Mutilla scaeva Blake, 1871:232, ♂. ♂, Texas. - Cresson, 1872Cresson, E.T. 1872. Hymenoptera Texana. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 4:153-292. (distribution); 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); Dalla Torre, 1897Dalla Torre, C.G. 1897. Catalogus hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Volumen VIII: Fossores (Sphegidae). Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig. 1-749. (distribution); Melander, 1903Melander, A.L. 1903. Notes on North American Mutillidae, with descriptions of new species. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 29 (4):291-330. (distribution); Bradley, 1916Bradley, J.C. 1916. Contributions toward a monograph of the Mutillidae and their allies of America north of Mexico. III. The Mutillidae of the Eastern United States. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 42 (3):309-336.:331 ( listed as synonym of Sphaerophthalma pennsylvanica Lepeletier, 1845). - As Sphaerophthalma pennsylvanica scaeva: - Bradley, 1916Bradley, J.C. 1916. Contributions toward a monograph of the Mutillidae and their allies of America north of Mexico. III. The Mutillidae of the Eastern United States. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 42 (3):309-336. (distribution). - As Sphaerophthalma scaeva: - Blake, 1886Blake, C. 1886. Monograph of the Mutillidae of North America. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 13:179-286. (distribution). - As Sphaeropthalma pensylvanica scaeva: - Krombein, 1963Krombein, K.V. 1963. Natural history of Plummers Island, Maryland. XVII. Annotated list of the wasps (Hymenoptera: Bethyloidea, Scolioidea, Vespoidea, Pompiloidea, Sphecoidea). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 76:255-280. (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); Pagliano et al., 2020Pagliano G., D.J. Brothers, R. Cambra, A.S. Lelej, P. Lo Cascio, M.M. Palmerini, P.L. Scaramozzino, K.A. Williams & M. Romano 2020. Checklist of names in Mutillidae (Hymenoptera), with illustrations of selected species. Bolletino del Museo Regionale di Scienze naturali Torino 36 (1-2):5-425. (distribution).