Odynerus auranus Cameron, 1906:148, ♂. ♂, Ormsbay county, Nevada, July; Bohart, 1965Bohart, R.M. 1965. Synonymy of North American Odynerini described by Peter Cameron. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 41 (2):107-113.:108, Holotype ♂ (Pomona, #3956); Bohart & Menke, 1974Bohart, R.M. & A.S. Menke 1974. Names of some North American vespoid wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae and Eumenidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 47 (4):459-469.:463, Holotype ♂ (Pomona). - As Euodynerus auranus: - Bohart & Menke, 1974Bohart, R.M. & A.S. Menke 1974. Names of some North American vespoid wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae and Eumenidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 47 (4):459-469.:463 (revised status); Evans, 1978Evans, H.E. 1978. Observations on the nests and prey of eumenid wasps (Hymenoptera, Eumenidae). Psyche 84:255-259. (distribution). - As Odynerus boscii auranus: - Bohart, 1939Bohart, R.M. 1939. A synopsis of the Odynerus boscii group in North America (Hymenoptera, Vespidae). Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society 34:245-251. (distribution). - As Rygchium boscii auranum: - Bohart, 1948Bohart, R.M. 1948. Contributions toward a knowledge of the insect fauna of Lower California. No. 9, Hymenoptera: Eumenidae. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences ser. 4: v. 24 (9):313-336. (distribution); Krombein, 1958Krombein, K.V. 1958. Superfamily Vespoidea. In: Krombein, K.V. (Ed.). Hymenoptera of America North of Mexico - Synoptic Catalog. Washington: U.S. Department of Agriculture. Agriculture Monograph No. 2. First Supplement, 305 pp. 162-169. (distribution).