Cerceris militaris Dahlbom, 1844:224, Ferguson, 1983Ferguson, G.R. 1983. An annotated synonymic list of North American and Caribbean wasps of the genus Cerceris (Hymenoptera: Philanthidae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 91 (4):466-502.:488, Holotype ♀ (Universitets Zoologiska Institut, Lund, Sweden). - Amarante, 2002Amarante, S.T.P. 2002. A synonymic catalog of the neotropical Crabronidae and Sphecidae (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). Arquivos de Zoologia (São Paulo) 37:1-139. (distribution).
Cerceris rufonigra Taschenberg, 1875:399, Lectotype ♀ (Zoologisches Institut, Martin Luther Universität, Halle am Saale), designated by Ferguson, 1983Ferguson, G.R. 1983. An annotated synonymic list of North American and Caribbean wasps of the genus Cerceris (Hymenoptera: Philanthidae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 91 (4):466-502.:488. - Dalla Torre, 1897Dalla Torre, C.G. 1897. Catalogus hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Volumen VIII: Fossores (Sphegidae). Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig. 1-749. (distribution); Ferguson, 1983Ferguson, G.R. 1983. An annotated synonymic list of North American and Caribbean wasps of the genus Cerceris (Hymenoptera: Philanthidae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 91 (4):466-502.:488 ( listed as synonym of Cerceris militaris Dahlbom, 1844); Amarante, 2002Amarante, S.T.P. 2002. A synonymic catalog of the neotropical Crabronidae and Sphecidae (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). Arquivos de Zoologia (São Paulo) 37:1-139.:60 ( listed as synonym of Cerceris militaris Dahlbom, 1844).
Cerceris rufonigra turrialba Scullen, 1972:51, ♂♀. Holotype ♀, Costa Rica: Turrialba, 2080 feet elevation, 24 July 1963 (National Museum of Natural History, 41073, leg. H.A. Scullen & D. Bolinger); Ferguson, 1983Ferguson, G.R. 1983. An annotated synonymic list of North American and Caribbean wasps of the genus Cerceris (Hymenoptera: Philanthidae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 91 (4):466-502.:489, Holotype ♀ (United States National Museum of Natural History, Washington). Synonymized with Cerceris militaris Dahlbom, 1844 by Ferguson, 1983Ferguson, G.R. 1983. An annotated synonymic list of North American and Caribbean wasps of the genus Cerceris (Hymenoptera: Philanthidae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 91 (4):466-502.:489. - Scullen, 1972Scullen, H.A. 1972. Review of the genus Cerceris Latreille in Mexico and Central America (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 110:1-121. (distribution); Amarante, 2002Amarante, S.T.P. 2002. A synonymic catalog of the neotropical Crabronidae and Sphecidae (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). Arquivos de Zoologia (São Paulo) 37:1-139.:60 ( listed as synonym of Cerceris militaris Dahlbom, 1844).