Eumenes rufinodus Latreille, 1809:137, Stange, 2003Stange, L.A. 2003. Review of Zethus Fabricius from the West Indies (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Insecta Mundi 17 (3-4):209-217.:216, Lectotype ♂ (Paris). - As Zethus rufinodus: - Cresson, 1865Cresson, E.T. 1865. On the Hymenoptera of Cuba. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia 4:200 pp. (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, 1894Dalla Torre, C.G. 1894. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, IX. Vespidae (Diploptera). Guilelmi Engelmann, 181. (distribution); 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); Zavattari, 1912Zavattari, E. 1912. Materialien für eine Monographie der Neotropischen Eumeniden. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 78:1-272. (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); Alayo, 1973Alayo, P.D. 1973. Catálogo de los Himenopteros de Cuba. Instituto Cubano del libro, La Habana. 1-218. (distribution); Zayas, 1982Zayas, F. de 1982. Sección Oligoneoptera - Orden Hymenoptera - Orden Strepsiptera. Editorial Científico-Técnica, Ciudad de la Habana. 1-111. (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); Carpenter & Genaro, 2011Carpenter, J.M. & Genaro, J.A. 2011. Vespidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) of Puerto Rico, West Indies. Insecta Mundi 202:1-35. (distribution); Medina, 2016Medina Rosa, J.R. 2016. Avispas de Puerto Rico - Hymenoptera: Symphyta, Apocrita (Aculeata). Ediciones Digitales, 1-23. (distribution). - As Zethus rufinodus rufinodus: - Stange, 2003Stange, L.A. 2003. Review of Zethus Fabricius from the West Indies (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Insecta Mundi 17 (3-4):209-217. (distribution).
Zethus rufinodus monensis Bohart & Stange, 1965:138 (key), 147 - Carpenter & Genaro, 2011Carpenter, J.M. & Genaro, J.A. 2011. Vespidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) of Puerto Rico, West Indies. Insecta Mundi 202:1-35.:15 (stat. rev.).
Zethus rufinodus virginicus Bohart & Stange, 1965:138 (key), 147 - Stange, 2003Stange, L.A. 2003. Review of Zethus Fabricius from the West Indies (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Insecta Mundi 17 (3-4):209-217. (distribution); Carpenter & Genaro, 2011Carpenter, J.M. & Genaro, J.A. 2011. Vespidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) of Puerto Rico, West Indies. Insecta Mundi 202:1-35.:15 (stat. rev.).