Pompilus rufopictus Evans, 1948:144, ♀. Holotype ♀, Dos Palmas, Riverside Co., Califonia, 5-8-32 (California Academy of Science, San Francisco, leg. R.M. & G.E. Bohart); Evans, 1951Evans, H.E. 1951. A taxonomic study of the Nearctic spider wasps belonging to the tribe Pompilinae (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Part III. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 77:203-340.:211, Type ♀ (C.A.S., no. 5951); Evans, 1966Evans, H.E. 1966. A revision of the Mexican and central American spider wasps of the subfamily Pompilinae (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Memoirs of the American Entomological Society :1-442.:367, Type ♀ (CAS, no. 5951). - Evans, 1966Evans, H.E. 1966. A revision of the Mexican and central American spider wasps of the subfamily Pompilinae (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Memoirs of the American Entomological Society :1-442. (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); Wasbauer & Kimsey, 1985Wasbauer M.S. & L.S. Kimsey 1985. California spider wasps of the subfamily Pompilinae (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Bul. Calif. Ins. Surv. 26:1-130.:66 (listed); Shimizu, 1994Shimizu, A. 1994. Phylogeny and Classification of the Family Pompilidae (Hymenoptera). Bull. Nat. Hist. Tokyio Metropol. Univ. 2:1-142.:45 (listed). - As Hesperopompilus rufopictus: - Shimizu, 1994Shimizu, A. 1994. Phylogeny and Classification of the Family Pompilidae (Hymenoptera). Bull. Nat. Hist. Tokyio Metropol. Univ. 2:1-142.:45 (comb. nov.); Horta Vega et al., 2009Horta Vega, J.V., M.E.García Gutiérrez, M.I. Benavides Martínez & A. Correa Sandoval 2009. Pompilidae (Hymenoptera) de algunos municipios del centro y sur de Tamaulipas, México. Acta Zool. Mex. (n.s.) 25 (1):71-82. (distribution); Wasbauer & Kimsey, 2010Wasbauer M.S. & Kimsey, L.S. 2010. The Pompilidae of the Algodones Dunes, California, with description of new species (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 86 (1):2-9. (distribution); Vanoye-Eligio et al., 2021Vanoye-Eligio, M., M. del C. Gómez-Camal, B. del R. Martín-Canché, M. Rosas-Mejía, J.V. HortaVega & V. Vanoye-Eligio 2021. Current knowledge of the family Pompilidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) in Mexico: diversity and geographical distribution. Zootaxa 5071 (4):505-536. (distribution).
Pompilus boharti Evans, 1951:216, ♂. Holotype ♂, California: San Diego Co., Borego, 5 April 1940 (CAS, leg. R.M. Bohart); Evans, 1966Evans, H.E. 1966. A revision of the Mexican and central American spider wasps of the subfamily Pompilinae (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Memoirs of the American Entomological Society :1-442.:367, Type ♂ (CAS). Synonymized with Pompilus rufopictus Evans, 1948 by Evans, 1966Evans, H.E. 1966. A revision of the Mexican and central American spider wasps of the subfamily Pompilinae (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Memoirs of the American Entomological Society :1-442.:367. - Wasbauer & Kimsey, 1985Wasbauer M.S. & L.S. Kimsey 1985. California spider wasps of the subfamily Pompilinae (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Bul. Calif. Ins. Surv. 26:1-130.:66 ( listed as synonym of Pompilus rufopictus Evans, 1948).