Mutilla Hecate Gerstäcker, 1874:57, ♀.Costarica (Mus. Berol.). - Dalla Torre, 1897Dalla Torre, C.G. 1897. Catalogus hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Volumen VIII: Fossores (Sphegidae). Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig. 1-749. (distribution). - As Pseudomethoca hecate: - 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). - As Sphaerophthalma hecate: - Cameron, 1888-1900Cameron, P. 1888-1900. Biologia Centrali-Americana - Insecta. Hymenoptera. (Fossores) Vol. II. R. H. Porter and Dulau & Co., London. 413pp, 14 pl.:364 (listed); Cameron, 1895Cameron, P. 1895. Biologia Centrali-Americana. Insecta. Hymenoptera. (Fossores) Vol. II. :330-378. (distribution). - As Sphaerophthalma hecate: - Cameron, 1888-1900Cameron, P. 1888-1900. Biologia Centrali-Americana - Insecta. Hymenoptera. (Fossores) Vol. II. R. H. Porter and Dulau & Co., London. 413pp, 14 pl.:364 (listed); Cameron, 1895Cameron, P. 1895. Biologia Centrali-Americana. Insecta. Hymenoptera. (Fossores) Vol. II. :330-378. (distribution). - As Sphaeropthalma hecate: