Scolia decorata Burmeister, 1854 Bradley & Betrem, 1966Bradley, J.C. & J.G. Betrem 1966. Burmeister’s work on Scoliidae with especial reference to types and synonymy (Hymenoptera: Scoliidae). Beiträge zur Entomologie 16 (1-2):73-84.:75, Hololectotype ♀ (Zoological Institute of the University of Halle). - Smith, 1855Smith, F. 1855. Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part III, Mutillidae and Pompilidae. :203 pp, 5 pl. (distribution); 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); Cameron, 1892Cameron, P. 1892. Hymenoptera Orientalis; or Contribution to a Knowledge of the Hymenoptera of the Indian Zoological Region, Prt. IV; Scoliidae. Memoirs and proceedings of the Manchester Literary & Philosophical Society ser. 4 (5):97-137. (distribution); Magretti, 1892Magretti, P. 1892. Viaggio di Leonardo Fea in Birmania e regioni vicine. XLIII. Imenotteri. Parte prima. Mutillidei, Scoliidei, Tifiidei, Tinnidei colla descrizione di parecchie nuove specie. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova Giacomo Doria ser. 2: 12:197-266. (distribution); Mantero, 1903Mantero, G. 1903. Contributo alla conoscenza degli Imenotteri di Sumatra e delle Isole Nias, Batu, Mentawei, Engano. Scoliidae. Bollettino della Società Entomologica Italiana 35:26-45. (distribution); Betrem & Bradley, 1964Betrem, J.G. & J.C. Bradley 1964. Annotations on the Genera Triscolia, Megascolia and Scolia (Hymenoptera, Scoliidae) (second part). Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden 40 (11):89-96.:92 (listed), 93 (listed); Bradley & Betrem, 1966Bradley, J.C. & J.G. Betrem 1966. Burmeister’s work on Scoliidae with especial reference to types and synonymy (Hymenoptera: Scoliidae). Beiträge zur Entomologie 16 (1-2):73-84.:75 (listed); Osten, 2005Osten, T. 2005. Checkliste der Dolchwespen der Welt (Insecta: Hymenoptera, Scoliidae). Ber. d. Naturf. Ges. Augsburg 62:1-62.:30 (listed). - As Discolia decorata: - Cameron, 1904Cameron, P. 1904. On some Hymenoptera from the Raffles Museum, Singapore. Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 41:119-122. (distribution). - As Scolia decorata decorata:
Scolia flavo-picta Smith, 1855:91, ♀. ♀, Java (B.M.). - Mantero, 1903Mantero, G. 1903. Contributo alla conoscenza degli Imenotteri di Sumatra e delle Isole Nias, Batu, Mentawei, Engano. Scoliidae. Bollettino della Società Entomologica Italiana 35:26-45.:37 ( listed as synonym of Scolia decorata Burmeister, 1854). - As Elis flavopicta: - Bodkin, 1918Bodkin, G.E. 1918. Notes on some British Guiana Hymenoptera (exclusive of the Formicidae). The Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1917:297-321, pls. XXI-XXIII. (distribution). - As Scolia flavopicta: - Cameron, 1892Cameron, P. 1892. Hymenoptera Orientalis; or Contribution to a Knowledge of the Hymenoptera of the Indian Zoological Region, Prt. IV; Scoliidae. Memoirs and proceedings of the Manchester Literary & Philosophical Society ser. 4 (5):97-137.:107 ( listed as synonym of Scolia decorata Burmeister, 1854); Osten, 2005Osten, T. 2005. Checkliste der Dolchwespen der Welt (Insecta: Hymenoptera, Scoliidae). Ber. d. Naturf. Ges. Augsburg 62:1-62.:30 ( listed as synonym of Scolia decorata decorata Burmeister, 1854).
Scolia arrogans Smith, 1865 - Osten, 2005Osten, T. 2005. Checkliste der Dolchwespen der Welt (Insecta: Hymenoptera, Scoliidae). Ber. d. Naturf. Ges. Augsburg 62:1-62.:30 ( listed as synonym of Scolia decorata decorata Burmeister, 1854).