Elis mexicana Cameron, 1893:232, ♀. ♀, Mexico, Amula in Guerrero 6000 feet (leg. H.H. Smith); ♀, Guadalajara in Jalisco (leg. Höge); 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.:452, Holotype ♀ (Saussure Collection). - Cameron, 1888-1900Cameron, P. 1888-1900. Biologia Centrali-Americana - Insecta. Hymenoptera. (Fossores) Vol. II. R. H. Porter and Dulau & Co., London. 413pp, 14 pl.:232 (listed); 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.:72 ( listed as synonym of Campsomeris rokitanskyi (Dalla Torre, 1897)). - As Scolia mexicana: - 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.:452 (listed); MacKay, 1987MacKay, W.P. 1987. The Scoliid wasps of the Southwestern United States (Hymenoptera: Scoliidae). The Southwestern Naturalist 32 (3):357-362. (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).
Scolia rokitanskyi Dalla Torre, 1897:179, no descr. Replacement name for Elis mexicana Cameron, 1893 by Dalla Torre, 1897Dalla Torre, C.G. 1897. Catalogus hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Volumen VIII: Fossores (Sphegidae). Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig. 1-749.:179 (nec Scolia Saussure 1858). - Dalla Torre, 1897Dalla Torre, C.G. 1897. Catalogus hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Volumen VIII: Fossores (Sphegidae). Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig. 1-749. (distribution), 179 (comb. nov.); Osten, 2005Osten, T. 2005. Checkliste der Dolchwespen der Welt (Insecta: Hymenoptera, Scoliidae). Ber. d. Naturf. Ges. Augsburg 62:1-62.:20 (listed, listed as synonym of Elis mexicana Cameron, 1893). - As Campsomeris rokitanskyi: - 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. (distribution), 72 (comb. nov.). - As Rhabdotimeris rokitanskyi: - 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 Rhabdotomeris rokitanskyi: