Scolia badia Saussure, 1864:17, Bartlett, 19012Bartlett, O.C. 19012. The North American digger wasps of the subfamily Scoliinae. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 5 (4):293-380.:314, The location of the type is unknown to the writer, Lectotype ♀ (Saussure Collection), designated by Bradley, 1974Bradley, J.C. 1974. The types of the Scoliidae (Hymenoptera) described by Henri de Saussure or by Jules Sichel, or by them jointly. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 81 (2):417-485.:425. - Saussure & Sichel, 1864Saussure, H. de & J. Sichel 1864. Catalogue des espèces de l'ancien genre Scolia, contenant les diagnoses, les descriptions et la synonymie des espèces, avec des remarques explicatives et critiques. Genève & Paris. 1-350, 2 pl. (distribution); Fox, 1893Fox, W.J. 1893. Report on some mexican Hymenoptera, principally from lower California. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences ser.2 (4):1-25. (distribution); Fox, 1894Fox, W.J. 1894. Second report on some Hymenoptera from Lower California, Mexico. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences ser.2 v. 3 (1893-1894):92-121. (distribution); Dalla Torre, 1897Dalla Torre, C.G. 1897. Catalogus hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Volumen VIII: Fossores (Sphegidae). Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig. 1-749. (distribution); Bradley, 1974Bradley, J.C. 1974. The types of the Scoliidae (Hymenoptera) described by Henri de Saussure or by Jules Sichel, or by them jointly. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 81 (2):417-485.:425 (listed); Osten, 2005Osten, T. 2005. Checkliste der Dolchwespen der Welt (Insecta: Hymenoptera, Scoliidae). Ber. d. Naturf. Ges. Augsburg 62:1-62.:27 (listed). - As Triscolia badia: - Bartlett, 19012Bartlett, O.C. 19012. The North American digger wasps of the subfamily Scoliinae. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 5 (4):293-380. (distribution); Betrem & Bradley, 1964Betrem, J.G. & J.C. Bradley 1964. Annotations on the genera Triscolia, Megascolia and Scolia (Hymenoptera, Scoliidae). Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden 39:433-444.:437 (comb. nov.); Ramírez-Guillén et al., 2022Ramírez-Guillén, L.D., A. Falcon-Brindis & B. Gómez 2022. The Scoliidae wasps (Hymenoptera: Scolioidea) of Mexico: taxonomy and biogeography. Zootaxa 5214 (1):47-88. (distribution).