Elis tolteca Saussure, 1857:282,Le Mexique (Tampico). - 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.:230 ( listed as synonym of Elis dorsata (Fabricius, 1787)); Fox, 1893Fox, W.J. 1893. Report on some mexican Hymenoptera, principally from lower California. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences ser.2 (4):1-25. (distribution); 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.:475 (listed); 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.:24 (listed, listed as synonym of Elis dives Provancher, 1888, listed as synonym of Elis quadricincta Provancher, 1888). - As Campsomeris tolteca: - 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); Hurd, 1952Hurd, P.D. Jr. 1952. The Scoliidae of California. Bulletin of the California insect survey 1 (6):141-152. (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); Bradley, 1964Bradley, J.C. 1964. Further notes on the american taxa of Campsomeris (Hymenoptera: Scoliidae). Entomological News 75:101-108.:102 (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); Porter, 1981Porter, C.C. 1981. Scoliidae (Hymenoptera) of the Lower Rio Grande Valley. The Florida Entomologist 64 (3):441-453. (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); Ruíz-Cancino & Coronado-Blanco, 2002Ruíz-Cancino, E. & J.M. Coronado-Blanco 2002. Artrópodos terrestres de los estados de Tamaulipas y Nuevo León, México. Serie Publicaciones Cientificas No. 4:1-376. (distribution); Perez-Gelabert, 2008Perez-Gelabert, D.E. 2008. Arthropods of Hispaniola (Dominican Republic and Haiti): A checklist and bibliography. Zootaxa 1831:1-530. (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 tolteca: - 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 Scolia tolteca: - Dalla Torre, 1897Dalla Torre, C.G. 1897. Catalogus hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Volumen VIII: Fossores (Sphegidae). Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig. 1-749. (distribution), 184 (comb. nov.).
Elis 4-cincta Provancher, 1888:411 - 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.:1315 ( listed as synonym of Campsomeris tolteca (Saussure, 1857)). - As Elis quadricincta:
Elis dives Provancher, 1888:410 - 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.:1315 ( listed as synonym of Campsomeris tolteca (Saussure, 1857)). - As Campsomeris dives: - 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). - As Campsomeris tolteca dives: - 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); Bradley, 1964Bradley, J.C. 1964. Further notes on the american taxa of Campsomeris (Hymenoptera: Scoliidae). Entomological News 75:101-108.:102 (listed). - As Dielis dives: