Eumenes rufomaculata Fox, 1899:457, ♀. 2 ♀♀, Pedra Branca and Corumbá (leg. April); Carpenter & Vecht, 1991Carpenter, J.M. & J. van der Vecht 1991. A study of the Vespidae described by William J. Fox (Insecta: Hymenoptera), with assessment of taxonomic implications. Annals of the Carnegie Museum 60 (3):211-241.:232, Lectotype ♀ (CMNH); Grandinete et al., 2018Grandinete, Y.C., F.B. Noll & J. Carpenter 2018. Taxonomic review of Eumenes Latreille, 1802 (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Eumeninae) from the New World. Zootaxa 4459:1-52.:36, Lectotype ♀, examined (CMNH). - Silvestre et al., 2014Silvestre, R., M.F. Demétrio, B.M. Trad, F. Varussa & O. Lima 2014. Diversity and distribution of Hymenoptera Aculeata in Midwestern Brazilian dry forests. In: Greer, F.E. (Ed.). Dry Forests. 29-80. (distribution). - As Eumenes rufomaculatus: - Carpenter & Vecht, 1991Carpenter, J.M. & J. van der Vecht 1991. A study of the Vespidae described by William J. Fox (Insecta: Hymenoptera), with assessment of taxonomic implications. Annals of the Carnegie Museum 60 (3):211-241. (distribution), 232 (revised status); 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); Grandinete et al., 2018Grandinete, Y.C., F.B. Noll & J. Carpenter 2018. Taxonomic review of Eumenes Latreille, 1802 (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Eumeninae) from the New World. Zootaxa 4459:1-52. (distribution).
Zetamenes rufomaculata meridionalis Bertoni, 1925:75, Grandinete et al., 2018Grandinete, Y.C., F.B. Noll & J. Carpenter 2018. Taxonomic review of Eumenes Latreille, 1802 (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Eumeninae) from the New World. Zootaxa 4459:1-52.:36, Type ♀ (IBNPY). - Grandinete et al., 2018Grandinete, Y.C., F.B. Noll & J. Carpenter 2018. Taxonomic review of Eumenes Latreille, 1802 (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Eumeninae) from the New World. Zootaxa 4459:1-52.:36 ( listed as synonym of Eumenes rufomaculatus Fox, 1899).