Apis surinamensis De Geer, 1778:569, pl. 28, fig. 1, sex not indicated.Surinam (leg. M. Rolander). - As Monedula surinamensis: - Taschenberg, 1870Taschenberg, E.L. 1870. Die Larridae und Bembecidae des zoologischen Museums der hiesigen Universität. Zeitschrift für die Gesammten Naturwissenschaften 36:1-27. (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.:98 (listed); Handlirsch, 1890Handlirsch, A. 1890. Monographie der mit Nysson und Bembex verwandten Grabwespen. V. Sitzber. Akad. Wiss. Wien Abt. 1 99:77-166. (distribution); Cameron, 1890Cameron, P. 1890. Biologia Centrali-Americana. Insecta. Hymenoptera. (Fossores) Vol. II. :65-129. (distribution); Handlirsch, 1895Handlirsch, A. 1895. Nachträge und Schlußwort zur Monographie der mit Nysson und Bembex verwandten Grabwespen. Sitzber. Akad. Wiss. Wien Abt. 1 104:801-1079. (distribution). - As Rubrica surinamensis: - Parker, 1929Parker, J.B. 1929. A generic revision of the fossoriel wasps of the tribes Stizini and Bembicini, with notes and descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 75:1-203. (distribution); Callan, 1950Callan, E.Mc C. 1950. Observations on tropical wasps in Trinidad. Eighth International Congress of Entomology. Stockholm :204-206. (distribution).
Vespa nasuta Christ, 1791:222 - Handlirsch, 1890Handlirsch, A. 1890. Monographie der mit Nysson und Bembex verwandten Grabwespen. V. Sitzber. Akad. Wiss. Wien Abt. 1 99:77-166.:115 ( listed as synonym of Monedula surinamensis (De Geer, 1778)). - As Rubrica nasuta: - Callan, 1991Callan, E.Mc C. 1991. Sphecidae of Trinidad. III. Crabroninae, Nyssoninae and Philanthinae. Sphecos 21:8-12. (distribution); Amarante, 2002Amarante, S.T.P. 2002. A synonymic catalog of the neotropical Crabronidae and Sphecidae (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). Arquivos de Zoologia (São Paulo) 37:1-139. (distribution); 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); Rasmussen & Asenjo, 2009Rasmussen, C. & A. Asenjo 2009. A checklist to the wasps of Peru (Hymenoptera, Aculeata). ZooKeys 15:1-78. (distribution); 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).
Bembex striata Fabricius, 1793:250, sex not indicated (Mus. Britann). - Handlirsch, 1890Handlirsch, A. 1890. Monographie der mit Nysson und Bembex verwandten Grabwespen. V. Sitzber. Akad. Wiss. Wien Abt. 1 99:77-166.:115 ( listed as synonym of Monedula surinamensis (De Geer, 1778)). - As Monedula striata: - Cameron, 1888-1900Cameron, P. 1888-1900. Biologia Centrali-Americana - Insecta. Hymenoptera. (Fossores) Vol. II. R. H. Porter and Dulau & Co., London. 413pp, 14 pl.:99 ( listed as synonym of Monedula surinamensis (De Geer, 1778)).
Bembex continua Fabricius, 1804:225, sex not indicated.America meridionali (Mus. Dom. de Sehestedt, leg. Smidt). - Cameron, 1888-1900Cameron, P. 1888-1900. Biologia Centrali-Americana - Insecta. Hymenoptera. (Fossores) Vol. II. R. H. Porter and Dulau & Co., London. 413pp, 14 pl.:98 ( listed as synonym of Monedula surinamensis (De Geer, 1778)); Handlirsch, 1890Handlirsch, A. 1890. Monographie der mit Nysson und Bembex verwandten Grabwespen. V. Sitzber. Akad. Wiss. Wien Abt. 1 99:77-166.:115 ( listed as synonym of Monedula surinamensis (De Geer, 1778)). - As Monedula continua: