Pompilus pulchellus Cresson, 1865:126, ♀. Holotype ♀, Cuba (Ent. Soc. Philad.). - Cresson, 1865Cresson, E.T. 1865. On the Hymenoptera of Cuba. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia 4:200 pp. (distribution); Cresson, 1867Cresson, E.T. 1867. Notes on the Pompilidæ of North America, with descriptions of new species. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 1 (1867/1868):85-150. (distribution), 120 (listed); Gundlach, 1886Gundlach, J. 1886. Contribucion a la Entomologia Cubana. :1-394. (distribution), 114 (description female, listed); Dalla Torre, 1897Dalla Torre, C.G. 1897. Catalogus hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Volumen VIII: Fossores (Sphegidae). Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig. 1-749.:237 (listed); Alayo, 1969Alayo, P.D. 1969. Estudios sobre los Himenópteros de Cuba. IV Subfamilias Pepsinae Y Ceropalinae (Familia Pompilidae). Poeyana 61:1-45.:16 (listed). - As Caliadurgus pulchellus: - Fernández et al., 2022Fernández, F., J. Rodriguez, C. Waichert, B. Decker & J. Pitts 2022. Twenty two years later: An updated checklist of Neotropical spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Zootaxa 5116 (4):451-503. (distribution). - As Calicurgus pulchellus: - Alayo, 1969Alayo, P.D. 1969. Estudios sobre los Himenópteros de Cuba. IV Subfamilias Pepsinae Y Ceropalinae (Familia Pompilidae). Poeyana 61:1-45. (distribution), 16 (key, listed), 17 (description female); Alayo, 1973Alayo, P.D. 1973. Catálogo de los Himenopteros de Cuba. Instituto Cubano del libro, La Habana. 1-218. (distribution); Zayas, 1982Zayas, F. de 1982. Sección Oligoneoptera - Orden Hymenoptera - Orden Strepsiptera. Editorial Científico-Técnica, Ciudad de la Habana. 1-111. (distribution); Portuondo Ferrer & Fernández Triana, 2004Portuondo Ferrer, E. & J.L. Fernández Triana 2004. Biodiversidad del orden Hymenoptera en los macizos montañosos de Cuba oriental. Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 35:121-136. (distribution). - As Priocnemis pulchella: - Banks, 1928Banks, N. 1928. Notes on Cuban and other West Indian Psammocharidae. Studies on Cuban Insects. Studies Biol. Lab. in Cuba (Atkins Foundation) 1:3-10. (distribution), 7 (listed); Alayo, 1969Alayo, P.D. 1969. Estudios sobre los Himenópteros de Cuba. IV Subfamilias Pepsinae Y Ceropalinae (Familia Pompilidae). Poeyana 61:1-45.:16 (listed). - As Priocnemis pulchellus: - Banks, 1944Banks, N. 1944. Psammocharidae (spider-wasps): Notes and descriptions. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 94 (4):165-187.:186 (key). - As Salius pulchellus: - Dalla Torre, 1897Dalla Torre, C.G. 1897. Catalogus hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Volumen VIII: Fossores (Sphegidae). Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig. 1-749. (distribution), 237 (listed); 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).