Xylocopa ornata Smith, 1874, Lectotype ♀ (NHMUK, B.M. TYPE HYM.17B. 187), designated by Villamizar et al., 2020Villamizar, G., F. Fernández & F. Vivallo 2020. Synopsis of the carpenter bee subgenus Xylocopa (Schonnherria) Lepeletier, 1841 (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in Colombia, with designation of lectotypes and the description of two new species. Zootaxa 4789 (2):301-347.:326. - Dalla Torre, 1896Dalla Torre, C.G. 1896. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, X. Apidae (Anthophila). Sumptibus Guilelmi Engelmann, 1-643. (distribution); Ospina, 2000Ospina, M. 2000. Abejas carpinteras (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Xylocopinae: Xylocopini) de la región Neotropical. Biota Colombiana 1 (3):239-252. (distribution); Gonzalez et al., 2009Gonzalez, V.H., M.M. Gonzalez & Y. Cuellar 2009. Notas biológicas y taxonómicas sobre los abejorros del maracuyá del género Xylocopa (Hymenoptera: Apidae, Xylocopini) en Colombia. Acta biol. Colomb. 14 (2):31-40. (distribution); Villamizar et al., 2020Villamizar, G., F. Fernández & F. Vivallo 2020. Synopsis of the carpenter bee subgenus Xylocopa (Schonnherria) Lepeletier, 1841 (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in Colombia, with designation of lectotypes and the description of two new species. Zootaxa 4789 (2):301-347. (distribution). - As Xylocopa ornate: - 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).
Xylocopa lehmanni Friese, 1903:203, ♀. 4 ♀♀, Popayan (leg. F.C. Lehmann). - Nates-Parra & González, 2000Nates-Parra, G. & V.H. González 2000. The colombian wild bees: Whay and how to preserve them. Acta biol. Colomb. 5 (1):5-37. (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); Gonzalez et al., 2009Gonzalez, V.H., M.M. Gonzalez & Y. Cuellar 2009. Notas biológicas y taxonómicas sobre los abejorros del maracuyá del género Xylocopa (Hymenoptera: Apidae, Xylocopini) en Colombia. Acta biol. Colomb. 14 (2):31-40. (distribution).