym of Colletes robertsonii Dalla Torre, 1896); Stephen, 1954Stephen, W.P. 1954. A revision of the bee genus Colletes in America north of Mexico (Hymenoptera, Colletidae). University of Kansas Science Bulletin 36:149-527.:286 ( listed as synonym of Colletes robertsonii Dalla Torre, 1896); Mitchell, 1960Mitchell, T.B. 1960. Bees of the Eastern United States. Volume I. Technical bulletin (North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station) 141:1-538.:46 ( listed as synonym of Colletes robertsonii Dalla Torre, 1896); 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.:1752 ( listed as synonym of Colletes robertsonii Dalla Torre, 1896).
Colletes robertsonii Dalla Torre, 1896:44, no descr. Replacement name for Colletes punctata Robertson, 1891 by Dalla Torre, 1896Dalla Torre, C.G. 1896. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, X. Apidae (Anthophila). Sumptibus Guilelmi Engelmann, 1-643.:44 (nec Mocs.). - Dalla Torre, 1896Dalla Torre, C.G. 1896. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, X. Apidae (Anthophila). Sumptibus Guilelmi Engelmann, 1-643. (distribution); Timberlake, 1943Timberlake, P.H. 1943. Bees of the genus Colletes chiefly from Colorado. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 81 (5):385-410. (distribution); Timberlake, 1951Timberlake, P.H. 1951. Western bees of the genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). The Wasmann Journal of Biology 9 (2):181-238. (distribution); Stephen, 1954Stephen, W.P. 1954. A revision of the bee genus Colletes in America north of Mexico (Hymenoptera, Colletidae). University of Kansas Science Bulletin 36:149-527. (distribution); Mitchell, 1960Mitchell, T.B. 1960. Bees of the Eastern United States. Volume I. Technical bulletin (North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station) 141:1-538. (distribution); Owens et al., 2018Owens, B.E., L. Allain, E.C. van Gorder, J.L. Bossart & C.E. Carlton 2018. The bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) of Louisiana: An updated, annotated checklist. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 120 (2):272-307. (distribution).
Colletes robustus Swenk, 1904:251, Muma, 1952Muma, M.H. 1952. Insect types in the collections of the University of Nebraska State Museum. Bulletin of the University of Nebraska State Museum 3 (8):1-35.:18, Type ♀, Allotype ♂ (University of Nebraska State Museum). - Cockerell, 1906Cockerell, T.D.A. 1906. The bees of New Mexico. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 32:289-314. (distribution); Timberlake, 1943Timberlake, P.H. 1943. Bees of the genus Colletes chiefly from Colorado. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 81 (5):385-410.:395 ( listed as synonym of Colletes robertsonii Dalla Torre, 1896); Stephen, 1954Stephen, W.P. 1954. A revision of the bee genus Colletes in America north of Mexico (Hymenoptera, Colletidae). University of Kansas Science Bulletin 36:149-527.:286 ( listed as synonym of Colletes robertsonii Dalla Torre, 1896); Mitchell, 1960Mitchell, T.B. 1960. Bees of the Eastern United States. Volume I. Technical bulletin (North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station) 141:1-538.:46 ( listed as synonym of Colletes robertsonii Dalla Torre, 1896); 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.:1752 ( listed as synonym of Colletes robertsonii Dalla Torre, 1896).