Mutilla Sackenii Cresson, 1865:385, ♀. 4 ♀♀, California (Ent. Soc. Philad.). - 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); Fox, 1899Fox, W.J. 1899. The North American Mutillidae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 25:219-300. (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); Viereck, 1906Viereck, H.L. 1906. Notes and descriptions of Hymenoptera from the western United States. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 32 (2):173-247. (distribution). - As Dasymutilla sackenii: - Hurd, 1951Hurd, P.D. 1951. The California velvet ants of the genus Dasymutilla Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae). Bulletin of the California insect survey 1 (4):89-118. (distribution); 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); 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). - As Sphaerophthalma sackenii: - 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. (distribution).
Mutilla erudita Cresson, 1875:120, ♀.Searsville, Cala. (leg. Henry Edwards). Synonymized with Mutilla sackenii Cresson, 1865 by Fox, 1899Fox, W.J. 1899. The North American Mutillidae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 25:219-300.:237. - 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); 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.:1311 ( listed as synonym of Dasymutilla sackenii (Cresson, 1865)); 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.:61 ( listed as synonym of Dasymutilla sackenii (Cresson, 1865)). - As Sphaerophthalma erudita: - 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. (distribution).