Photopsis melaniceps Blake, 1886:264, ♂.Arizona; Fox, 1899Fox, W.J. 1899. The North American Mutillidae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 25:219-300.:277, Type ♂, without locality label; Buzicky, 1941Buzicky, A.W. 1941. A monograph of the genus Chyphotes (Hymenoptera, Mutillidae, Apterogyninae) of North America. Entomologica Americana (n. s.) 21 (4):201-243.:220, Holotype ♂ (American Entomological Society, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Mickel, 1967Mickel, C.E. 1967. A review of the mutillid genus Chyphotes Blake (Hymenoptera; Mutillidae; Apterogyninae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 93 (2):125-234.:141, Type ♂ (Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, no. 4591). - As Chyphotes melaniceps: - 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); Buzicky, 1941Buzicky, A.W. 1941. A monograph of the genus Chyphotes (Hymenoptera, Mutillidae, Apterogyninae) of North America. Entomologica Americana (n. s.) 21 (4):201-243. (distribution); Mickel, 1967Mickel, C.E. 1967. A review of the mutillid genus Chyphotes Blake (Hymenoptera; Mutillidae; Apterogyninae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 93 (2):125-234. (distribution), 141 (comb. nov.); 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); Pagliano & Romano, 2017Pagliano G. & M. Romano 2017. World list of all known species of Bradynobaenidae (Hymenoptera). IL Natural. Valtellinese - Atti Museo civ. Storia naturale Morbegno 28:15-46. (distribution).
Chyphotes piceiceps Baker, 1905:116, Mickel, 1967Mickel, C.E. 1967. A review of the mutillid genus Chyphotes Blake (Hymenoptera; Mutillidae; Apterogyninae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 93 (2):125-234.:141, Type ♂ (Cornell University, Ithaca, New York). Synonymized with Chyphotes melaniceps (Blake, 1886) by Buzicky, 1941Buzicky, A.W. 1941. A monograph of the genus Chyphotes (Hymenoptera, Mutillidae, Apterogyninae) of North America. Entomologica Americana (n. s.) 21 (4):201-243.:220. - 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); Mickel, 1967Mickel, C.E. 1967. A review of the mutillid genus Chyphotes Blake (Hymenoptera; Mutillidae; Apterogyninae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 93 (2):125-234.:141 ( listed as synonym of Chyphotes melaniceps (Blake, 1886)); Pagliano & Romano, 2017Pagliano G. & M. Romano 2017. World list of all known species of Bradynobaenidae (Hymenoptera). IL Natural. Valtellinese - Atti Museo civ. Storia naturale Morbegno 28:15-46.:33 ( listed as synonym of Chyphotes melaniceps (Blake, 1886)).