Nysson dives Handlirsch, 1887:309, ♂♀. 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Orizaba in Mexico (Coll. H. de Saussure). - Cameron, 1888-1900Cameron, P. 1888-1900. Biologia Centrali-Americana - Insecta. Hymenoptera. (Fossores) Vol. II. R. H. Porter and Dulau & Co., London. 413pp, 14 pl.:71 (listed); Cameron, 1890Cameron, P. 1890. Biologia Centrali-Americana. Insecta. Hymenoptera. (Fossores) Vol. II. :65-129. (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). - As Zanysson dives: - 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); Ohl & Krause, 2007Ohl, M. & S. Krause 2007. A remarkable new species of the digger wasp genus Zanysson Rohwer 1921 from Colombia (Hymenoptera: Apoidea, Crabronidae). Zootaxa 1442:43-54. (distribution); Nava-Bolaños & Osorio-Olvera, 2022Nava-Bolaños, A. & L. Osorio-Olvera 2022. Estado del arte del conocimiento de biodiversidad de los polinizadores de México. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 93:1-77. (distribution).
Zanysson chichimeca Pate, 1938:165 - 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.:21 ( listed as synonym of Zanysson dives (Handlirsch, 1887)).