Mutilla rubriceps Cresson, 1865:111, ♀. Holotype ♀, Cuba (Dr. J. Gundlach); Alayo, 1973Alayo, P.D. 1973. Catálogo de los Himenopteros de Cuba. Instituto Cubano del libro, La Habana. 1-218.:118, Type (Gundlach, No. 16). - Cresson, 1865Cresson, E.T. 1865. On the Hymenoptera of Cuba. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia 4:200 pp. (distribution); Blake, 1871Blake, C. 1871. Synopsis of the Mutillidæ of North America. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 3:217-265. (distribution); Blake, 1879Blake, C.A. 1879. Catalogue of the Mutillidae of North America, with descriptions of new species. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 7:243-254. (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); 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). - As Ephuta rubriceps: - Mickel, 1928Mickel, C.E. 1928. Biological and taxonomic investigations on the Mutillid wasps. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 143:1-351. (distribution); Alayo, 1973Alayo, P.D. 1973. Catálogo de los Himenopteros de Cuba. Instituto Cubano del libro, La Habana. 1-218. (distribution); Lo Cascio, 2015Lo Cascio, P. 2015. Worldwide checklist of the island mutillid wasps (Hymenoptera Mutillidae). biodiversity Journal 6 (2):529-592. (distribution); Pagliano et al., 2020Pagliano G., D.J. Brothers, R. Cambra, A.S. Lelej, P. Lo Cascio, M.M. Palmerini, P.L. Scaramozzino, K.A. Williams & M. Romano 2020. Checklist of names in Mutillidae (Hymenoptera), with illustrations of selected species. Bolletino del Museo Regionale di Scienze naturali Torino 36 (1-2):5-425. (distribution). - As Sphaerophthalma rubriceps: - Blake, 1886Blake, C. 1886. Monograph of the Mutillidae of North America. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 13:179-286. (distribution).