Apis lanipes Fabricius, 1775:386,America (leg. v. Rohr); Vivallo, 2020Vivallo, F. 2020. The nominal species of the bee genus Centris described by Johan Christian Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Sociobiology 67 (3):401-407.:404, Lectotype ♀ (NHMD). - As Centris lanipes: - Lepeletier, 1841Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau, A. 1841. Histoire Naturelles des Insectes. Hyménoptères. Vol. 2. Paris. (distribution); Smith, 1854Smith, F. 1854. Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part II. Apidae. London. 465 pp, 8 pl. (distribution); Smith, 1874Smith, F. 1874. A revision of the genera Epicharis, Centris, Eulema, and Euglossa, belonging to the family Apidae, Section Scopulipedes [Continued from p. 322]. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. 4: v. 13:357-373. (distribution); Burmeister, 1876Burmeister, H. 1876. Die Xylocopa-Arten des La Plata-Gebietes. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 37:152-183. (distribution); Dewitz, 1881Dewitz, H. 1881. Hymenopteren von Portorico. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 25:197-208. (distribution); Gundlach, 1887Gundlach, J. 1887. Apuntes para la fauna Puerto-Riqueña. Anales de la Sociedad Española de Historia Natural 16 (1):115-199. (distribution); Ashmead, 1900Ashmead, W.H. 1900. Report upon the aculeate Hymenoptera of the islands of St. Vincent and Grenada, with additions to the parasitic Hymenoptera and a list of the described Hymenoptera of the West Indies. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London pt. II:207-367. (distribution); Friese, 1900Friese, H. 1900. Monographie der Bienengattung Centris (s. lat.). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 15:237-350. (distribution); Crawford, 1906Crawford, J.C. 1906. Some Costa Rican bees. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 32 (2):157-163. (distribution); Cockerell, 1912Cockerell, T.D.A. 1912. New bees from Brazil. Psyche 19 (2):41-61. (distribution); Crawford, 1914Crawford, J.C. 1914. Hymenoptera, superfamilies Apoidea and Chalcidoidea, of the Yale-Dominican expedition of 1913. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 47:131-134. (distribution); Bodkin, 1918Bodkin, G.E. 1918. Notes on some British Guiana Hymenoptera (exclusive of the Formicidae). The Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1917:297-321, pls. XXI-XXIII. (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); Cockerell, 1932Cockerell, T.D.A. 1932. Bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) collected at Chichen Itzá, Yucatan, by the Harvard expeditions of 1929-1930. Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society 27:9-17. (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); Schwarz, 1934Schwarz, H.F. 1934. The solitary bees of Barro Colorado Island, Canal Zone. American Museum Novitates 722:1-24. (distribution); Moure, 1943Moure, J.S. 1943. Abelhas de Batatais (Hym. Apoidea). Arquivos do Museu Paranaense 3:145-203. (distribution); Snelling, 1992Snelling, R.R. 1992. Guana and Mona Islands. Sphecos 23:12-14. (distribution); Snelling, 1994Snelling, R.R. 1994. Collecting on Guana Island. Melissa 7:15. (distribution); Snelling, 2005Snelling, R.R. 2005. Wasps, ants, and bees: Aculeate Hymenoptera. In: Lazell, J. (Ed.). Island: Fact and Theory in Nature. 283-296. (distribution); Genaro, 2007Genaro, J.A. 2007. Las abejas (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila) de la Hispaniola, Antillas. Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 40:247-254. (distribution); Genaro & Franz, 2008Genaro, J.A. & N. Franz 2008. The bees of Greater Puerto Rico (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila). Insecta Mundi 40:1-21. (distribution); Perez-Gelabert, 2008Perez-Gelabert, D.E. 2008. Arthropods of Hispaniola (Dominican Republic and Haiti): A checklist and bibliography. Zootaxa 1831:1-530. (distribution); Bush & Madden, 2013Bush, S.P. & H. Madden 2013. Preliminary checklist of the bees of St. Eustatius, Lesser Antilles (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila). Insecta Mundi 0298:1-3. (distribution); Meurgey, 2016Meurgey, F. 2016. Bee species and their associated flowers in the French West Indies (Guadeloupe, Les Saintes, La Désirade, Marie Galante, St Barthelemy and Martinique) (Hymenoptera: Anthophila: Apoidea). Annales de la Société Entomoloqique de France (N.S.) 52 (4):209-232. (distribution); Meurgey & Dumbardon-Martial, 2019Meurgey, F. & E. Dumbardon-Martial 2019. New records of bees for the French West Indies (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Anthophila). Bulletin de la Societe Entomologique de France 124 (1):11-18. (distribution); Perez-Gelabert, 2020Perez-Gelabert, D.E. 2020. Checklist, bibliography and quantitative data of the arthropods of Hispaniola. Zootaxa 4749:1-668. (distribution); Meurgey & Ramage, 2020Meurgey, F. & T. Ramage 2020. Challenging the Wallacean shortfall: A total assessment of insect diversity on Guadeloupe (French West Indies), a checklist and bibliography. Insecta Mundi 786:1-183. (distribution). - As Hemisia lanipes: - Cockerell, 1910Cockerell, T.D.A. 1910. Some neotropical bees. Psyche 17:142-144. (distribution); Wolcott, 1948Wolcott, G.N. 1948. The insects of Puerto Rico. The Journal of Agriculture of the University of Puerto Rico 32 (4):749-975. (distribution).
Centris picea Lepeletier, 1841:166, ♀. ♀, Patrie inconnue (Musée de France). - Meurgey, 2016Meurgey, F. 2016. Bee species and their associated flowers in the French West Indies (Guadeloupe, Les Saintes, La Désirade, Marie Galante, St Barthelemy and Martinique) (Hymenoptera: Anthophila: Apoidea). Annales de la Société Entomoloqique de France (N.S.) 52 (4):209-232.:214 ( listed as synonym of Centris lanipes (Fabricius, 1775)).