Agama nitida Cresson, 1875:710, ♂. 3 ♂♂, Colorado (leg. C.W. Whipple); Bradley, 1917Bradley, J.C. 1917. Contributions toward a monograph of the Mutillidae and their allies of America North of Mexico. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 43:247-290.:267, Type (American Entomological Society, No. 1892); 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.:21, Holotype ♂ (ANSP). - As Brachycistis nitida: - Bradley, 1917Bradley, J.C. 1917. Contributions toward a monograph of the Mutillidae and their allies of America North of Mexico. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 43:247-290. (distribution); Malloch, 1926Malloch, J.R. 1926. Systematic notes on and descriptions of North American wasps of the subfamily Brachycistidinae. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 68:1-28. (distribution); 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). - As Photopsis nitida: - Blake, 1886Blake, C. 1886. Monograph of the Mutillidae of North America. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 13:179-286. (distribution); Fox, 1893Fox, W.J. 1893. Report on some mexican Hymenoptera, principally from lower California. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences ser.2 (4):1-25.:8 (comb. nov.).
Photopsis sobrinus Blake, 1886:268, ♂.Colorado. - 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 nitida (Cresson, 1875)). - As Brachycistis sobrina:
Photopsis lepidus Blake, 1886:269, ♂.Colorado; 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.:21, Holotype ♂ (ANSP). - 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 nitida (Cresson, 1875)); 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.:21 ( listed as synonym of Brachycistis nitida (Cresson, 1875)).
Photopsis nitida Blake, 1886:267, 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.:21, Holotype ♂ (ANSP). - 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.:21 ( listed as synonym of Brachycistis nitida (Cresson, 1875)).