Ceropales fraterna Smith, 1855:180, ♀. Holotype ♀, United States (leg. W. W. Saunders, Esq.); Townes, 1957Townes, H. 1957. Nearctic wasps of the subfamilies Pepsinae and Ceropalinae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 209:1-286.:244, Type ♀ (Oxford). - 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), 140 (listed); Provancher, 1882Provancher, L. 1882. Faune Canadienne (Continué de la page 15.). Naturaliste Canadien 13 (146):33-51.:45 (description female); Cresson, 1887Cresson, E.T. 1887. Synopsis of the families and genera of the Hymenoptera of America, North of Mexico. Transactions of the American Entomological Society Supplementary Volume:1-350.:273 (listed); Fox, 1892Fox, W. 1892. The North American species of Ceropales, with a catalogue of the described species of the world. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 19:49-63. (distribution), 49 (key female), 50 (key male), 51 (description female), 52 (description male); Dalla Torre, 1895Dalla Torre, K.W.von 1895. Ueber die Gattung Ceropales. Wiener Entomologische Zeitung 14 (III):90-92.:91 (listed); Dalla Torre, 1897Dalla Torre, C.G. 1897. Catalogus hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Volumen VIII: Fossores (Sphegidae). Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig. 1-749.:342 (listed); Dreisbach, 1948Dreisbach, R.R. 1948. The description of a new species of the genus Ceropales (Hymenoptera: Psammocharidae) with a key to the species of North America. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 56:233-238.:235 (key to the species of North America), 237 (key to the species of North America); Townes, 1957Townes, H. 1957. Nearctic wasps of the subfamilies Pepsinae and Ceropalinae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 209:1-286.:244 (listed); Móczár, 1987Móczár, L. 1987. Revision of the maculata and albicincta-Groups of the Genus Ceropales Latreille (Hym., Ceropalidae). Acta zool. Hungarica 33:121-156.:133 (listed). - As Ceratopales fraterna: - Banks, 1919Banks, N. 1919. The Psammocharidae of western North America. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 63:229-248. (distribution), 248 (key, listed). - As Ceropales fraternus: - Dalla Torre, 1897Dalla Torre, C.G. 1897. Catalogus hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Volumen VIII: Fossores (Sphegidae). Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig. 1-749. (distribution), 342 (listed). - As Ceropales maculata fraterna: - Townes, 1957Townes, H. 1957. Nearctic wasps of the subfamilies Pepsinae and Ceropalinae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 209:1-286. (distribution), 244 (listed); Krombein, 1958Krombein, K.V. 1958. Family Pompilidae. 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. 170-186. (distribution); Krombein, 1963Krombein, K.V. 1963. Natural history of Plummers Island, Maryland. XVII. Annotated list of the wasps (Hymenoptera: Bethyloidea, Scolioidea, Vespoidea, Pompiloidea, Sphecoidea). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 76:255-280. (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); Móczár, 1987Móczár, L. 1987. Revision of the maculata and albicincta-Groups of the Genus Ceropales Latreille (Hym., Ceropalidae). Acta zool. Hungarica 33:121-156. (distribution), 133 (listed); Hook et al., 1990Hook, A.W., H.E. Evans & J.E. Gillaspy 1990. Pompilid wasps of Brackridge Field Laboratory and of the Greater Austin Area. Sphecos 20:17-18. (distribution); Evans, 1997Evans, H.E. 1997. Spider wasps of Colorado (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae): An annotated checklist. The Great Basin Naturalist 57 (3):189-197. (distribution); Leavengood, Jr. J.M. et al., 2011Leavengood, Jr. J.M., Waichert, C. & Rodriguez, J. 2011. A distributional checklist of the spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) of Florida. Insecta Mundi 0161 (March 2011):1-8. (distribution); Leavengood et al., 2011Leavengood, J.M., C.Waichert & J. Rodriguez 2011. A distributional checklist of the spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) of Florida. Insecta Mundi 0161:1-8. (distribution).
Ceropales minima Provancher, 1887 Rohwer, 1916Rohwer, S.A. 1916. Notes on the Psammocharidae described by Provancher, with description of a new species. The Canadian Entomologist 48:369-372.:369, Type 1 ♂ (Dernière Provancher Collection Public Museum, Quebec); Townes, 1957Townes, H. 1957. Nearctic wasps of the subfamilies Pepsinae and Ceropalinae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 209:1-286.:244, Type ♂ (Quebec). - Fox, 1892Fox, W. 1892. The North American species of Ceropales, with a catalogue of the described species of the world. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 19:49-63. (distribution); Dalla Torre, 1895Dalla Torre, K.W.von 1895. Ueber die Gattung Ceropales. Wiener Entomologische Zeitung 14 (III):90-92.:91 (listed); Dalla Torre, 1897Dalla Torre, C.G. 1897. Catalogus hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Volumen VIII: Fossores (Sphegidae). Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig. 1-749.:344 ( listed as synonym of Ceropales minimus Provancher, 1887); Rohwer, 1916Rohwer, S.A. 1916. Notes on the Psammocharidae described by Provancher, with description of a new species. The Canadian Entomologist 48:369-372.:369 (listed); Dreisbach, 1948Dreisbach, R.R. 1948. The description of a new species of the genus Ceropales (Hymenoptera: Psammocharidae) with a key to the species of North America. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 56:233-238.:237 (key to the species of North America); Townes, 1957Townes, H. 1957. Nearctic wasps of the subfamilies Pepsinae and Ceropalinae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 209:1-286.:244 ( listed as synonym of Ceropales maculata fraterna Smith, 1855); 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.:1570 ( listed as synonym of Ceropales maculata fraterna Smith, 1855); Móczár, 1987Móczár, L. 1987. Revision of the maculata and albicincta-Groups of the Genus Ceropales Latreille (Hym., Ceropalidae). Acta zool. Hungarica 33:121-156.:133 ( listed as synonym of Ceropales maculata fraterna Smith, 1855).
Ceropales fraterna occidentalis Cockerell, 1898:455, ♂. ♂, Ruidoso, N.M., about 6500 feet, July 21, 1898 (leg. C.H.T. Townsend); Townes, 1957Townes, H. 1957. Nearctic wasps of the subfamilies Pepsinae and Ceropalinae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 209:1-286.:244, Type ♂ (Washington); SNMNH, 2021Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History 2021. Online Entomology Collection Database. ., Type ♂, New Mexico, Lincoln, White Mountains; Rio Ruidoso (Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, USNMENT 1559081, leg. Townsend). - Cockerell, 1898Cockerell, T.D.A. 1898. Contributions to the entomology of New Mexico. Proc. Davenport Acad. nat. Sci. 7:139-148. (distribution); Rohwer, 1916Rohwer, S.A. 1916. Descriptions of new species of Hymenoptera. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 49:205-249.:236 ( listed as synonym of Ceropales stretchii Fox, 1892); Dreisbach, 1948Dreisbach, R.R. 1948. The description of a new species of the genus Ceropales (Hymenoptera: Psammocharidae) with a key to the species of North America. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 56:233-238.:237 (key to the species of North America); 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.:1570 ( listed as synonym of Ceropales maculata fraterna Smith, 1855). - As Ceropales fraternus occidentalis: - Townes, 1957Townes, H. 1957. Nearctic wasps of the subfamilies Pepsinae and Ceropalinae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 209:1-286.:244 ( listed as synonym of Ceropales maculata fraterna Smith, 1855); Móczár, 1987Móczár, L. 1987. Revision of the maculata and albicincta-Groups of the Genus Ceropales Latreille (Hym., Ceropalidae). Acta zool. Hungarica 33:121-156.:133 ( listed as synonym of Ceropales maculata fraterna Smith, 1855).