Acanthophotopsis falciformis falciformis Schuster, 1958:12 (key), 108, ♂. Holotype ♂, Palm Springs, California, Fall 1932 (University of Minnesota, leg. Theo Zschokke). - Schuster, 1958Schuster, R.M. 1958. A revision of the sphaeropthalmine Mutillidae of America north of Mexico. II. Entomologica Americana (n. s.) 37:1-130. (distribution); Krombein et al., 1979Krombein, K.V., P.D. Hurd, D.R. Smith & B.D. Burks 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. 1199-2209. (distribution). - As Acanthophotopsis falciformis: - Pagliano et al., 2020Pagliano G., D.J. Brothers, R. Cambra, A.S. Lelej, P. Lo Cascio, M.M. Palmerini, P.L. Scaramozzino, K.A. Williams & M. Romano 2020. Checklist of names in Mutillidae (Hymenoptera), with illustrations of selected species. Bolletino del Museo Regionale di Scienze naturali Torino 36 (1-2):5-425. (distribution).
Acanthophotopsis falciformis furcisterna Schuster, 1958:111, ♂. Holotype ♂, Tucson, Arizona, October 5, 1935 (University of Minnesota, leg. O. Bryant). - As Acanthophotopsis furcisterna: - Pagliano et al., 2020Pagliano G., D.J. Brothers, R. Cambra, A.S. Lelej, P. Lo Cascio, M.M. Palmerini, P.L. Scaramozzino, K.A. Williams & M. Romano 2020. Checklist of names in Mutillidae (Hymenoptera), with illustrations of selected species. Bolletino del Museo Regionale di Scienze naturali Torino 36 (1-2):5-425.:26 ( listed as synonym of Acanthophotopsis falciformis Schuster, 1958).