Apis dimidiata Olivier, 1789:64, sex not indicated.Cayenne; Vélez, 2012Vélez Velandia, E.D. 2012. . Dissertation , , 1-247. Bogotá, Colombia.:134, Type (ubicación incierta); 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, Neotype ♀, Unfortunately, the neotype female was subsequently destroyed (MNRJ, HYMNRJ 000312). - Dalla Torre, 1896Dalla Torre, C.G. 1896. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, X. Apidae (Anthophila). Sumptibus Guilelmi Engelmann, 1-643. (distribution). - As Centris dimidiata: - 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); Vivallo, 2020Vivallo, F. 2020. The species of the bee genus Centris Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Apidae) described by Giovanni Gribodo. Revista Chilena de Entomología 46 (1):51-59. (distribution).
Centris atriventris Mocsáry, 1896:7 - Friese, 1900Friese, H. 1900. Monographie der Bienengattung Centris (s. lat.). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 15:237-350. (distribution); Alfken, 1933Alfken, J.D. 1933. Ergebnisse einer zoologischen Sammelreise nach Brasilien, inbesondere in das Amazonasgebeit, ausgeführt von Dr. H. Zerny. IX Teil. Hymenoptera: Apidae. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 45:303-307. (distribution); Vélez, 2012Vélez Velandia, E.D. 2012. . Dissertation , , 1-247. Bogotá, Colombia.:135 ( listed as synonym of Centris dimidiata (Fabricius, 1793)).
Centris atriventris rubripes Friese, 1900:43, ♂♀. 1 ♀, Panama; 1 ♂, Venezuela; 2 ♀♀, Brasilia. - Friese, 1900Friese, H. 1900. Monographie der Bienengattung Centris (s. lat.). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 15:237-350. (distribution); Cockerell, 1906Cockerell, T.D.A. 1906. The North American bees of the family Anthophoridae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 32 (1):63-116. (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); Michener, 1954Michener, C.D. 1954. Bees of Panamá. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 104 (1):1-176. (distribution).