Pompilus algidus Smith, 1855:158, ♀. Holotype ♀, North America ?; Evans, 1950Evans, H.E. 1950. A taxonomic study of the Nearctic spider wasps belonging to the tribe Pompilini (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Part 1. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 75:133-270.:240, Type ♀ (British Museum). - 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), 101 (listed); Cresson, 1869Cresson, E.T. 1869. Notes on Mexican Pompilidae with descriptions of new species. The Boston Society of Natural History, Proceedings 12:366-380. (distribution), 371 (listed); Cresson, 1872Cresson, E.T. 1872. Hymenoptera Texana. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 4:153-292. (distribution); 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. (distribution), 270 (listed); Cameron, 1888-1900Cameron, P. 1888-1900. Biologia Centrali-Americana - Insecta. Hymenoptera. (Fossores) Vol. II. R. H. Porter and Dulau & Co., London. 413pp, 14 pl.:212 (listed); Cameron, 1893Cameron, P. 1893. Biologia Centrali-Americana. Insecta. Hymenoptera. (Fossores) Vol. II. :177-257. (distribution), 212 (listed); Dalla Torre, 1897Dalla Torre, C.G. 1897. Catalogus hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Volumen VIII: Fossores (Sphegidae). Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig. 1-749. (distribution), 271 (listed); Ashmead, 1904Ashmead, W.H. 1904. Classification of the fossorial, predaceous and parasitic wasps of the superfamily Vespoidea. Part 4. . The Canadian Entomologist 36:5-9.:81 (comb. nov.); Pate, 1946Pate, V.S.L. 1946. The generic names of the spider wasps (Psammocharidae olim Pompiloidae) and their type species. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 72:65-137.:77 (listed). - As Anoplius algidus: - Junco y Reyes, 1959Junco y Reyes, J.J. 1959. Himenópteros de Espana. Fam. Pompilidae (=Psammocharidae) Gen. Anopilus Duf. EOS Revista Española de Entomologia 35:41-95.:48 (listed). - As Batozonellus algidus: - Junco y Reyes, 1963Junco y Reyes, J.J. 1963. Himenópteros de Espana. Fam. Pompilidae (=Psammocharidae) Gens. Episyron Schdt., Batozonellus Arnd., Ctenostegus Hpt., Schistonyx Sauss. y Aporinellus Bks. EOS Revista Española de Entomologia 38:486-547. (distribution). - As Batozonus algidus: - As Poecilopompilus algidus algidus: - Evans, 1950Evans, H.E. 1950. A taxonomic study of the Nearctic spider wasps belonging to the tribe Pompilini (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Part 1. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 75:133-270. (distribution), 240 (comb. nov.), 242 (biology); 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); Kurczewski, 1981Kurczewski, F.E. 1981. Observations on the nesting behaviors of spider-wasps in southern Florida (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). The Florida Entomologist 64:424-437. (distribution); 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); 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).
Arachnophroctonus ferrugineus sensu Dreisbach, 1949 - Junco y Reyes, 1959Junco y Reyes, J.J. 1959. Himenópteros de Espana. Fam. Pompilidae (=Psammocharidae) Gen. Anopilus Duf. EOS Revista Española de Entomologia 35:41-95.:51 ( listed as synonym of Poecilopompilus algidus (Smith, 1855)).