Scolia otomita Saussure, 1858:223, ♂.Mexique; 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.:333, The location of the type is unknown to the writer; 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.:459, Holotype ♂ (Copenhagen Museum). - 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.:226 (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); 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); Hurd, 1952Hurd, P.D. Jr. 1952. The Scoliidae of California. Bulletin of the California insect survey 1 (6):141-152. (distribution); Krombein, 1958Krombein, K.V. 1958. Superfamily Scolioidea. In: Krombein, K.V. (Ed.). Hymenoptera of America North of Mexico - Synoptic Catalog. Washington: U.S. Department of Agriculture. Agriculture Monograph No. 2. First Supplement, 305 pp. 101-108. (distribution), 107 (hosts [Scarabaeid larvae in debris of wood-rat nest]); 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.:459 (listed); Osten, 2005Osten, T. 2005. Checkliste der Dolchwespen der Welt (Insecta: Hymenoptera, Scoliidae). Ber. d. Naturf. Ges. Augsburg 62:1-62.:39 (listed). - As Scolia nobilitata otomita: - 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); 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).
Scolia fulviventris Bartlett, 1912:323, ♀. Holotype ♀, Arizona (American Entomological Society at Philadelphia). - 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.:459 ( listed as synonym of Scolia nobilitata otomita Saussure, 1858); 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 nobilitata otomita Saussure, 1858); Osten, 2005Osten, T. 2005. Checkliste der Dolchwespen der Welt (Insecta: Hymenoptera, Scoliidae). Ber. d. Naturf. Ges. Augsburg 62:1-62.:39 ( listed as synonym of Scolia nobilitata otomita Saussure, 1858).