Photopsis paula Bradley, 1916:333, ♂. Holotype ♂, Spring Creek, Decatur County, Georgia, July 16 to 29, 1912 (Cornell Univ., No. 108.1, leg. Cornell Univ. Exped.). - As Photomorphus paula: - Krombein, 1954Krombein, K.V. 1954. Taxonomic notes on some wasps from Florida with descriptions of new species and subspecies (Hymenoptera, Scolioidea and Sphecoidea). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 80 (1):1-27. (distribution), 4 (comb. nov.); Krombein, 1958Krombein, K.V. 1958. Superfamily Scolioidea. In: Krombein, K.V. (Ed.). Hymenoptera of America North of Mexico - Synoptic Catalog. Washington: U.S. Department of Agriculture. Agriculture Monograph No. 2. First Supplement, 305 pp. 101-108. (distribution). - As Photomorphus paulus: - 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); Hertz, 2007Hertz, J.C. 2007. Velvet Ants, Mutillidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera). :1-11. (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).