Melissodes griseihirta Cockerell, 1949:463, ♂. Holotype ♂, Honduras: Uyaca Peak, March 9 (U.S.N.M., No. 58544, leg. Morales); LaBerge, 1961LaBerge, W.E. 1961. A revision of the bees of the genus Melissodes in North and Central America. Part III. (Hymenoptera, Apidae). The University of Kansas Science Bulletin 42 (5):283-663.:500, Holotype ♂ (U. S. National Museum, Washington, No. 58544). Synonymized with Melissodes persimilis Cockerell, 1949 by LaBerge, 1961LaBerge, W.E. 1961. A revision of the bees of the genus Melissodes in North and Central America. Part III. (Hymenoptera, Apidae). The University of Kansas Science Bulletin 42 (5):283-663.:498. - Michener, 1954Michener, C.D. 1954. Bees of Panamá. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 104 (1):1-176. (distribution).
Melissodes persimilis Cockerell, 1949:463, ♀. Holotype ♀, Honduras: Agua Amarilla, November 17 (U.S.N.M., No. 58542, leg. Vidales); LaBerge, 1961LaBerge, W.E. 1961. A revision of the bees of the genus Melissodes in North and Central America. Part III. (Hymenoptera, Apidae). The University of Kansas Science Bulletin 42 (5):283-663.:500, Holotype ♀ (U. S. National Museum, Washington, No. 58542). - LaBerge, 1961LaBerge, W.E. 1961. A revision of the bees of the genus Melissodes in North and Central America. Part III. (Hymenoptera, Apidae). The University of Kansas Science Bulletin 42 (5):283-663. (distribution); Sagot et al., 2018Sagot, P, J. Mérida, R. Ayala & R. Vandame 2018. Situación actual del conocimiento de la fauna de abejas (Apoidea: Anthophila) del estado de Chiapas, México. In: (Ed.). Memorias X Congreso Mesoamericano sobre Abejas Nativas. 191-2011. (distribution); Nava-Bolaños & Osorio-Olvera, 2022Nava-Bolaños, A. & L. Osorio-Olvera 2022. Estado del arte del conocimiento de biodiversidad de los polinizadores de México. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 93:1-77. (distribution).
Melissodes perplexans Cockerell, 1949:463, ♀. Holotype ♀, Honduras: Uyaca Peak, February 9, 1947 (U.S.N.M., No. 58543, leg. W. P. Cockerell); LaBerge, 1961LaBerge, W.E. 1961. A revision of the bees of the genus Melissodes in North and Central America. Part III. (Hymenoptera, Apidae). The University of Kansas Science Bulletin 42 (5):283-663.:500, Holotype ♀ (U. S. National Museum, Washington, No. 58543). Synonymized with Melissodes persimilis Cockerell, 1949 by LaBerge, 1961LaBerge, W.E. 1961. A revision of the bees of the genus Melissodes in North and Central America. Part III. (Hymenoptera, Apidae). The University of Kansas Science Bulletin 42 (5):283-663.:498.