Scolia guttata Burmeister, 1854:36, 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.:325, The location of the type is unknown to the writer, Lectotype ♀ (Zoological Institute of the University of Halle), designated by 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.:76; Añino et al., 2020Añino, Y.J., R.A. Cambra, D.M. Windsor, R. Zuñiga & D. Quintero 2020. Review of Scolia (Hymenoptera: Scoliidae) from Central America, including seasonal flight activity in Scolia guttata. Acta Biológica Colombiana 25 (2):202-209.:203, Lectotype ♀ (MLUH). - 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, 1858Saussure, H. de 1858. Description de diverses espèces nouvelles ou peu connues du genre Scolia. Annales de la Société Entomoloqique de France Ser. 3 (6):193-249. (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, 1888-1900Cameron, P. 1888-1900. Biologia Centrali-Americana - Insecta. Hymenoptera. (Fossores) Vol. II. R. H. Porter and Dulau & Co., London. 413pp, 14 pl.:224 (listed); Cameron, 1893Cameron, P. 1893. Biologia Centrali-Americana. Insecta. Hymenoptera. (Fossores) Vol. II. :177-257. (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 & 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.:76 (listed); 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); MacKay, 1987MacKay, W.P. 1987. The Scoliid wasps of the Southwestern United States (Hymenoptera: Scoliidae). The Southwestern Naturalist 32 (3):357-362. (distribution); Maes, 1999 1999. Catalogo de los insectos y artropodos terrestres de Nicaragua. Volumen III. León, Nicaragua. 1170-1898. (distribution); Osten, 2005Osten, T. 2005. Checkliste der Dolchwespen der Welt (Insecta: Hymenoptera, Scoliidae). Ber. d. Naturf. Ges. Augsburg 62:1-62.:34 (listed); Añino et al., 2020Añino, Y.J., R.A. Cambra, D.M. Windsor, R. Zuñiga & D. Quintero 2020. Review of Scolia (Hymenoptera: Scoliidae) from Central America, including seasonal flight activity in Scolia guttata. Acta Biológica Colombiana 25 (2):202-209. (distribution).
Discolia Hecate Kirby, 1889:449, ♂♀.Trinidad. - Ashmead, 1900Ashmead, W.H. 1900. Report upon the aculeate Hymenoptera of the islands of St. Vincent and Grenada, with additions to the parasitic Hymenoptera and a list of the described Hymenoptera of the West Indies. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London pt. II:207-367. (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.:1318 ( listed as synonym of Scolia guttata Burmeister, 1854). - As Scolia hecate: - Dalla Torre, 1897Dalla Torre, C.G. 1897. Catalogus hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Volumen VIII: Fossores (Sphegidae). Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig. 1-749. (distribution); 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.:326 ( listed as synonym of Scolia guttata guttata Burmeister, 1854); 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.:96 ( listed as synonym of Scolia guttata Burmeister, 1854); Osten, 2005Osten, T. 2005. Checkliste der Dolchwespen der Welt (Insecta: Hymenoptera, Scoliidae). Ber. d. Naturf. Ges. Augsburg 62:1-62.:34 ( listed as synonym of Scolia guttata guttata Burmeister, 1854).