Brachycistis noctivaga Bradley, 1917:272, ♂. Holotype ♂, Las Vegas, Nevada, September 17, 1908 (Cornell University, No. 122.1, 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.:19, Holotype ♂ (CU); Kimsey & Wasbauer, 2015Kimsey, L.S. & M.S. Wasbauer 2015. Revision of the odd brachycistidine genus Acanthetropis Wasbauer, 1958 (Hymenoptera, Tiphiidae, Brachycistidinae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 44:19-30.:28, Holotype ♂ (CUIC). - 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). - As Acanthetropis noctivaga: - Wasbauer, 1973Wasbauer, M.S. 1973. The male brachycistidine wasps of the Nevada Test Site (Hymenoptera: Tiphiidae). Great Basin Naturalist 33 (2):109-112. (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); Kimsey & Wasbauer, 2015Kimsey, L.S. & M.S. Wasbauer 2015. Revision of the odd brachycistidine genus Acanthetropis Wasbauer, 1958 (Hymenoptera, Tiphiidae, Brachycistidinae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 44:19-30. (distribution).