Brachycistis arenivaga Bradley, 1917:269, ♂. Holotype ♂, Calexico, Imperial County, California, August 11, 1914 (Cornell University, No. 121.1, leg. Bradley); Kimsey & Wasbauer, 2006Kimsey, L.S. & Wasbauer M.S. 2006. Phylogeny and checklist of the nocturnal Tiphiids of the Western Hemisphere (Hymenoptera: Tiphiidae: Brachycistidinae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 15 (1):9-25.:20, Holotype ♂ (CU). - Krombein et al., 1979Krombein, K.V., P.D. Hurd, D.R. Smith & B.D. Burks 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. 1199-2209. (distribution).
Brachycistis eriopis Bradley, 1917:266, ♂. Holotype ♂, Calexico, Imperial County, California, August 11, 1914 (Cornell University, No. 119.1, leg. Bradley); Kimsey & Wasbauer, 2006Kimsey, L.S. & Wasbauer M.S. 2006. Phylogeny and checklist of the nocturnal Tiphiids of the Western Hemisphere (Hymenoptera: Tiphiidae: Brachycistidinae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 15 (1):9-25.:20, Holotype ♂ (CU). - Krombein et al., 1979Krombein, K.V., P.D. Hurd, D.R. Smith & B.D. Burks 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. 1199-2209.:1268 ( listed as synonym of Brachycistis arenivaga Bradley, 1917); Kimsey & Wasbauer, 2006Kimsey, L.S. & Wasbauer M.S. 2006. Phylogeny and checklist of the nocturnal Tiphiids of the Western Hemisphere (Hymenoptera: Tiphiidae: Brachycistidinae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 15 (1):9-25.:20 ( listed as synonym of Brachycistis arenivaga Bradley, 1917).