Agama alcanor Blake, 1871:264 Synonymized with Brachycistis glabrella (Cresson, 1865) by Fox, 1899Fox, W.J. 1899. The North American Mutillidae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 25:219-300.:283. - Blake, 1879Blake, C.A. 1879. Catalogue of the Mutillidae of North America, with descriptions of new species. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 7:243-254. (distribution). - As Brachycistis alcanor: - 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); 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 alcanor: - 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.). - As Photopsis alcanor:
Brachycistis cremastogaster Melander, 1903:329, ♂. 2 ♂♂, Texas (Andrew Bolter collection in the Chicago Academy of Science). - 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).