Tiphia dorsata Fabricius, 1787:279,Coromandel. Synonymized with Elis sabulosa Saussure, 1858 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.:465. - Maes, 1999 1999. Catalogo de los insectos y artropodos terrestres de Nicaragua. Volumen III. León, Nicaragua. 1170-1898.:1724 (listed); Osten, 2005Osten, T. 2005. Checkliste der Dolchwespen der Welt (Insecta: Hymenoptera, Scoliidae). Ber. d. Naturf. Ges. Augsburg 62:1-62.:10 (listed). - As Campsomeris dorsalis: - Maes, 1999 1999. Catalogo de los insectos y artropodos terrestres de Nicaragua. Volumen III. León, Nicaragua. 1170-1898. (distribution). - As Campsomeris dorsata: - Rohwer, 1915Rohwer, S.A. 1915. Vespoid and sphecoid Hymenoptera collected in Guatemala by W. P. Cockerell. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 47:513-523. (distribution); Viereck, 1925Viereck, H.L. 1925. The wasp-like insects or Hymenoptera, exclusive of ants, collected by the Barbados-Antigua expedition from the University of Iowa in 1918. Studies in Natural History. University of Iowa 11:1-11. (distribution); Bradley, 1928Bradley, J.C. 1928. The species of Campsomeris (Hymenoptera-Scoliidae) of the Plumipes group, inhabiting the United States, the Greater Antilles, and the Bahama Islands. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 80:313-337. (distribution); Wolcott, 1948Wolcott, G.N. 1948. The insects of Puerto Rico. The Journal of Agriculture of the University of Puerto Rico 32 (4):749-975. (distribution); Bradley, 1957Bradley, J.C. 1957. The taxa of Campsomeris (Hymenoptera-Scoliidae) occuring in the New World. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 83:65-77.:69 (listed); Evans, 1972Evans, H.E. 1972. Bredin-Archbold-Smithsonian Biological Survey of Dominica: Aculeate Wasps (Hymenoptera: Scolioidea, Vespoidea, Pompiloidea, Sphecoidea). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 115:1-19. (distribution); Simonthomas, 1984Simonthomas, R.T. 1984. Notes on the Hymenoptera Aculeata from St. Martin, Saba, and St. Eustatius. Studies on the fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean islands 67:92-97. (distribution); Snelling, 1992Snelling, R.R. 1992. Guana and Mona Islands. Sphecos 23:12-14. (distribution); Snelling, 1993Snelling, R.R. 1993. Guana Island - 1992. Sphecos 24:17-19. (distribution); Fernández & Cubillos-G., 1999Fernández, F. & W.A. Cubillos-G. 1999. Las avispas escólidas (Hymenoptera: Scoliidae) de Colombia. In: G. Amat-G., M.G. Andrade-C. & F. Fernández (Ed.). Insectos de Colombia, Volumen II. 35-52. (distribution); Sarmiento, 2001Sarmiento M., C.E. 2001. Insectos. Boletin del Proyecto Diversidad de Insectos de Colombia 4:1-15. (distribution); Starr & Hook, 2003Starr, C.K. & Hook, A.W. 2003. The aculeate Hymenoptera of Trinidad, West Indies. Occasional Papers o the Department of Life Sciences, University of the West Indies 12:1-31. (distribution); Snelling, 2005Snelling, R.R. 2005. Wasps, ants, and bees: Aculeate Hymenoptera. In: Lazell, J. (Ed.). Island: Fact and Theory in Nature. 283-296. (distribution); Perez-Gelabert, 2008Perez-Gelabert, D.E. 2008. Arthropods of Hispaniola (Dominican Republic and Haiti): A checklist and bibliography. Zootaxa 1831:1-530. (distribution); Rasmussen & Asenjo, 2009Rasmussen, C. & A. Asenjo 2009. A checklist to the wasps of Peru (Hymenoptera, Aculeata). ZooKeys 15:1-78. (distribution); Medina, 2016Medina Rosa, J.R. 2016. Avispas de Puerto Rico - Hymenoptera: Symphyta, Apocrita (Aculeata). Ediciones Digitales, 1-23. (distribution); Abbate et al., 2018Abbate, A. J. Campbell, J. Bremer & W.H. Kern, Jr. 2018. The introduction and establishment of Campsomeris dorsata (Hymenoptera: Scoliidae) in Florida. The Florida Entomologist 101 (3):543-545. (distribution); Perez-Gelabert, 2020Perez-Gelabert, D.E. 2020. Checklist, bibliography and quantitative data of the arthropods of Hispaniola. Zootaxa 4749:1-668. (distribution). - As Dielis dorsata: - Turner, 1910Turner, R.E. 1910. On the Thynnidae and Scoliidae collected in Paraguay. Zoologische Jahrbücher Abteilung Systematik 29:179-227. (distribution); 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); Meurgey & Ramage, 2020Meurgey, F. & T. Ramage 2020. Challenging the Wallacean shortfall: A total assessment of insect diversity on Guadeloupe (French West Indies), a checklist and bibliography. Insecta Mundi 786:1-183. (distribution); 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). - As Elis dorsata: - 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.:230 (listed); Cameron, 1893Cameron, P. 1893. Biologia Centrali-Americana. Insecta. Hymenoptera. (Fossores) Vol. II. :177-257. (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); Fox, 1896Fox, W. 1896. Contributions to a knowledge of the Hymenoptera of Brazil. No. 1. Scoliidae. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 48:292-307. (distribution). - As Scolia dorsata: - Klug, 1810Klug, J.C.F. 1810. Fortsetzung des im vorigen Bande abgebrochenen Versuchs über die Gattungen Scolia und Tiphia. Beiträge zur Naturkunde 2:167-216. (distribution); 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); Dewitz, 1881Dewitz, H. 1881. Hymenopteren von Portorico. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 25:197-208. (distribution); Gundlach, 1887Gundlach, J. 1887. Apuntes para la fauna Puerto-Riqueña. Anales de la Sociedad Española de Historia Natural 16 (1):115-199. (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); Schrottky, 1910Schrottky, C. 1910. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Scoliidae und Elididae aus Argentinien und Paraguay. (Hym.). Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift 1910:195-203. (distribution).
Scolia haematogastra Perty, 1833:139,Bahiam. - Schomburgk, 1848Schomburgk, R. 1848. Reisen in Britisch-Guiana in den Jahren 1840-1844. Dritter Theil. Verlagsbuchhandlung von J. J. Webre, Leipzig. (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.:230 ( listed as synonym of Elis dorsata (Fabricius, 1787)); Bradley, 1964Bradley, J.C. 1964. Further notes on the american taxa of Campsomeris (Hymenoptera: Scoliidae). Entomological News 75:101-108.:102 ( listed as synonym of Campsomeris dorsata (Fabricius, 1787)); Maes, 1999 1999. Catalogo de los insectos y artropodos terrestres de Nicaragua. Volumen III. León, Nicaragua. 1170-1898.:1724 ( listed as synonym of Campsomeris dorsalis (Fabricius, 1787)); Osten, 2005Osten, T. 2005. Checkliste der Dolchwespen der Welt (Insecta: Hymenoptera, Scoliidae). Ber. d. Naturf. Ges. Augsburg 62:1-62.:10 ( listed as synonym of Dielis dorsata (Fabricius, 1787)). - As Scolia haematogaster: - Dalla Torre, 1897Dalla Torre, C.G. 1897. Catalogus hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Volumen VIII: Fossores (Sphegidae). Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig. 1-749.:155 ( listed as synonym of Scolia dorsata (Fabricius, 1787)).
Colpa rubida Lepeletier, 1845:544, ♀. ♀, Exotique (Musée de M. Serville). - Dalla Torre, 1897Dalla Torre, C.G. 1897. Catalogus hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Volumen VIII: Fossores (Sphegidae). Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig. 1-749.:155 ( listed as synonym of Scolia dorsata (Fabricius, 1787)); Bradley, 1964Bradley, J.C. 1964. Further notes on the american taxa of Campsomeris (Hymenoptera: Scoliidae). Entomological News 75:101-108.:102 ( listed as synonym of Campsomeris dorsata (Fabricius, 1787)); Osten, 2005Osten, T. 2005. Checkliste der Dolchwespen der Welt (Insecta: Hymenoptera, Scoliidae). Ber. d. Naturf. Ges. Augsburg 62:1-62.:10 ( listed as synonym of Dielis dorsata (Fabricius, 1787)). - As Colpa rubrida: - Cameron, 1888-1900Cameron, P. 1888-1900. Biologia Centrali-Americana - Insecta. Hymenoptera. (Fossores) Vol. II. R. H. Porter and Dulau & Co., London. 413pp, 14 pl.:230 ( listed as synonym of Elis dorsata (Fabricius, 1787)); Maes, 1999 1999. Catalogo de los insectos y artropodos terrestres de Nicaragua. Volumen III. León, Nicaragua. 1170-1898.:1724 ( listed as synonym of Campsomeris dorsalis (Fabricius, 1787)). - As Colpa rubrida: - Cameron, 1888-1900Cameron, P. 1888-1900. Biologia Centrali-Americana - Insecta. Hymenoptera. (Fossores) Vol. II. R. H. Porter and Dulau & Co., London. 413pp, 14 pl.:230 ( listed as synonym of Elis dorsata (Fabricius, 1787)); Maes, 1999 1999. Catalogo de los insectos y artropodos terrestres de Nicaragua. Volumen III. León, Nicaragua. 1170-1898.:1724 ( listed as synonym of Campsomeris dorsalis (Fabricius, 1787)).
Elis sabulosa Saussure, 1858:235, ♀.Nouvelle-Hollande; 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.:465, The holotype should be in the Paris Museum but appears to be lost. - 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); Osten, 2005Osten, T. 2005. Checkliste der Dolchwespen der Welt (Insecta: Hymenoptera, Scoliidae). Ber. d. Naturf. Ges. Augsburg 62:1-62.:10 ( listed as synonym of Dielis dorsata (Fabricius, 1787)).
Elis pygmaea Schrottky, 1903:39, ♂. ♂, Staat S. Paulo. - Schulz, 1906Schulz, W.A. 1906. Spolia Hymenopterologica. Junfermannsche Buchhandlung, Paderborn. 355 pp. (distribution); Schrottky, 1910Schrottky, C. 1910. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Scoliidae und Elididae aus Argentinien und Paraguay. (Hym.). Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift 1910:195-203.:200 ( listed as synonym of Scolia radula Fabricius, 1775); Bradley, 1928Bradley, J.C. 1928. The species of Campsomeris (Hymenoptera-Scoliidae) of the Plumipes group, inhabiting the United States, the Greater Antilles, and the Bahama Islands. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 80:313-337.:333 ( listed as synonym of Campsomeris dorsata (Fabricius, 1787)); Bradley, 1964Bradley, J.C. 1964. Further notes on the american taxa of Campsomeris (Hymenoptera: Scoliidae). Entomological News 75:101-108.:102 ( listed as synonym of Campsomeris dorsata (Fabricius, 1787)); Osten, 2005Osten, T. 2005. Checkliste der Dolchwespen der Welt (Insecta: Hymenoptera, Scoliidae). Ber. d. Naturf. Ges. Augsburg 62:1-62.:10 ( listed as synonym of Dielis dorsata (Fabricius, 1787)).
Scolia dorsata dofleini Schulz, 1903:400 - Bradley, 1928Bradley, J.C. 1928. The species of Campsomeris (Hymenoptera-Scoliidae) of the Plumipes group, inhabiting the United States, the Greater Antilles, and the Bahama Islands. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 80:313-337.:333 ( listed as synonym of Campsomeris dorsata (Fabricius, 1787)).
Scolia reversa Schulz, 1906:164 Replacement name for Elis pygmaea Schrottky, 1903 by Schulz, 1906Schulz, W.A. 1906. Spolia Hymenopterologica. Junfermannsche Buchhandlung, Paderborn. 355 pp.:164 (nec Scolia (Discolia) pygmaea Sauss, (1858)). - Schrottky, 1910Schrottky, C. 1910. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Scoliidae und Elididae aus Argentinien und Paraguay. (Hym.). Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift 1910:195-203.:200 ( listed as synonym of Scolia radula Fabricius, 1775); Bradley, 1928Bradley, J.C. 1928. The species of Campsomeris (Hymenoptera-Scoliidae) of the Plumipes group, inhabiting the United States, the Greater Antilles, and the Bahama Islands. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 80:313-337.:333 ( listed as synonym of Campsomeris dorsata (Fabricius, 1787)); Bradley, 1964Bradley, J.C. 1964. Further notes on the american taxa of Campsomeris (Hymenoptera: Scoliidae). Entomological News 75:101-108.:102 ( listed as synonym of Campsomeris dorsata (Fabricius, 1787)); Osten, 2005Osten, T. 2005. Checkliste der Dolchwespen der Welt (Insecta: Hymenoptera, Scoliidae). Ber. d. Naturf. Ges. Augsburg 62:1-62.:10 ( listed as synonym of Dielis dorsata (Fabricius, 1787)).