Centris erubescens Snelling, 1974:27, ♀. Holotype ♀, Mexico: 67 km E Escarcega, Campeche, 3 May 1959 (LACM, leg. T.C. Emmel). - Snelling, 1974Snelling, R.R. 1974. Notes on the distribution and taxonomy of some North American Centris (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae). Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum Los Angeles County 259:1-41. (distribution); Vivallo, 2023Vivallo, F. 2023. Taxonomic notes on the primary types of some species of Centris bees described by some entomologists from the Americas (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Iheringia Série Zoologia 113:1-18.:15 ( listed as synonym of Centris meaculpa Snelling, 1984).
Centris meaculpa Snelling, 1984:17, no descr.. Vivallo, 2023Vivallo, F. 2023. Taxonomic notes on the primary types of some species of Centris bees described by some entomologists from the Americas (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Iheringia Série Zoologia 113:1-18.:15, Holotype ♀ (LACM). Replacement name for Centris erubescens Snelling, 1974 by Snelling, 1984Snelling, R.R. 1984. Studies on the taxonomy and distribution of American Centridine bees (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae). Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum Los Angeles County 347:1-69.:17 (junior homonym of C. costaricensis var. erubescens Friese, 1925). - Snelling, 1984Snelling, R.R. 1984. Studies on the taxonomy and distribution of American Centridine bees (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae). Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum Los Angeles County 347:1-69. (distribution); Ruíz-Cancino & Coronado-Blanco, 2002Ruíz-Cancino, E. & J.M. Coronado-Blanco 2002. Artrópodos terrestres de los estados de Tamaulipas y Nuevo León, México. Serie Publicaciones Cientificas No. 4:1-376. (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).